Blackouts and lack of transportation are added as ingredients to the National Baseball Series in Cuba

The 63 National Baseball Series (SNB) He continues to give something to talk about in Cuba and not precisely because of sporting excellence.

Already nicknamed by some as "the National Series of scandals" to the referee errors and fights in the stadiums, the omnipresent fuel shortage has been added, translated into blackouts that prevent the players from resting properly or games suspended due to lack of transportation.

"Isla de la Juventud and Villa Clara could not meet due to transportation problems. Once again, the bad actions of the leaders and the prevailing crisis in the country affected the national pastime," the sports media announced this Tuesday Swing Completo.

A summary of the day published on social networks by sports journalist Carlos Hernández Luján confirmed that The match between both teams was "suspended", although the communicator did not mention the cause.

The other incident that attracted attention on the networks was that the Matanzas team, which faced Santiago de Cuba this Tuesday, He was a victim of long hours of blackout that prevented the baseball players from resting properly.

The Crocodiles were housed at the Hotel Costa Morena, where there was no electricity between 2 and 6 in the afternoon the day before the match. The worst thing, however, is that They also did not have electricity in the early morning of the day of the game.

The Matanzas team suffered a blackout between 2 and 7 a.m. on the same day they played due to "a mistake", as revealed Swing Completo, who described what happened as "embarrassing."

National Baseball Series in crisis

Many fans continue to question why the series began despite the crisis and problems on the island and others call on the sports authorities to suspend it because it is a disaster.

And in addition to the omnipresent blackouts and transportation problems - which are part of the daily life of Cubans - the current series has also left, a partial balance of seven referees expelled and another 48 athletes and directors suspended for various reasons.

The data emerged in a recent press conference of the Cuban Baseball Federation (FCB) where it was proposed to carry out "strong internal work of the Federation, with continuous analysis to achieve the best possible work of the referees."

Added to the expulsions are a total of 105 athletes with medical problems, 85 have injuries with an average of one injury every 3.3 games.

At the beginning of February the Cuban government announced the suspension of all ongoing sporting events due to "low fuel availability", which left several tournaments on hold, including the SNB.

However, baseball officials on the island toured the country's provinces and gave the flag to the participating teams, giving the green light to the sporting event, which began on March 10 but under the premise that The matches had to be played during the day to reduce electricity consumption in the stadiums.