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In this Feb. 13 file photo, Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Wei-Yin Chen, center, listens to manager Buck Showalter, left, as interpreter Tim Lin, right, looks on during a baseball spring training workout in Sarasota, Fla. A new rule in Major League Baseball that lets interpreters join managers and coaches on the mound when pitchers aren’t fluent in English might still need some tweaking. The rule has already been used in spring training.
TAMPA, Fla. — There were times in the low minors when Mariano Rivera felt totally lost on the mound. That was, before he got a good grasp of his cut fastball — and English.
“The manager or coach would tell me something and I didn’t understand them,” the New York Yankees’ closer said. “You nod your head yes, but you have no idea what they are saying.”
Major League Baseball is trying to ease the language barrier, adopting a new rule that permits interpreters to join mound conferences when pitchers aren’t fluent in English.
Yet for Latino pitchers, something still might get lost in translation.
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