The 65th National Baseball Series is already looming on the horizon like a stubborn train that does not stop. It will try to demonstrate that, even in the midst of a harsh economic crisis, baseball in Cuba does not give up.
Next Tuesday, in the Adolfo Luque Hall of the Latin American Stadium, the National Baseball Commission will meet with the press. To break down the architecture of the new championship. A direct result of an economic situation that forces us to rethink calendars, trips and dreams at the rate of available fuel.
During the last month, technicians and managers have dissected several competitive structures looking for the most viable equation. A formula that allows the country’s greatest sporting spectacle to be kept alive and, at the same time, cut kilometers of road without completely amputating the passion.
In the midst of a crisis that has put other tournaments on hold. Inder and the governing body of baseball have insisted that baseball is not another suspended calendar. Because they know that in many neighborhoods the championship is the last collective event that still calls for applause and discussions.
The next Series will bring its own magnets with the return of directors with a winning aura. Such as Alfonso Urquiola at the head of his Vegueros and Miguel Borroto as helmsman of the Toros. The Crocodiles of Matanzas will defend the newly won crown with the usual mix of irreverence and craftsmanship. While Industriales, current champion of the Elite League, clings to the desire for the national title that has been elusive for sixteen years.
Furthermore talking about the importance of baseball in Cuba implies accepting that the quality of the Series has lost its luster compared to the golden decades. But also that the game continues to be a collective liturgy where daily shortcomings are exorcised through home runs. Extreme pitches and children who dream in the stands of being the next hero of the ninth inning.
There will be returns that will stir nostalgia, players who will change teams and stir up corner debates. Young people who will burst out with the fury of those who do not know fear and veterans who will remain firm, like the good wine that resists the passage of the almanacs and shows that the ball is also played with memory.
For now the championship is announced as a promise without details. A half-drawn board that on Tuesday will begin to take shape between figures, calendar and rules. But it is already known that when the first ball is thrown the 65th National Series will be much more than a tournament. It will be the reminder that, even on the tightrope of the crisis, the country still finds strength to gather around a diamond and shout that the game continues.
With information from the Cuban News Agency
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