Cuban ballplayer dream to play for US leagues
Cuban ballplayer dream to play for US leagues: The 8-year-old Kevin dreams of playing for the best US baseball teams and in the league. He dreams of having stardom-like players on the baseball team. He said he wants to play for the National Baseball Club of Cuba. But he is receiving his composer bag after a big swing and miss in the practice session. In between all this, he admits he has set his eyes on a big price.
He said he wants to play in the major leagues and be like Yuli Gurriel. While referring to Cuban all-star baseball players from the Houston Astros. However Cuban players have a long way to go since their economy has not been great in the past. So they are not able to provide their players with the facilities they need.
Earlier players used to wait for a long time to immigrate to prove themselves. Now they immigrate at the age of 16 or 17 to immigrate. According to a Cuban baseball expert who lives in Florida, Francis Romero.
We don’t have globes, balls, or bats to play
Former Cuban national league player, Irakly Chirino says” Players in Cuba don’t have bats, gloves, shoes or even balls to play if we do have the balls they are too expensive. This has forced the Abid young players to think of something other than their favorite sport in Latin America that requires less gear to play or they can dream of playing abroad.
Chirino says we are losing our best wall players even before they start making it to the National series.
Coach Nicholas has seen many former players signing contracts in leagues outside. He says “they started with me and now they are playing in the major leagues of us and it makes me feel proud. ”
However, the Cuban Federation says there is still scope. But it’s not going to work until they do not align with a practical approach to help players
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