Borders of three Holguín municipalities converge in a ball stadium

He Tomás Rodríguez stadium in Holguín It has a triple border, where the Holguín municipalities of Cueto, Báguano and Urbano Noris converge.

"He home belongs to Cueto, the rightfield and the center are located in Báguano and on the left (left field) you go through Urbano Noris, Hence many say that it is the most 'extensive' terrain in Cuba," said Milvio Rosas, a professor at a sports team in the area, to the official media outlet. Rebel Youth.

The terrain of this unique ball stadium It measures 315 feet on the sidelines and 400 to the end of center field. It is a play space and also a training facility for children's and youth teams from the region that prepare from Monday to Friday, always starting at 4:00 pm.

The land is founded in the 1930s. It is not the oldest in Cuba, a condition that the stadium in Reed Palm Grove, in Matanzas, where what for many is the first official ball game, the national sport, took place on December 27, 1874.

He Tomas Rodriguez Stadium It maintains good conservation in the grass and the diamond. Having it in its optimal state requires great effort from the workers to maintain the grass because they mow it without machinery, machete in hand.

"The most complicated thing is chop it manually daily, because in the rainy season there are a lot of ears of corn," said one of the workers at the sports center. Other problems they have are a lack of sand for the surface between third base and short stop and a lack of clay on the diamond.

These rural communities are very humble, the government practically does not allocate resources to these sports areas. The premises are maintained with the direct efforts of residents, athletes and coaches who have a high sense of belonging.

Currently in this stadium in Holguín lack resources to replace the perimeter fence made with cardona bushes or to restore the stands.

In it Tomas Rodriguez stadium Nicaro's Mulos, Agustín Lescaille's Salineros, a selection from Cauto, veterans from Artemisa and Mayabeque, baseball player Ricardo Bent Williams and pitcher Rigoberto Betancourt as manager of a Moa team played.

Tomás Rodríguez Zayas, known as Tomy, was a prominent Cuban caricaturist and graphic humorist, born in Barajagua, Holguín, in 1949. His father Tomás Rodríguez was in charge of maintaining the stadium for many years.