Good Sports: Fresno Grizzly Roldy Brito prepares for MLB All-Star Futures game

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- At 2nd base, successful halfway tract and astatine the plate, Roldy Brito has been crushing it successful his archetypal afloat play with the Grizzlies.

The 19-year-old comes from Banao successful the Dominican Republic and grew up successful a household built connected hard work.

Roldy's dada climbed the minor-league ranks to play with the Phillies, and successful conscionable a fewer weeks, Roldy volition play successful the aforesaid metropolis for the All-Star Futures Game successful beforehand of his family.

"The much I played, I started seeing it from a antithetic constituent of view," helium said. "Something I could bash to assistance my family, thing I could bash good successful life."

As a kid, helium says helium conscionable played for amusive but erstwhile helium was 12, Roldy's passionateness for the crippled grew, on with his talent.

In 72 games with Fresno, Brito has 58 runs, 97 hits, and 61 RBIs.

It's capable to go 1 of the 3 low-A players named to the All-Star Futures roster.

Brito's archetypal crippled successful Fresno was 1 of the archetypal times helium played successful beforehand of a crowd.

Now, he'll get a sensation of a packed Citizens Bank Park successful Philadelphia for All-Star week.

"It doesn't substance what the critics accidental oregon what radical say," helium said. "Even erstwhile they accidental you won't grow, you conscionable person to support looking ahead. The enactment you enactment successful lone makes you better."

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