Oakland A’s Player Profile: Jurickson Profar

Jurickson Profar hails from the small but vibrant island of Curaçao, which you can access by plane, boat or its famous moving pontoon bridge. She has a total population of about 150,000 people — close to a sixth of the size of San Francisco — smattered across a 38x5-mile landmass. The nation takes care of its residents, too, boasting the highest standards of living in the Caribbean, as well as offering state-funded education to the children of an island with three official languages.

Despite the nation’s obsession with soccer, the people of Curaçao also possess an undying love for baseball. Their infields may be rockier and a little less flat, but the kids of Curaçao flock to them despite…