They give new details about I Elite League of Cuban Baseball

New details about the Elite League of Cuban Baseball (LEBC) emerged, today, at a press conference of the National Committee for the sport, held at the Latin American Stadium in the capital.

According to the information released, each team (tobacco growers, port workers, power plants, livestock farmers, coffee growers, farmers) It will comprise 32 athletes, 22 of whom will be selected by the National Technical Committee and 10 others appointed by their manager.

This decision aims to ensure that high-performing players or those with an interest in the country in the face of international competition are not excluded from the payroll.

Preparations are expected to begin on August 22 at the teams’ headquarters in Pinar del Rio, Mayapeque, Matanzas, Sancti Spiritos, Granma and Holguín.whose main stadiums will also be the main homes of each of the actors during the fight.

Players contracted abroad through the Cuban Baseball Federation (FCB) can be registered in the competition at any time, while the application of this process to other Cuban players playing alone in foreign leagues is being studied.

In the next few hours, it must be decided whether the I LEBC champion will attend the Caribbean Series for Venezuela 2023, as well as the name of the director, the Cuban national team .. to close the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, said Juan Reinaldo Perez Pardo, the national commissioner for the sport and president of the FCB.

Regarding the latter, he emphasized that there were three proposals currently on the table and that his election would mean stopping directing in the National Series and Elite Leagues, moving on to naming the National Committee and dedicating himself to getting work done. The project to be evaluated for re-election or dismissal in the future.

The appointed mentor will be responsible for several major events, including 2023 World Baseball Classic, 2023 San Salvador Central Caribbean Games, 2023 Santiago Pan American Games and 2024 Baseball Premier 12.

Pérez Pardo also explained that at this moment the regulations and calendar of the I LEBC are being finalized.

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The meeting also addressed progress in preparations for the Seventh Under-23 National Baseball Series, scheduled to begin August 2 with a game between Sancti Spiritos and Las Tunas at Jose Antonio Huelga Stadium.

On July 28th will be via Online The event’s technical conference, where the payroll of the 16 participating teams will be made official, among other aspects.

Pitchers Marlon Vega (May) and Nicholas Cruz (MTZ) will sit to protect their arms, and catcher Andres Perez will only work behind the board in one game from each subgroup.

The guides for this event are: Donal Duarte (PRI), Eduardo Leal (ART), Ruspel Hernandez (IJV), Antonio Ascia (LHA), Jose Raul Calderon (May), Arleigh Vazquez (MTZ), Yosefani Lazo (CFG), Julio Cesar Alvarez (VCL), Hector Huelga (SSP), Dani Miranda (CAV), Marino Luis (CMG), Osmani Urrutia (LTU), Victor Perez (GRA), Francisco Abel (Netherlands), Eddie Cajegal (SCU) and Lisel Osorio ( gtm). At the end of the year, Cuba was ahead of the global competition for this category in Taiwan.

Regarding the island’s participation in the 2022 Hermosillo U-15 Baseball World Cup, from August 26 to September 4, it turns out that the Cuban initial selection focus will begin on July 25 in Morón, Ciego de Avila.

Four hunting players, 12 players, eight players and 11 shooters, including three left-handed players, were called up. The management group is led by Alexandre Urquiola of Pinar del Rio, accompanied by assistants Lionel Eder Acosta Sánchez (HAB) and Pedro Pérez López (VCL); Stadium coach Noel Gonzalez Paz (CAV), delegate Carlos Martin Alvarez and Dr. Ramiro Piccardo Torres (Hall). The head coach of the setup will be the legendary German Misa Fresenda, who is also the Vice President of FCB.

It was also learned that the women’s national team’s preparations are continuing in this capital for the Pan-American competition to be hosted by Venezuela in August, with the importance of offering four tickets for next year’s World Championship.

(With information from He hits)