Life just beginning for Cuban pitching phenom Aroldis Chapman ESPN Video

.........Chapman wants it all and soon he will be able to get it. At some point a major league team will give him a contract somewhere in the $40 million to $100 million range. But will he be better for it? Will all the newness the world offers overwhelm and change him?After failing in his first attempt to defect in the spring of 2008, Chapman on July 1 walked out of his hotel in Rotterdam, Netherlands -- where the Cuban national team was playing in the World Port Tournament -- climbed into the passenger seat of a car driven by an acquaintance, and was whisked away. In Cuba, he left behind his father, mother, two sisters, girlfriend and newborn baby, whom he's never seen in person. Immediately, Chapman became the most coveted amateur baseball player in the world.In the ensuing moments after his defection, a conflict for the ages began -- the fight for Chapman's soul.More on ESPN the Magazine

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Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
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