Not every immigrant athlete has Senator Chuck Schumer on their side such as Japanese pitcher Masahiro Tanaka.In 2014 the New York Senator pulled strings within the USCIS expediting the pitcher’s P Visa application for a prompt arrival at the New York Yankees training camp in February of that year.[i]More recently, Jung Ho Kang, a South Korean baseball player and recently signed Pittsburgh Pirate, was denied entry to the United States this year because three DUI’s. Now, the Korean ball-player

Colombia team Coach Jose Pekerman is being more cautious, making it unlikely Rodriguez will play in Tuesday’s game with Paraguay at the Rose Bowl (7:30 p.m. PDT, FS1, UniMas, UDN). Organizers expect a crowd of more than 40,000.