{"id":77814,"date":"2026-05-23T09:20:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T09:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/sk\/77814\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T09:20:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T09:20:28","slug":"z-bratislavy-az-na-jeden-z-najslavnejsich-stadionov-sveta-adam-macko-ako-prvy-slovak-okusil-mlb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/sk\/77814\/","title":{"rendered":"Z Bratislavy a\u017e na jeden z najsl\u00e1vnej\u0161\u00edch \u0161tadi\u00f3nov sveta. Adam Macko ako prv\u00fd Slov\u00e1k ok\u00fasil MLB"},"content":{"rendered":"

Na jednom z najsl\u00e1vnej\u0161\u00edch \u0161portov\u00fdch \u0161tadi\u00f3nov sa Adam Macko stal historicky prv\u00fdm Slov\u00e1kom v \u00e9re samostatnosti, ktor\u00fd si zap\u00edsal \u0161tart v najlep\u0161ej bejzbalovej s\u00fa\u0165a\u017ei sveta – Major League Baseball (MLB). Dvadsa\u0165p\u00e4\u0165ro\u010dn\u00fd nadhadzova\u010d nast\u00fapil za minuloro\u010dn\u00e9ho finalistu s\u00fa\u0165a\u017ee Toronto Blue Jays proti New Yorku Yankees.<\/p>\n

Macko sa u\u017e dlh\u0161\u00ed \u010das pohyboval na rozhran\u00ed hlavn\u00e9ho t\u00edmu, pod\u013ea inform\u00e1ci\u00ed od Blue Jays sa uskuto\u010dnil debut celkom r\u00fdchlo. <\/p>\n

\u201eMana\u017e\u00e9r Triple-A t\u00edmu mi zavolal pr\u00e1ve vo chv\u00edli, ke\u010f som sa chystal od\u00eds\u0165 zo \u0161tadi\u00f3na. Pok\u00fasil sa za\u017eartova\u0165, \u017ee som si vzal prive\u013ea hamburgerov a \u017ee mus\u00edm prinies\u0165 dar\u010dek tr\u00e9nerom, ktor\u00ed sa k jedlu nedostali. Potom povedal, \u017ee mimochodom, ide\u0161 do Detroitu na mo\u017en\u00e9 povolanie do t\u00edmu. Ke\u010f som dorazil do Detroitu, sna\u017eil som sa to v\u0161etko vstreba\u0165 a potom mi nadhadzova\u010dsk\u00fd tr\u00e9ner Blue Jays ozn\u00e1mil, \u017ee ma aktivuj\u00fa \u2014 a to bol \u00fa\u017easn\u00fd pocit,\u201c pribl\u00ed\u017eil pre TASR Macko povolanie do dru\u017estva Toronta. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Proti Detroitu Tigers sa e\u0161te do akcie 25-ro\u010dn\u00fd Slov\u00e1k nedostal, ale napokon to vy\u0161lo hne\u010f na prv\u00fd pokus v s\u00e9rii z\u00e1pasov proti Yankees. <\/p>\n

\"Historick\u00fd\"Historick\u00fd<\/a><\/p>\n

Bejzbalista Adam Macko nast\u00fapil v \u00e9re samostatnosti ako historicky prv\u00fd Slov\u00e1k do duelu v z\u00e1morskej Major League Baseball (MLB).<\/p>\n

\u201eSna\u017eil som sa v\u0161etk\u00fdch spoji\u0165 na telef\u00f3ne, aby som im to mohol poveda\u0165 naraz. Spojil som p\u00e4\u0165 r\u00f4znych hovorov a urobili sme spolo\u010dn\u00e9 video. Ke\u010f som im to povedal, za\u010dali plaka\u0165. Mali zo m\u0148a obrovsk\u00fa rados\u0165. Moja sn\u00fabenica bola vlastne prv\u00e1, ktorej som to povedal a okam\u017eite ronila slzy. Bolo skvel\u00e9 vidie\u0165 t\u00fa podporu okolo seba. Sn\u00edval som o tomto okamihu u\u017e ve\u013emi dlho. Tento moment sa mi nav\u017edy vryl do pam\u00e4ti. Mysl\u00edm na v\u0161etk\u00fdch \u013eud\u00ed, ktor\u00ed ma sprev\u00e1dzali na mojej ceste a podporovali ma. C\u00edtim obrovsk\u00fa v\u010fa\u010dnos\u0165,\u201c povedal nadhadzova\u010d Blue Jays. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Macko sa predstavil pred takmer 40-tis\u00edc fan\u00fa\u0161ikmi na \u0161tadi\u00f3ne Yankees. S\u00faper dokonca ocenil historick\u00fd okamih a v\u00fdznamnos\u0165 chv\u00edle pre slovensk\u00e9ho bejzbalistu. <\/p>\n

