the player Lourdes Gurriel Jr. He shared with his followers a photo of what he called “one of the most important days of my life.”
The image was taken the day he took the oath of allegiance at the USCIS office in Phoenix, Arizona.
Holding an American flag in his right hand and the certificate in his left, as is customary, the youngest of the Gurriel brothers poses smiling in the photo that immortalized the moment.
Following her post, friends, colleagues, and followers left her congratulatory messages and good wishes in the comments.
“Congratulations daddy,” she told him. Yasiel Puig; “Congratulations,” he commented. baby flowers; “American water”, reacted Victor Mesa Jr.
At the beginning of last May it was learned that Lourdes Gurriel Jr., known as Yunito, had become a US citizen.
a note from AP published on May 9 indicated that Yunito had not been able to play the previous day in the starting lineup against the Miami Marlins because he was late to the stadium, because “he was becoming an American citizen.”
After that, Torey Lovullo, manager of the D-backs, valued the fact as a very important achievement for Gurriel, of which he said he was proud.
A day later, already from the field of play, Yunito shared a photo with his brother Yuli.
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. arrived in the United States in March 2016 with his brother Yulieski.
He is currently a player for the D-backs, a team he came to as an offseason trade after having played five seasons with the Toronto Blue Jays.
