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...
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The President did not demand us to win the tournament, but he told us that we should play well, and teach the world how baseball is played in Cuba.
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For you, some of the media and press that follow baseball, it might have been a surprise. It's normal for us. This is the way we play baseball in Cuba.
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Let's fight together so this event won't be held every four years but rather every two, so the baseball world won't have to wait so long to enjoy this.
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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.
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It was a great spectacle. In games like this, baseball wins.
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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.
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The most important thing is that baseball and the sport won. The quality of Cuban baseball was demonstrated.
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He was happy just like the rest of the people in Cuba. We're happy because of how far Cuba has advanced in this Classic, and now he just is waiting for us to do our best in the field to show the world and show everybody else how good baseball is played in Cuba.
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This is Cuban baseball. Cuba is not gone. We're still here to play and whoever wants to beat Cuba will have to sweat it out.
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Hosting games in the next event is the maximum ambition that any country that loves baseball could have.
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The fans should be happy. That was a great show. They got to watch what baseball is in Cuba.
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I do feel regret and feel sorry that they're not here because it is wonderful baseball what you see in the U.S..
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What's happened so far in the Classic is history. For us, the tournament begins today. In the first round, we gained some valuable experience.
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These are things that simply happen in the game of baseball. If this were to occur on a frequent basis for Cuba, this would be rather worrisome. But this is not the case.