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BY ROBERT CASSIDY | Newsday.com
Connie Marrero once struck out Mickey Mantle three times in one game. Not bad for someone who learned how to pitch by throwing oranges on a farm in Cuba.
As with most of his stories, the Mantle anecdote is punctuated by Marrero’s dry sense of humor. This particular incident, he explains, started long before the actual three-strikeout punchline. Once, during a spring training exhibition against the Yankees, Marrero lined a sharp single to right field. Mantle, who was playing right that afternoon, fielded the…
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I grew up watching my father play a lot of beach volleyball. Since living in Cuba, I have also become fond of conventional volleyball, a game quite popular on the island.
Last week the Chinese and Cuban men’s teams squared off at the Havana “Sports City” indoor coliseum for two exhibition matches. Unable to make the first, I didn’t want to miss the second. Despite it being a school night, I took my 6-year-old grandson for his first visit to our “superdome”, built in 1957 with a 15,000 capacity.
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By DOM AMORE | Courant Staff Writer
Twins veteran pitcher Livan Hernandez, who got out of Cuba in the mid-1990s, has heard it all before and said he wouldn’t be surprised if Fidel Castro declared himself back in power within a week.
“What happened in Cuba this week is not a change,” said Yale professor Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria, who has written extensively on baseball in Cuba. “As long as Fidel Castro is alive, his brother will be his puppet. The big change will come when Fidel Castro dies.”
So for the time being an…
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We found this video of clip of some classic Cuban cars and thought you might like to have a look.
Just click on the image.
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Prensa Latina
Cuba began practicing at Havana Latin American Stadium Sunday for the November World Baseball Championship in Taiwan, prompting fans to wonder who are the prospective team members, but the Federation refuses to tell.
Sportscaster Hector Rodriguez, with over 30 years baseball experience, predicts that the team will be basically the same as won the Pan American Games in Rio.
Juventud Rebelde issued a potential list of players but warns that the pre-selection will depend on who the team manager will be and that remains a…
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A logo for each of the following Cuban baseball team is located at Cuba Journal.
Frase means the slogan of the team.
Ciego de Avila Tigres
Frase: Los Increíbles de la Piña
Cienfuegos Camaroneros
Frase: Los chicos de la Perla del Sur
Camaguey Tinajones
Frase: Los Guerreros del Mayor
Granma Alazanes
Frase: Los alazanes de la Sierra
Guantanamo Indios
Frase: Los Indios del Guaso
Habana Vaqueros
Frase: Los Vaqueros Marrones de La…
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AP
Cuba’s two-time Olympic boxing champion Guillermo Rigondeaux and a teammate left the athletes village and did not show up for their scheduled fights at the Pan American Games on Sunday.
Rigondeaux failed to make the weigh-in for his quarterfinal bout against Mexico’s Carlos Cuadras in the bantamweight division, while Erislandy Lara didn’t appear for his fight against Jamaica’s Ricardo Smith in the welterweight division.
“They left the village and haven’t returned,” said Pedro Roque, coach and chief of Cuba’s boxing delegation, stressing that it was all he knew.
He learned about…
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MSNBC | Barry Wilner
Just what the Americans want, a shot at the Cuban national baseball team for the Pan American games gold medal.
Seriously.
Cody Satterwhite of Mississippi saved both games as the United States’ collection of college players beat Brazil 7-5 and Mexico 2-1 Wednesday. When Cuba shut out Nicaragua 4-0, it set up a final between the two rivals on Thursday.
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“I’m excited for us to play for the gold, an opportunity that not everyone gets, especially when it happens only once every…
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DTCuba.com
Cuban baseball officials announced the team that will compete in the upcoming Pan-American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
According to experts, the team combines experienced and young talents, as part of a much-needed renovation.
The team includes catchers Ariel Pestano and Eriel Sánchez, and infielders Alexander Mayeta, Eduardo Paret, Alexei Ramírez, Yulieski Gurriel and Luis Miguel Navas.
The outfielders are Frederich Cepeda, Yoandri Urgellés, Osmany Urrutia, Yorvis Duvergel and Yoanis Céspedes.
The Cuban pitchers are Pedro Luis Lazo, Jonder Martínez, Yunieski Maya, Norberto González, Adiel Palma, Elier Sánchez,…
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Associated Press
Defending champion Japan, Cuba and the United States were among the teams sent early invitations for the 2009 World Baseball Classic.
“There are already several countries that were in a good position in the last Classic that have received their invitations,” Major League Baseball vice president of international baseball operations Lou Melendez said Thursday.
The first invitations went to teams that reached the second round of the 2006 tournament: Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Puerto Rico, the United States and Venezuela.
Another eight invitees will be announced…
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