Ronald Acuña, Sr. still remembers clearly his response when his oldest son told him at age 14 that he wanted to become a professional ballplayer.
“Don’t make the same mistakes I did,” Ronald Sr. told Junior. Practice, he said. Lift weights. And above all, always hustle. “Show people who you are. Run every time you hit the ball, because running hard will take you far,” Ronald Sr. said. Dad’s words clearly reverberated in his son’s soul. Because this morning, 20-year-old Ronald Jr. — the Arizona Fall League MVP and consensus No. 1 prospect in all of baseball — achieved his lifelong dream: he got the call to join the Atlanta Braves in the big leagues. Like father, like son, definitely not. “I had talent. I knew how to play baseball,” Ronald Sr. said. “But I never cared about lifting weights. Nor did I have the best attitude on the field. Those two mistakes cut short my career. Otherwise, I would have made it.”
One down, three to go. Believe it or not, Ronald Sr. has more sons set on making it to the big leagues — Luis (16), José (12) and Kenny (6). Expect Luis to go pro on July 2, the first day of the next signing period for international free agents. “Few fathers can say that they fulfilled their dreams through a son,” Ronald Sr. said. “But now, Ronald Jr. might open the door for the rest of them. They all got the bloodlines.” - lavidabaseball.com, 25 April 2018
Amazin', that was a tough picture to work with
I looked at others. Here's a baby-faced one of him and him as a father. In the end I did what I could with the mouth and smoothed it out for file size and to hide some of the mouth imperfections. Think of the remaining smirk as "attitude". I can't narrow the jaw/chin area any more as he is listed at 6'0" and 215 lbs so if I narrow it, the game will add weight on its own and that's worse.
Made the fg as requested and thanks for being patient... Hope your in game Mets are doing well!