Second baseman Franklin Barreto sat in the sanctuary of the Oakland A’s spring training clubhouse glued to his phone while dulcet sounds of spring baseball swirled outside in the desert air.
The activities on the diamond seemed a world away as the South American watched the latest reports from his anguished homeland in the wake of a mounting humanitarian crisis that has erupted in clashes in the cities and border crossings.
“Oh my God,” Barreto said in Spanish. “What is happening to my Venezuela?”
