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&lt;b&gt;Orestes &quot;Minnie&quot; Miñoso&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;(born&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;Saturnino Orestes Armas Miñoso Arrieta&lt;/b&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class=&quot;nowrap&quot; style=&quot;white-space: nowrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;IPA nopopups&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English&quot; style=&quot;background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none !important;&quot; title=&quot;Help:IPA for English&quot;&gt;/&lt;span style=&quot;border-bottom: 1px dotted;&quot;&gt;&lt;span title=&quot;&#39;m&#39; in &#39;my&#39;&quot;&gt;m&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span title=&quot;/ɪ/ or /ə/ &#39;e&#39; in &#39;roses&#39;&quot;&gt;ᵻ&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span title=&quot;/ˈ/ primary stress follows&quot;&gt;ˈ&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span title=&quot;&#39;n&#39; in &#39;no&#39;&quot;&gt;n&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span title=&quot;/oʊ/ long &#39;o&#39; in &#39;code&#39;&quot;&gt;oʊ&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span title=&quot;&#39;s&#39; in &#39;sigh&#39;&quot;&gt;s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span title=&quot;/oʊ/ long &#39;o&#39; in &#39;code&#39;&quot;&gt;oʊ&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;;&amp;nbsp;&lt;small style=&quot;font-size: 11.9px;&quot;&gt;Spanish pronunciation:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;IPA&quot; title=&quot;Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_Spanish&quot; style=&quot;background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none !important;&quot; title=&quot;Help:IPA for Spanish&quot;&gt;[miˈɲoso]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, November 29, 1925 – March 1, 2015), nicknamed&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;&quot;The Cuban Comet&quot;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;&quot;Mr. White Sox&quot;&lt;/b&gt;, was a&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba&quot; style=&quot;background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;&quot; title=&quot;Cuba&quot;&gt;Cuban&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negro_league_baseball&quot; style=&quot;background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;&quot; title=&quot;Negro league baseball&quot;&gt;Negro league&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball&quot; style=&quot;background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;&quot; title=&quot;Major League Baseball&quot;&gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(MLB)&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_baseball&quot; style=&quot;background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;&quot; title=&quot;Professional baseball&quot;&gt;player&lt;/a&gt;. He began his baseball career in 1946 and became an&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East-West_All-Star_Game&quot; style=&quot;background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;&quot; title=&quot;East-West All-Star Game&quot;&gt;All-Star&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_baseman&quot; style=&quot;background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;&quot; title=&quot;Third baseman&quot;&gt;third baseman&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;with the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Cubans&quot; style=&quot;background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;&quot; title=&quot;New York Cubans&quot;&gt;New York Cubans&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and was signed by the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Indians&quot; style=&quot;background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;&quot; title=&quot;Cleveland Indians&quot;&gt;Cleveland Indians&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;after the 1948 season as&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_color_line&quot; style=&quot;background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;&quot; title=&quot;Baseball color line&quot;&gt;baseball&#39;s color line&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;slowly fell. Miñoso went on to become an&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game&quot; style=&quot;background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;&quot; title=&quot;Major League Baseball All-Star Game&quot;&gt;All-Star&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left_fielder&quot; style=&quot;background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;&quot; title=&quot;Left fielder&quot;&gt;left fielder&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;with the Indians and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox&quot; style=&quot;background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;&quot; title=&quot;Chicago White Sox&quot;&gt;Chicago White Sox&lt;/a&gt;. The first&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afro-Cuban&quot; style=&quot;background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;&quot; title=&quot;Afro-Cuban&quot;&gt;Black Cuban&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;in the major leagues and the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_first_black_Major_League_Baseball_players_by_team&quot; style=&quot;background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;&quot; title=&quot;List of first black Major League Baseball players by team&quot;&gt;first black player&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;in White Sox history, as a 1951&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rookie&quot; style=&quot;background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;&quot; title=&quot;Rookie&quot;&gt;rookie&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;he was the one of the first Latin Americans to play in an MLB All-Star Game.&lt;/div&gt;
