With the conclusion of the Serie Nacional de Béisbol playoffs, the 2020-2021 baseball season officially came to an end. While a lot of fun baseball was played and there were many great accomplishments, the performance of one player stuck out more than anyone else. The amazing thing is, his accomplishments were much less than what […]
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Three Batter Minimum: A Cuban Collision
Top of the 7th, game five of the Serie Nacional de Béisbol finals. Alazanes de Granma is up to bat, they are down 3-2 in the game, but lead the series against Cocodrilos de Matanzas 3-1. They have the bases loaded and Carlos Benítez has just singled to right field. Darién Palma scores, the game […]
WAR en Español: Los Saraperos Cubanos
La última vez que escribí sobre la rotación de Saraperos de Saltillo fue antes de la temporada 2020 de la Liga Mexicana de Béisbol que nunca se llevó a cabo. Acababan de firmar a Lázaro Blanco y se combinaron con Félix Doubront —técnicamente también tenían a Sergio Mitre en ese momento, pero cuanto menos se […]
The Cuban Saraperos
The last time I wrote about the Saraperos de Saltillo rotation was prior to the never-to-take place 2020 Liga Mexicana de Béisbol season. They had just signed Lázaro Blanco and combined with Félix Doubront (technically they had Sergio Mitre as well at the time, but the less said about a man accused of raping and […]
A Caribbean All-Star Problem
A couple of months back I wrote about the turmoil present in Serie del Caribe. Specifically, the issue at hand was the statements of Juan Francisco Puello, President of Confederación de Béisbol Profesional del Caribe. As the President of the SDC’s governing body, he had talked about wanting to increase the number of teams participating […]