Cuba prepares baseball All-Star Series with possible international presence

The Cuban Baseball Federation (FCB) is preparing a tournament called Star Series, which foreign guests aspire to attend, coincidentally on the date of the canceled Intercontinental tournament that would take place in Barranquilla, Colombia, between January 26 and February 1.

The announcement was made by the president of the FCB and national commissioner of the sport of balls and balls. strikes on the island Juan Reinaldo Pérez Pardo, before the fifth game of the final of the II Cuban Elite League between the Artemisa and Matanzas teams, which is taking place these days.

According to the manager, the teams guaranteed to participate will be the champion team of the Elite League final and the best players from the remaining teams in a 3-2 format if foreign teams do not attend.

Furthermore, he assured that Their intention is for novenas from Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela and Nicaragua to come to participate in the event that will be hosted by the province of Matanzas..

Despite the intention to test Cuban players on the playing field, the big questions raised by this new FCB tournament are about the insurance conditions that the sports entity will guarantee, when the country is immersed in a serious economic crisis and one food shortage, where the few resources should be allocated to feeding and transporting the people.

Regarding the event, he added that there will be a home run derby and a little league game.

The dates that he proposed in his conference were between January 27 to the 31st of the same month or until February 1, coinciding with the days in which it would be held in Barranquilla, Colombia, the canceled Intercontinental Baseball Series, in whose celebration Cuba did not agree due to the presence of a independent team with players who live outside the country.

For its part, the Elite League continued in its concluding stage with the victory of Matanzas six runs to one against Artemisa.

Now Cuba's Athens are 3-2 ahead on aggregate and only need one win to take the event's trophy.