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- Updated: July 27, 2016
9:24 PM ET
CHICAGO — When the Chicago Cubs acquired controversial, flame-throwing reliever Aroldis Chapman from the New York Yankees on Monday, there were sure to be repercussions beyond any baseball-related debate.
After issuing a written statement to the media through the Cubs upon being traded, Chapman was introduced to the local media Tuesday in a 20-minute news conference in the visiting dugout at U.S. Cellular Field.
Speaking to about 30 reporters and six television cameras through the Cubs’ designated Spanish translator, coach Henry Blanco, Chapman seemed to skirt around several questions about the domestic-abuse incident that led to the 30-day suspension he served at the beginning of this season.
When asked what the Cubs asked him in regard to the off-the-field incident, Blanco translated for Chapman: “They told him what they expected for him, welcomed him to the club and he’s going to be a part of the team. Hopefully, a guy that helps us to the World Series.”
While meeting with local media on Tuesday, Cubs reliever Aroldis Chapman seemed to skirt around several questions about the domestic abuse incident that led to a 30-day suspension. He later clarified those comments in an interview with ESPN’s Pedro Gomez. AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast
Variations of the response were repeated a few times to a media group that grew more impatient as the conference progressed.
At one point, when asked about the precise substance of a conference call between the pitcher, agent Barry Praver, Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein and owner Tom Ricketts, Chapman paused for several seconds, and, after offering a brief response in Spanish, Blanco translated, “He was sleeping when they had a meeting with him on the phone, so he’s …
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