\u201eMoje em\u00f3cie boli na v\u0161etk\u00fdch stran\u00e1ch. Pred z\u00e1pasom som bol nerv\u00f3zny, ale ako z\u00e1pas pokra\u010doval, tak som sa dostal do dobr\u00e9ho rozpolo\u017eenia. Hne\u010f ako som hodil posledn\u00fd rozcvi\u010dovac\u00ed nadhod a za\u010dal som vybieha\u0165 na ihrisko, tak to bolo nie\u010do, \u010do neviem op\u00edsa\u0165. Bolo tam to\u013eko em\u00f3ci\u00ed. C\u00edtil som ako sa mi hlava to\u010d\u00ed, kolen\u00e1 sa mi triasli. Ale ke\u010f som sa dostal na svoju poz\u00edciu, za\u010dalo to by\u0165 zn\u00e1me \u2014 t\u00e1 ist\u00e1 hra, ktor\u00fa hr\u00e1m od svojich siedmich rokov. Upokojil som sa. M\u00f4j chyta\u010d bol ten ist\u00fd chyta\u010d, s ktor\u00fdm som hr\u00e1val v Triple-A, tak\u017ee sme si navz\u00e1jom rozumeli,\u201c op\u00edsal Macko prv\u00e9 okamihy pri vstupe do s\u00fa\u0165a\u017en\u00e9ho diania. Napokon odh\u00e1dzal cel\u00fa jednu zmenu (inning), celkovo si do \u0161tatist\u00edk zap\u00edsal 15 nadhodov. S\u00faperov\u00fdm hr\u00e1\u010dom neumo\u017enil \u017eiaden dobeh.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pridajte si \u0160port.sk<\/a> ako preferovan\u00fd zdroj inform\u00e1ci\u00ed na GooglePrida\u0165 ako preferovan\u00fd zdroj na Google<\/a><\/p>\n

Historicky p\u00f4sobili v MLB dvaja hr\u00e1\u010di naroden\u00ed na slovenskom \u00fazem\u00ed \u2014 Elmer Valo (Rybn\u00edk, 1921) a Carl Linhart (Zborov, 1919) \u2014 obaja nastupovali na poz\u00edcii pozi\u010dn\u00e9ho hr\u00e1\u010da, nie nadhadzova\u010di v \u010dase \u010ceskoslovenska. Macko tak ukon\u010dil viac ako 100-ro\u010dn\u00e9 \u010dakanie. <\/p>\n

\u201eSom r\u00e1d, \u017ee m\u00f4\u017eem reprezentova\u0165 Slovensko v dobrom svetle a d\u00fafam, \u017ee m\u00f4\u017eem urobi\u0165 v\u0161etk\u00fdch hrd\u00fdmi. Tam som za\u010dal cel\u00fa svoju bejzbalov\u00fa cestu a som za to nav\u017edy v\u010fa\u010dn\u00fd. Ke\u010f som za\u010d\u00ednal hra\u0165 bejzbal na Slovensku, nep\u00f4sobilo to tak ve\u013eko ako to, \u010do \u013eudia robia teraz \u2014 kempy a ve\u013ek\u00e9 bejzbalov\u00e9 podujatia. Zd\u00e1 sa, \u017ee to rastie a som z toho ve\u013emi \u0161\u0165astn\u00fd. Chcem s t\u00fdm pom\u00f4c\u0165, ke\u010f budem m\u00f4c\u0165,\u201c povedal pre TASR hr\u00e1\u010d Toronta na margo dosiahnutia historick\u00e9ho m\u00ed\u013enika. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sedem rokov od draftu<\/p>\n

Od draftovania Seattle Mariners v siedmom kole z celkov\u00e9ho 216. miesta ubehlo takmer sedem rokov, ale postupn\u00fdmi krokmi a sk\u00fasenos\u0165ami na r\u00f4znych \u00farovniach sa do\u010dkal vysn\u00edvan\u00e9ho \u0161tartu. <\/p>\n

