Recently, I had the opportunity to meet with Marco Estrada Jr. of True Gamerz. A former player who reached AA ball before an illness cut his career short who has now started his sportswear company. He comes from a family of ballplayers and baseball is what brough them to El Segundo, California years ago. When his father, Marco Estrada Sr. was 11 years old he traveled with a Mexican All-Star team that brought him to the United States. He played pro ball in Mexico and eventually moved his family back to El Segundo. Middle brother Kevin reached AAA with the St. Louis Cardinals before opting for a career as a firefighter. Robi at 19 is in the Tampa Bay organization and youngest brother Kobe is 9 and playing as well.
California pumps out the most ballplayers in the league and that inspired him to start his clothing line. Capitalizing on the amount of Latinos in baseball, he has geared the line towards them with catchy phrases used throughout Latin America. Once the company has established itself, it will broaden to other sports.
They plan to donate a percentage of each purchase that will go towards the purchasing of equipment for underprivileged kids in Latin America and in the US that cannot afford to buy it.
You can check it out at www.truegamerz.com
