Urias’ callup a dream come true for his family

NEW YORK — The call from his 19-year-old son brought Carlos Alberto Urias to his knees.

First in tears and then in prayer.

This was “The Call” he had been waiting for since his son, Julio Urias, was 5-years old, playing with kids much older than him.

“I did. I did,” Carlos said in Spanish. “I was at work and doubled over crying when he told me the Dodgers called him up. I could not believe it. He worked so hard to get there. Thanks to God, he did it.”

The Dodgers called up teenage pitching phenom Urias on Thursday morning and the young pitcher immediately called his parents back home in Culiacan, Mexico, to tell them that he would be pitching Friday night against the Mets at Citi Field.

Upon hearing the news, the family’s first stop was at La Lomita Virgen de Guadalupe Catholic Church where they gave thanks. Then they hopped on a plane to a larger airport in Mexico City that would carry them to New York.

The Urias family — Carlos, his wife Juana Isabell, son Carlitos, 13, and daughter Alexia, 5,– arrived in New York around 5:30 a.m. Friday.

“He’s always loved baseball and he concentrated so hard on it,” Juana Isabell said in Spanish. “Of course, you want your child to go [to] school and concentrate on education, but this is his dream. He said, ‘This is a career, too. Mom, I’m going to get you the degree you want. It’s a baseball degree from Major League …

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