MILWAUKEE _ The three-plus hours Javier Baez spends on the baseball field alleviates some of the stress of coping with the damage caused by Hurricanes Irma and Maria to his native Puerto Rico.
"These couple of days I've been doing my best to stay in the game, but really my mind has been over there to find out about my family and how they are doing," Baez said Friday.
Some of Baez's nerves were calmed when he finally spoke to one of his brothers and learned that his family is OK.
"He said everything was fine, and everyone is out of power," Baez said. "That kind of calmed me down a little bit."
Nevertheless, the task of rebuilding the island begins with the chilling scene described to Baez with so many trees having been knocked down.
"You can see a mile away," Baez said he was told. "If we work together, the process will be faster and help will be more. Hopefully everyone will stay together."
