Frederich Cepeda
Frederich Cepeda
Frederich Cepeda Cruzis a Cuban professional baseball outfielder for the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball...
baseball classic games great hope olympic remains
I hope the Classic remains and those responsible for eliminating baseball from the Olympic Games were able to see the great show that baseball is all about.
cuba happy
I'm not happy because I don't like to lose, but Cuba showed that they can play anybody.
classic cuba heart historic paid ranked shown
Cuba has shown the world that we have our heart in baseball. This classic is a historic event. We are not professionals. We don't get paid to play. But we ranked second, well deserved. I don't like losing. But I think we have shown a lot.
athletes baseball cuba matter message paid price quite rest sending sent slogan strong talk time
Cuba has sent a strong message to the rest of the baseball world, but this is a message that we have been sending for quite some time now, not only in 2006. Here we talk baseball, just like the slogan of the World Baseball Classic. And baseball is baseball, it doesn't matter the price paid to the athletes that play it.
baseball cuban greatest history opponents victory
This is the greatest victory in the history of Cuban baseball because our opponents were major-league players.
against people
They have major-league players. So people know now that we can play against major-league players.
cuba everybody mentally prepared saw smaller teams
Everybody saw Cuba as a smaller team. They saw other teams as greater. Yet here we are. Nothing is impossible. You will see in the final. We're prepared for this mentally and physically.
athletes baseball heart judged price
This is a revolutionary team. Baseball is not judged by the price of the athletes but by the heart of the people.