SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Add first-base coach Carlos Subero to the list of Brewers departing next month for the World Baseball Classic. He will serve on Venezuela's coaching staff, and calls it an opportunity decades in the making.
As a 17-year-old, Subero says he was poised to play shortstop for Venezuela's national team at a tournament in Canada. But in a pre-tournament workout, Subero fielded a ground ball and felt his surgically repaired right elbow pop when he threw. He looked down and could see one of the pins previously embedded in the joint popping through his skin.
His dream of representing his country was put on hold.