By Jose Alejandro Rodriguez Zas
On the afternoon of this Sunday, January 23, the teams from Granma and Matanzas will hold the opening match of the 61st edition of the National Baseball Series, an event that has been delayed for more than six months due to the pandemic and is expected by fans. and Cuban baseball specialists.
The Mártires de Barbados stadium in Bayamo, home of the Granma Alazanes, current monarchs of Cuba, will host the meeting, which will mark the start of a new season of Cuban passion, with 16 teams that will take to the field of games in search of advancing to the postseason and fighting for the national title.
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On this day, both directors announced the respective openers of this important game, as well as the casualties that the line up of both teams for the same, with Matanzas leading the way in this regard.
Likewise, on this day itself, the provincial director of sports in the province of Granma, Nuredin Rodríguez, confirmed journalist Guillermo Rodríguez from Radio Rebelde, the amount of public that will be able to access the main sports facility in Granma, the Mártires de Barbados stadium, as well as the official price of tickets to the public.
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“For the inauguration of Series 61, the influx of public up to 70 percent of the capacity of the Martyrs of Barbados stadium will be allowed,” Rodríguez specified in his publication on his Facebook profile. “There will be a total of 4,000 people, 300 of them by invitation,” he added.
“The prices of the entrance to the facility were also defined, the “sun” stands will be 3 pesos and the covered ones will be 5”, indicated the journalist of the aforementioned radio media outlet, evidencing, again, the differentiation of the costs of the tickets , depending on the area of the stadium, as also announced by the authorities of Captain San Luis de Pinar del Río.
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In this way, baseball fans in Granma or other nearby provinces who wish to attend this match between Alazanes and Cocodrilos must arrive at the stadium very early to guarantee a space in its stands and witness, in the first row, the start of a new season of Cuban baseball.
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