OFFICIAL: Cuban Minister ANNOUNCED measures that endanger National Series

By Jerry Díaz / @ Jerryto94

The National Series 60 was held from September 12, 2020 to April 4, 2021. A change in format was needed to lead to 75 postseason games in three phases (Quarters, Semis and Final) without reinforcements.

They were seven months of competition with dissimilar pauses as a result of rallies in positive cases to the pandemic within the teams, still in the bubbles during the playoffs. That was the first edition of the National Series in which the public did not attend the stadiums, as one of the measures to be able to do it.

On December 27, the current National Baseball Commissioner in Cuba announced that the 61st edition will begin on January 23 and that the availability of public entry will be left to the decision of the provincial agencies, according to the epidemiological situation in each territory.

However, the new measures announced by the Minister of Public Health José Ángel Portal raise doubts about the holding of the tournament on the scheduled date. In case the season can be developed, it is most likely that for now, it will be without an audience in all stadiums in the country.

Between various measures, the one that most affects the National Series is the following: “Taking into account the high transmissibility of the omicron variant and its presence already in the country, there will be no massive activities that generate conglomerates of people. Small format activities will be maintained in compliance with the established sanitary measures. “

It is not clear if the celebration of a baseball game is a massive activity that generates conglomerates of people, it would be necessary to establish from what amount a conglomerate is.

It would be appropriate to ask Commissioner Juan Reinaldo Pérez how much this measure affects the celebration of the tournament. If he would delay it for now, if it would stay on time. Independent media are not invited to the Press Conferences organized by the Commissioner, so there is no opportunity to ask him directly. We know that those who can read us. We’ll be alert.