Manny Piña
Manuel Elías Piña Reyes (/ˈpiːnjə/; born June 5, 1987) is a professional baseball catcher in the Milwaukee Brewers organization. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Kansas City Royals from 2011 to 2012.
Career
Texas Rangers
Piña began his professional baseball career in 2005 in the Texas Rangers system, hitting .247 in 27 games for the AZL Rangers. He played for the AZL Rangers again in 2007, hitting .244 in 14 games. In 2007, he played for the Clinton LumberKings, hitting .228 in 86 games. He split 2008 between the Bakersfield Blaze (61 games) and Frisco RoughRiders (23 games), hitting .267 overall. With the RoughRiders again in 2009, he hit .259 in 86 games.
Kansas City Royals
On Sept. 3, 2009, he was traded with Tim Smith to the Royals for Daniel Gutierrez.
On July 31, 2011, Piña was added to the Royals' active roster after Matt Treanor was placed on the disabled list. He made his major league debut on August 3, getting two hits in a win over the Baltimore Orioles. He also threw out Vladimir Guerrero while trying to steal second base in the first inning of this game.
Sit and Wait
Everything is massive around me
in my private reality
With all this controlling me,
what can I do but
sit and wait
for it all to happen
Sit and wait
for it all to take place
As the night arrives I try
to hold my thoughts,
to keep them tied
I'm kind of looking from the outside,
unable to close my eyes
so I just
sit and wait
for it all to happen
Sit and wait
for it all to take place
The stars look small from here,
like little lamps in the night,
We cannot be seen