Official Site of the Mets · May 4, 2015
Unfazed Flores rolls with the punches
Mets turn two 0:15 4/26/15: Wilmer Flores fields a grounder off the bat of Stephen Drew and tosses to second base to start a double play NEW YORK -- Growing up in Venezuela, Wilmer Flores' parents nicknamed him "Catire," a colloquial moniker meaning "blondie," because there were three other men named Wilmer Flores in the house and since he had yellow wisps of hair. He outgrew that, and he now sports a light brown cut and scraggy goatee.
As a teenager, Flores faced a language barrier after relocating to the United States. He outgrew that, learning English entirely by ear.