Frederich Cepeda
Frederich Cepeda
Frederich Cepeda Cruzis a Cuban professional baseball outfielder for the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball...
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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.
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I think this Classic is historic because it demonstrated that not only the players from the paid major leagues can carry the supremacy. We've demonstrated that what matters is sacrifice, human values and the effort you give on the field.
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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.
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I'm not happy because I don't like to lose, but Cuba showed that they can play anybody.
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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.
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We tried to get back on top, but they deserve the victory because they played better.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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What Cuba has proved is that we can play up to other levels.
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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.
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This is a revolutionary team. Baseball is not judged by the price of the athletes but by the heart of the people.
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If we could win Monday, it would be the greatest victory in Cuban baseball history.
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This is the greatest victory in the history of Cuban baseball because our opponents were major-league players.