NO VA: Prominent Cuban baseball player told us why they denied his presence in the 2022 Caribbean Series

By Yasel Porto

Although Cuba will miss the Caribbean Series again, there are several players born on the Island who will attend the event based in the Dominican Republic. However, there are others who will not be able to travel to the Caribbean event regardless of their good performance and the interest of the athlete and his club for them to be present.

In the latter case is the Havana slugger Lisbán Correa, MVP of the last Cuban National Series and with a brilliant performance in the most recent Panamanian winter season. His work was so good that it was fundamental for the coronation of the Astronauts of the Saints, obtaining the most valuable prize of this stage. By the way, it was the first team qualified for the Quisqueyana competition after beating the Federales de Chiriquí in the playoff for the canalero title.

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As we learned directly from the player himself, the impossibility of traveling to Santo Domingo has nothing to do with the leadership of the squad and much less the disinterest of the industrialist first baseman.

The communication of the manager of the Astronauts with Lisbán was marked by good vibes but also by clarity. The reason for not including him in the selection that will represent Panama in the Caribbean Series is given by immigration laws that for Cubans prevent a visa process of less than 15 days. Even as a rule it can take up to a month.

Not even the fact of having been in that country (Dominican) years ago gives her quick access to her visa. In fact, the presence in that place was through a process where its legality had been obtained in Haiti. Perhaps for that reason they did not want to risk too much with him in terms of carrying out a procedure to add him to the champion club of the Isthmian nation. In any case, when Correa returned to Cuba on that occasion there was no situation with him that would close the doors to him in the future in that place.

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Following the communication from the board of the Astronauts, the man who was part of the Cuban team in the Florida pre-Olympic tournament will return to Mexico in the next few hours to resume his life there and focus on seeking a contract in the Summer League or some other competition. beyond the Mexican environment.

One detail is that this week, unofficially next Friday, Lisbán will be as a special guest at the Swing Complete show in which he will share various leading themes from his sports career and his presence will also serve to clarify once and for all some controversial issues that they have marked and in fact they still mark it.