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In 2014, Miñoso appeared for the second time as a candidate on the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame&quot; style=&quot;background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;&quot; title=&quot;National Baseball Hall of Fame&quot;&gt;National Baseball Hall of Fame&lt;/a&gt;&#39;s&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Era_Committee&quot; style=&quot;background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;&quot; title=&quot;Golden Era Committee&quot;&gt;Golden Era Committee&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;election ballot&lt;sup class=&quot;reference&quot; id=&quot;cite_ref-3&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnie_Mi%C3%B1oso#cite_note-3&quot; style=&quot;background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;&quot;&gt;[2]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&amp;nbsp;for possible Hall of Fame consideration in 2015. He and the other candidates including former White Sox teammate&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Pierce&quot; style=&quot;background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;&quot; title=&quot;Billy Pierce&quot;&gt;Billy Pierce&lt;/a&gt;, and two other former players from Cuba,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Oliva&quot; style=&quot;background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;&quot; title=&quot;Tony Oliva&quot;&gt;Tony Oliva&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Tiant&quot; style=&quot;background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;&quot; title=&quot;Luis Tiant&quot;&gt;Luis Tiant&lt;/a&gt;, all missed induction in 2015.&lt;sup class=&quot;reference&quot; id=&quot;cite_ref-4&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnie_Mi%C3%B1oso#cite_note-4&quot; style=&quot;background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;&quot;&gt;[&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Miñoso became eligible for election to the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum&quot; style=&quot;background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;&quot; title=&quot;National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum&quot;&gt;National Baseball Hall of Fame&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;in 1970 – a year before the Hall began considering players from the Negro leagues or taking into account the accomplishments of major leaguers in the Negro leagues – and was dropped from the ballot for insufficient support. He was restored to the ballot five years after his final 1980 appearances as a player, and finally began to receive support as a candidate, remaining on the ballot for fourteen years before his eligibility expired; however, most of the writers voting by that point had little memory of him during his prime. In 2001, historian&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_James&quot; style=&quot;background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;&quot; title=&quot;Bill James&quot;&gt;Bill James&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;selected Miñoso as the tenth greatest left fielder of all time; based on the then-general belief that Miñoso was born in 1922 rather than 1925, James wrote, &quot;Had he gotten the chance to play when he was 21 years old, I think he&#39;d probably be rated among the top thirty players of all time.&quot;&lt;sup class=&quot;reference&quot; id=&quot;cite_ref-The_Bill_James_Historical_Baseball_Abstract_57-0&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnie_Mi%C3%B1oso#cite_note-The_Bill_James_Historical_Baseball_Abstract-57&quot; style=&quot;background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;&quot;&gt;[56]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Author Stuart Miller makes the case for Miñoso&#39;s election based on the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wins_above_replacement&quot; style=&quot;background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;&quot; title=&quot;Wins above replacement&quot;&gt;wins above replacement&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(WAR) statistic, which calculates the number of additional wins a team would get from a player&#39;s production compared to having played a replacement-level minor league player at the position. Miñoso is among the top five AL players in WAR for seven of his MLB seasons, ranking first in WAR for two of those seasons.&lt;sup class=&quot;reference&quot; id=&quot;cite_ref-Miller_58-0&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnie_Mi%C3%B1oso#cite_note-Miller-58&quot; style=&quot;background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;&quot;&gt;[57]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&amp;nbsp;Jay Jaffe of&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Sports Illustrated&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;has written that Miñoso&#39;s Hall of Fame candidacy may have been damaged by the publicity stunt game appearances in his later life. He said that the biggest question for Hall of Fame voters would be how much potential major league production was taken away from Miñoso because baseball was not integrated at the outset of his career.&lt;sup class=&quot;reference&quot; id=&quot;cite_ref-Jaffe_59-0&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnie_Mi%C3%B1oso#cite_note-Jaffe-59&quot; style=&quot;background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;&quot;&gt;[58]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Primero su madre, luego su padre. Por ello no pudo cumplir la promesa de reflejar la imagen de San Lázaro bien dimensionada en su espalda, la cual hizo en ocasión del día que pudiera estar con toda su familia. Mas, lleva el retrato de ese santo en uno de sus brazos. El otrora ala-pívot del combinado nacional y uno de los dos cubanos con minutos en la NBA, ha tenido que enfrentar muchas rémoras a lo largo de su vida deportiva, sobre todo en los Estados Unidos. Una andadura de idas y vueltas que complacientemente comparte con Deportistas Cubanos por el Mundo a través de una extensa entrevista.&lt;/div&gt;
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¿Qué recuerdos asaltan tu mente cuando te pregunto por la Liga Superior de Baloncesto (LSB) que tú jugaste?&lt;/div&gt;
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Creo que fue una de las mejores ideas que tuvo la Federación de baloncesto para levantar el nivel de este deporte en Cuba a nivel local, pues en los cuatro equipos estaba repartido todo el núcleo de la selección nacional y así el público podía ver más baloncesto y de mejor nivel.&lt;/div&gt;
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Fuiste la estrella de tu quinteto de los Lobos de Villa Clara por muchos años. Apartando la modestia, profundízame sobre eso.&lt;/div&gt;
