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It Is What It Is each to enjoy the game on a beautiful the fielders are slick technicians with
30-degree Celsius sunny Tuesday their gloves, and the batters are free
afternoon. swinging attackers of the ball. When
the Meadow Growers of Pinar del Rio
By Peter Collins (not to be confused with any other Professional baseball in Cuba has Cuba puts together an all-star team,
Meadow Growers team). been around in different formats the team is competitive with the best
since 1878, and it has produced many teams in the world.
The Holguin team hosted the The most impressive part of Cuban
previously mentioned team from stars such as Aroldis Chapman, Jose baseball other than the talent of the
Canseco, Tony Perez, and Luis Tiant
was fortunate to attend a professional Pinar Del Rio in the 30,000 seat to name a few. In fact, those names players is the dedication of the fans.
I baseball game in early March of this Calixto García Íñiguez Stadium that are just a sampling of the more than Baseball in Cuba was brought in by
year. If you thought that’s impossible looks like it was built in the 1960s. 200 Cuban baseball players who have Cuban students returning from their
because the MLB was on strike, that The stadium itself is quite interesting; plied their trade in the MLB. That’s studies in the US in the late 1800s
would be a fair assumption. No, I the stands are fully covered, with a high number considering defection and the fans have embraced the sport
didn’t attend a spring training game gargantuan light towers and the most was the only way out during the wholeheartedly. They shout, blow
in Florida or Arizona, the normal uncomfortable metal seats I’ve ever Castro regime. horns, argue with each other, and most
hosts of baseball’s pre-season training sat in. I’m talking Castro political importantly put the word fan into the
exercises. I was a privileged witness prisoner uncomfortable! There were The level of baseball itself looks term “fanatic”. If you’re ever on the
to a Cuban National Series game about 10,000 rabid fans who paid comparable to North American AAA island, Cuban baseball games are a
between the Hounds of Holguin and the equivalent of 25 cents Canadian baseball. The pitchers throw hard, must see.
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