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Japanese Baseball: Cepeda Hits First Grand Slam, Yulieski Departs

Two great athletes from the Cuban central province of Sancti Spiritus grab headlines in the baseball world: Frederich Cepeda shot his first grand slam in the Nippon Professional Baseball, and Yulieski Gourriel is scheduled to travel today to Japan to start playing with the Yokohama Dena Baystars. Sancti Spiritus Yulieski Gourriel Joins Frederich Cepeda in Japanese Baseball (+photos) Japanese Baseball: »

Frederich Cepeda Debuts in Japanese Baseball

Cuban baseball player Frederich Cepeda premiered as 4th batter in the 4-11 defeat suffered by the Yomiuri Giants vs. the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in the Nippon Professional Baseball.»

Cuban Frederich Cepeda Trains at Giants Stadium (+photos)

After his official presentation as member of the Yomiuri Giants, team of the Nippon Professional Baseball Central League, Cuban Frederich Cepeda went to his first training in the Giants Stadium, in Kawasaki, where he performed batting sessions and proved spikes over the bases. As described in the official website of the Yomiuri Giants, Sancti Spiritus outfielder learned the Japanese for »

Sancti Spiritus Yulieski Gourriel Joins Frederich Cepeda in Japanese Baseball (+photos)

“I’m going to an experience I always wanted to live”, the stellar Cuban baseball player Yulieski Gourriel Castillo said after signing with the Yokohama Dena Baystars from the Japanese Professional Baseball League. Accompanied by his father, Lourdes, who played in that Asian country, the third baseman of Cuba national team, noted he will have to overcome obstacles like being far »

Japanese Baseball: Cuban Frederich Cepeda Already a Yomiuri Giant (+photos)

Cuban baseball player Frederich Cepeda, born to Sancti Spiritus province, was officially presented as member of the Yomiuri Giants, of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). Cuba: Fastballs for Frederich Cepeda in Online Interview (Photos) Cepeda on the NPB: I have a lot of Expectations Cepeda vs Japan: A Homerum that Made History (video)»