Two months ago, Yunel Escobar said Sunday at Angels camp, he decided he wanted to become an American citizen. Many of his Cuban countrymen who’d escaped already had completed the process, and his two children were born citizens.
So he spent the off-season studying this country’s history and scheduled a naturalization test for Thursday in his adopted hometown of Miami. He passed the exam and now needs to take only the official oath to become a citizen. That will happen Friday, back in Miami, according to a team spokesman.
“It’s not an easy process, as people might expect,” Escobar said through broadcaster Jose Mota, who served as an interpreter.