\u201eBol to \u010fal\u0161\u00ed \u00fa\u017easn\u00fd moment v mojej kari\u00e9re. Vedel som, \u017ee potrebujem vstupenku do profesion\u00e1lneho bejzbalu a d\u00fafa\u0165, \u017ee sa prebijem a dostanem do ve\u013ekej ligy. Chcel som jednoducho \u0161ancu. Ve\u013ea vec\u00ed v bejzbale je mimo tvojej kontroly, tak\u017ee som bol pred draftom ve\u013emi nerv\u00f3zny. Ke\u010f ma vybrali, patrilo to medzi najvy\u0161\u0161ie momenty mojej kari\u00e9ry. Prepracoval som sa cez ni\u017e\u0161iu High-A s\u00fa\u0165a\u017e s Blue Jays. Po cel\u00fd \u010das s\u00fa tr\u00e9neri a person\u00e1l \u00fa\u017easn\u00ed v pr\u00edprave hr\u00e1\u010dov na to, \u010do n\u00e1s \u010dak\u00e1 vo ve\u013ekej lige a v tom, aby bol ten prechod \u010do najhlad\u0161\u00ed,\u201c vr\u00e1til Macko sa k svojej ceste do MLB. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Do v\u00fdraznej\u0161ieho povedomia sa dostal na tohtoro\u010dnom World Baseball Classic (WBC), \u010do je z poh\u013eadu prest\u00ed\u017ee najv\u00fdznamnej\u0161ie bejzbalov\u00e9 podujatie na reprezenta\u010dnej \u00farovni. Na turnaji nast\u00fapil za Kanadu, ale do bud\u00facna si pokojne na seba m\u00f4\u017ee navliec\u0165 dres Slovenska. V bejzbale nie s\u00fa toti\u017e ve\u013ek\u00e9 re\u0161trikcie z poh\u013eadu reprezentovania za r\u00f4zne krajiny. <\/p>\n

\u201eNa WBC sme hrali proti mno\u017estvu skvel\u00fdch t\u00edmov. Reprezentuje\u0161 cel\u00fa krajinu, tak\u017ee je tam ve\u013ek\u00fd tlak. Dalo mi to ve\u013ea sebavedomia. T\u00e1 sk\u00fasenos\u0165 mi pomohla \u013eah\u0161ie sa adaptova\u0165 na debut v MLB,\u201c zamyslel sa slovensk\u00fd bejzbalista. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

ME 2029 na Slovensku? <\/p>\n

Pr\u00e1ve debut Macka v MLB m\u00f4\u017ee by\u0165 v\u00fdraznou vzpruhou pre tento \u0161port na Slovensku. Slovensk\u00e1 baseballov\u00e1 feder\u00e1cia (SBF) toti\u017e d\u00e1vnej\u0161ie deklarovala z\u00e1ujem o zorganizovanie \u010dasti majstrovstiev Eur\u00f3py v roku 2029. A pr\u00e1ve hr\u00e1\u010d Toronta by mohol by\u0165 hlavnou tv\u00e1rou tohto podujatia. <\/p>\n

\u201eU\u017e prebehli nejak\u00e9 rozhovory so SBF. Probl\u00e9mom je, \u017ee term\u00edny zvy\u010dajne padaj\u00fa do stredu sez\u00f3ny MLB, tak\u017ee si nie som ist\u00fd, ako pravdepodobn\u00e9 to je. Ale ak bude ak\u00fdko\u013evek \u010das, ke\u010f sa budem m\u00f4c\u0165 z\u00fa\u010dastni\u0165, ve\u013emi r\u00e1d by som to urobil. M\u00e1m to v hlave u\u017e od svojich 12 rokov. To by bolo \u0161ialen\u00e9. Ve\u013emi by som si to v\u00e1\u017eil, keby sa to stalo,\u201c vyjadril sa Macko. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Svoje prv\u00e9 bejzbalov\u00e9 kroky urobil na Slovensku v drese Apolla Bratislava, \u010do m\u00f4\u017ee by\u0165 motivuj\u00facim prvkom pre s\u00fa\u010dasn\u00fa gener\u00e1ciu hr\u00e1\u010dov. Na z\u00e1ver im samotn\u00fd hr\u00e1\u010d poslal pozit\u00edvny odkaz: <\/p>\n

\u201eU\u017e\u00edvajte si hru, ako sa len d\u00e1. Bez oh\u013eadu na to, kde pr\u00e1ve ste, ide o vz\u0165ahy, ktor\u00e9 si po ceste budujete a ktor\u00e9 v\u00e1m t\u00fa cestu u\u013eah\u010dia. Ned\u00e1vajte si na seba pr\u00edli\u0161 ve\u013ek\u00fd tlak. U\u017e\u00edvanie si hry a v\u00ed\u0165azenie boli najlep\u0161\u00edmi u\u010dite\u013emi po\u010das celej mojej kari\u00e9ry. Ke\u010f to m\u00f4\u017ee\u0161 robi\u0165 so spoluhr\u00e1\u010dmi, ktor\u00fdch m\u00e1\u0161 r\u00e1d, je to ten najlep\u0161\u00ed pocit.\u201c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Na jednom z najsl\u00e1vnej\u0161\u00edch \u0161portov\u00fdch \u0161tadi\u00f3nov sa Adam Macko stal historicky prv\u00fdm Slov\u00e1kom v \u00e9re samostatnosti, ktor\u00fd si…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77815,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[21],"tags":[27839,136,27837,43,40,39,42,41],"class_list":["post-77814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bratislava","tag-adam-macko","tag-bratislava","tag-mlb","tag-sk","tag-slovak","tag-slovakia","tag-slovencina","tag-slovensko"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@sk\/116623155214725714","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}