FEPCUBE's first exhibition game already has a date

The Patria y Vida team of the Cuban Professional Baseball Federation (FEPCUBE) will hold its first exhibition game next Wednesday, January 17.

"It will be against the Miami Dade College team, at 5:30 pm, at the same Demie Mainieri Field. We are waiting for you!", the organization announced on its Twitter account.

The team began training this week at the Demie Mainieri field of Miami Dade College (North Campus), with a view to participating in the Intercontinental Baseball Series, in Barranquilla, Colombia.

Another active MLB player, left-handed reliever, joined practice on Thursday Cionel Pérez Viera, of the Baltimore Orioles.

The assistance of team independent to the Barranquilla Intercontinental Professional Baseball Series was involved in controversy, after the refusal of the Colombian government to have its players use national symbols Cubans.

After that, Edison Rentería, president of Team Rentería USA, the entity that organizes the tournament, announced that the FEPCUBE players will not use the anthem or the Cuban flag.