There’s no need to play mainstream music during breaks of empty-stadium baseball games, so as Hanser Alberto waited through a pitching change ahead of his game-tying single in another Orioles win Sunday, the stadium operators played a song he loves.
They played “Apoyate en mi,” a Christian rap-piano ballad released over a decade ago by Dominican singer Isabelle Valdez. Alberto sang every word, chorus and verse, as he waited for his opportunity.
The song offers encouragement through rough times and strength to those who need to look beyond themselves for it. The title in English?