Loah Linares from Cuba is desperate to make a name for himself in as a big-league baseball player—so desperate, in fact, that he’s been sleeping outside Dodger Stadium for the past 17 days hoping to get noticed.
This isn’t some publicity stunt, either.
“If I didn’t know how great a baseball player I know I am, I wouldn’t be here trying to show off my skills to somebody,” Linares said (h/t ABC7 News in Los Angeles).
Linares has seen many of his fellow countrymen, including Los Angeles’ own Yasiel Puig, make the big jump from Cuba to the majors and wants to follow in their footsteps.