BASEBALL

We are grateful for being here and being able to share and play with Cuban teams, said US baseball team State University Pennsylvania head coach and manager, Rob Cooper.»

For many people, including myself, Frederich Cepeda Cruz should have been included in the list of athletes who will represent Cuba in the Premier 12 tournament, even if he were on crutches»

The reigning champions Ciego de Avila top the Cuban baseball championship in its 55th edition, when combining its win over Guantanamo with the loss of the then leaders Granma to Las Tunas.»

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) announced the groups and kick off games of what they consider an elite global baseball battle, the Premier 12»

Cuban baseball player Yulieski Gourriel denied having disrespected the contract with the Yokohama DeNA Bay Stars club, of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) League.»

Yokohama BayStars General Manager Shigeru Takada revealed on Thursday that the club has informed infielder Yulieski Gourriel’s contract has been canceled.»

Frederich Cepeda went 4 for 4 and drove in five runs, leading Cuba over Venezuela 8-4 Saturday night and into the championship game of the Caribbean Series. Cuba will play Mexico for the title. The Cubans had won only one previous game in this tournament going into this semfinal while Venezuela had been undefeated.»

The Cuban squad Pinar del Río Vegueros was defeated again in the 2015 Caribbean Baseball Series in San Juan, Puerto Rico, by losing 1-6 to the Gigantes de Cibao from the Dominican Republic.»

Cuban national champion Vegueros de Pinar del Rio lost their opening game against Mexico’s Tomateros de Culiacan 1-2 in the Caribbean Series underway in the Puerto Rican city of San Juan.»

The Cuban squad Pinar del Río Vegueros is faced today with Los Tomateros de Culiacan from Mexico in the first game of the Caribbean Baseball Series, underway in the Puerto Rican city of San Juan.»