HAVANA, Dec 24 (Reuters) – The United States granted a license for Cuban players residing in its territory to participate with the Cuban team in the upcoming World Baseball Classic, the president of the Cuban Sports Federation, Juan Reinaldo Perez. Cuba’s team will be the first since Fidel Castro’s Revolution in 1959 to include Cuban … Read more
Players from the Portuarios team that play in the First Elite League of Cuban Baseball received their food in plastic bags this Saturday in Holguín; denounced the sports journalist Yordano Carmona. “The ‘Elite’ League continues to demonstrate the lack of attention to the players and the subhuman conditions they are subjected to to ‘provide a … Read more
By Miguel Guerra “I walk like Néstor Cortés, the hardest of the whole yuma, the hardest of the entire cast”, this is one of the phrases that the Cuban singer “El Chulo” used in his new musical theme, said song represents a tribute to New York Yankees left-handed pitcher and compatriot: Nestor Cortes Jr.. With … Read more
By Juan Paez On this Friday, the Houston Astros came from behind to beat the Oakland Athletics 8×3 with the help of the three Cubans in their lineup. For the sidereals, Yulieski Gurriel, Yordan Alvarez Y Aledmys Diaz They had great performances to contribute to the sidereals’ 55th win this season. You have to start … Read more
By Miguel Guerra It is no less true that the level of Cuban baseball has declined enormously in recent years. Many factors have been influential in this evident decline, one that has undoubtedly been present is the large number of baseball players who have left the island in search of a better future in another … Read more
By Jose Alejandro Rodriguez Zas After the historic comeback of the Alazanes de Granma against the Cocodrilos de Matanzas, to be crowned champions of the 61st edition of the National Baseball Series, for the second consecutive year and after the official information on the development of the I Elite League starting next October, on the … Read more
By Gian Franco Gil In the Cuban Baseball Final there was no lack of controversy. A play at home plate put the main referee of the seventh clash between Matanzas and Granma, Omar Peralta, on «3 and 2». With the bases loaded, veteran Carlos Benítez grounded into the shortstop area and Erisbel Arruebarrena threw toward … Read more
By Yasel Porto A few days ago he called me by phone to tell me that he was in the Dominican Republic in the process of obtaining a United States visa and today I received the communication with the good news of his approval so that he could participate in one of the most transcendental … Read more
By Jose Alejandro Rodriguez Zas Without a doubt, the talented Cuban pitcher Norge Carlos Vera he is one of the best prospects from the box in American professional baseball. The youngster from Santiago left an excellent impression in the 2021 season, during his debut in the Dominican Summer League (DSL), with extreme dominance over opposing … Read more
By Jose Alejandro Rodriguez Zas The things that happen with the handling of public information within Cuban sports often lack all logic and it is not possible to find a coherent explanation. It seems that the people who are in charge of managing the websites that disclose what happens on the island in terms of … Read more
