Frederich Cepeda
Frederich Cepeda
Frederich Cepeda Cruzis a Cuban professional baseball outfielder for the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball...
cuba happy
I'm not happy because I don't like to lose, but Cuba showed that they can play anybody.
deserve played tried victory
We tried to get back on top, but they deserve the victory because they played better.
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.
achieve giving japan learn loss next people proud victory welcome
Victory was so close, but we didn't achieve it. We'll have to learn from this loss to Japan in the next Classic. But we are very proud of this welcome that the people are giving us.
came slogan speak
We came to play baseball. Like the slogan says, we speak baseball.
ball cuba whether
From the very beginning, we said that we were going to play baseball. The uncertainty as to whether Cuba was going to be part of it or not in baseball, as we say in Cuba, 'The ball is round.' We have done it now.
against bigger cuba everybody greater saw smaller win
For us this was very big because everybody saw Cuba as a smaller team. They thought of the other teams, greater teams, bigger teams, powerful. They thought we could never win against Venezuela, that we did not have any possibility or any chances. And here you have it. We know how to play under pressure.
baseball cuban greatest victory win
If we could win Monday, it would be the greatest victory in Cuban baseball history.
baseball courage cuba deserve field good high human major order paid par sacrifice shown utmost value
What Cuba has shown to the world is not only that we could play up to par with other major leaguers. We are not professional, we are amateur. We don't get paid for doing this. We deserve a high place in baseball because we do this with sacrifice, with human value and courage and sportsmanship, and because we give our utmost in order to come to the field and show what good baseball is all about.
cuba proved
What Cuba has proved is that we can play up to other levels.
again baseball beyond perhaps played wonderful
This was a wonderful event. It went beyond all expectations. Baseball can be played at a world level. Perhaps we could see each other again in two years?
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.
baseball coming cuba doubt doubts message people played
We have played in World Cups, world championships and Olympics. The message is already out there. ... In Cuba, baseball is the No. 1 sport. People in Cuba had their doubts about us coming and about the results.