Higinio Velez
Higinio Velez
Higinio Vélez Carriónis a Cuban baseball manager. After leading Santiago de Cuba to three straight championships in the Cuban National Series, he became the manager of the Cuban national baseball team, which he led to the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics...
champion olympic team
This team is the world champion and the Olympic champion. We didn't get that for free.
baseball both came cuban days game great losing mercy patiently played players rule strong teams wait
Both teams played great baseball. Two days ago we told everyone to wait patiently for today's game... This is what Cuban baseball is all about. Our players wanted to come back strong after losing in a mercy rule game and they came through.
cuban
I told you to be patient. This is Cuban baseball.
best cause cuba great happened lost means mercy pitchers team
That means that Cuba is a great team because if not it would have lost many times under the mercy rule. But that's only happened twice. Our second-line pitchers did not come through and we couldn't use our best pitchers today. That was the fundamental cause of our defeat.
gift given
It was not a gift that was given to Cuba. We were put in that pool. It was called the 'death pool,' the 'death group,' and we made it through to the final.
baseball games great
It was a great spectacle. In games like this, baseball wins.
running
We are running out of time. We have just 20 days.
baseball cuba experience ideal organizing
We want to be a part of the tournament, and I think Cuba would be an ideal place because it already has experience organizing baseball events.
continued courage fight team
Our team doesn't give up. Our team continued to fight with courage but it was very difficult.
athletes interested people turn
They're not interested in millions. We don't have prisoners. Simply, our athletes are besieged because people want to turn them into merchandise, but they want to play for their country.
boys cuban recovered today wonderful
This is what we wanted to see -- this is Cuban baseball. Our boys recovered from the knockout that we suffered. Today was great, wonderful baseball.
baseball cuban quality
The most important thing is that baseball and the sport won. The quality of Cuban baseball was demonstrated.
large national number players quality
Some players are gone, but not all of them were stars. We have a large number of players. It is our national sport. All I can say is take a look at the quality of our players. We have quality and quantity.
admire bothers face hurts liked states united
I see it as something that really hurts me. It bothers me because we admire the way they play. We would have even liked to face the United States in this tournament.