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“Tuve la suerte de empezar desde muy joven en los Lobos y contar con la ayuda y guía de entrenadores de mucha experiencia y jugadores también avezados como Jorge Luis Moret, Carlos Valle, Leonardo Maravilla” Pérez y muchos otros que me ayudaron en mi desarrollo. Como siempre digo, lo que fui como jugador, se lo debo a mis entrenadores y compañeros de equipos, que cada día me ayudaron a ser mejor jugador y mejor persona.&lt;/div&gt;
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¿Cuándo llegas al equipo nacional cubano y en qué torneo? Haz un balance de tu periplo con el uniforme de las cuatro letras y lo que significó para ti.&lt;/div&gt;
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Llegué en enero de 1988 como invitado. Luego del Campeonato Nacional, paso a ser miembro del equipo Cuba. Mi primer torneo oficial fue el Centrobasquet de la Habana 1989, y en pocas palabras fueron 11 años defendiendo la camiseta del equipo nacional con mucho orgullo y junto a mis compañeros, siempre tratamos de dar lo mejor de nosotros. Los mejores resultados que obtuvimos fueron los tres torneos Centrobasquet seguidos que ganamos: República Dominicana 1995, Honduras 1997 y como broche de oro, La Habana 1999”.&lt;/div&gt;
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Tengo entendido que jugaste profesional con el conjunto argentino Obras Sanitarias, junto a Ángel Oscar Caballero, antes de dar tomar tu decisión definitiva en 1999. Háblame sobre eso.&lt;/div&gt;
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Hubo una primera experiencia en la que Ángel Oscar y yo jugamos en Argentina. Fue una experiencia que me favoreció mucho en mi carrera deportiva y de esa época tengo muy buenos recuerdos.&lt;/div&gt;
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Abandonas la escuadra cubana que intervino en el Preolímpico de Puerto Rico 1999, en un momento en el que sin dudas estabas en el top three del baloncesto cubano, ¿por qué tomas esta decisión?&lt;/div&gt;
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Fue una decisión super difícil. Primero dejaba atrás a mi familia, mis amigos, toda una vida y me enfrentaba a lo desconocido. En ese momento sentía la necesidad de probarme a un nivel competitivo más fuerte, tenía mis propias añoranzas, estaba entrando en una edad que no tenía mucho tiempo para esperar y no se vislumbraba que hubiera algún cambio como los hay hoy.&lt;/div&gt;
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Pero renunciaste a tu familia y a un mar de pueblo que seguía los encestes de ese mulato alto de más de 2 metros llamado Lázaro Borrell. ¿Qué implicó eso para ti?&lt;/div&gt;
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Implicó muchas cosas. Mucha gente que me quería y me seguía, como bien dices, se dividió en opiniones hacia mi persona. Me catalogaron con muchos adjetivos desfavorables, sin saber que yo sentía o pensaba. En los primeros años tuve muchas noches encerrado en una habitación, llorando, porque no siempre lo que brilla es oro.&lt;/div&gt;
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“También provocó mucha ilusión en mí, pero y no es por justificarme, la barrera del idioma y las lesiones de rodilla con que llegué, incidieron en esa actuación breve en la NBA, además de una falta de preparación individual de mi parte.&lt;/div&gt;
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Aunque breve, llegar a ese nivel es meritorio, digno de aplausos muchos. Descríbeme tu trayectoria por los Seattle Supersonics.&lt;/div&gt;
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Fue una linda experiencia, desde que llegué me ayudaron mucho, aprendí a conocer y estudiar un poco más el juego del baloncesto, que no era como yo me lo imaginaba.&lt;br /&gt;También me ayudó a prepararme de una forma diferente.&lt;/div&gt;
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Después de eso, irrumpes frenéticamente en España y en distintos clubes de Latinoamérica sobre todo, y aportas muchísimo al plantel Obras Sanitarias, una especie de tu anterior equipo Villa Clara para ti. Háblame de eso.&lt;/div&gt;
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“En 2001, cuando nace mi hijo, decido no jugar más, pero gracias a los consejos de un gran amigo mío argentino, que jugó conmigo en Obras Sanitarias, regreso a las canchas y tomo un segundo aire en Argentina, ya como jugador profesional y con más experiencia. Allí también fui recibido de la mejor manera”.&lt;/div&gt;
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Tu generación fue una de las mejores del basquetbol cubano, ¿acaso crees que supera a la de los míticos hombres del bronce olímpico de 1972?&lt;/div&gt;
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Me gustaría poder decir que sí, pero esa medalla de bronce olímpica es insuperable. Tal vez podamos decir que fuimos los mejores después de la generación de Múnich 1972.&lt;/div&gt;
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Andrés Gilbert es un ejemplo de superación. Llegó al equipo nacional creo, sin haber jugado en las categorías formativas, y trabajando día a día se convirtió en una pieza fundamental del conjunto cubano y luego tuvo experiencia en la NBA y en Europa&lt;/div&gt;
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¿Cuándo te retiras y por qué?&lt;/div&gt;
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El 24 de noviembre de 2009 me lastimo la rodilla derecha. Una semana después me la tuve que operar y ahí se terminó mi carrera como jugador activo y llegó mi despedida para siempre. No fue de la forma que quería, ni en el lugar que hubiera deseado, pero son cosas de la vida.&lt;/div&gt;
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Si te cometo una falta antideportiva y te obligo a que sueltes tres tiros libres, traducidos a los tres mejores momentos de tu carrera deportiva, ¿cuáles me dirías?&lt;/div&gt;
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Siempre van a ser momentos en los que gané algo. El primero, mi último torneo como jugador escolar categoría 15-16 años, jugando con mi equipo de Villa Clara, le ganamos por la discusión de la medalla de oro al conjunto de Ciudad de la Habana en la Ciudad Deportiva. El segundo, jugar un Campeonato Mundial con la selección de Cuba, en Toronto 1994. Y el tercero, haber ganado tres Centrobasquet consecutivos, pero en especial el de la Habana, cuando vencimos en la final al equipo de Puerto Rico, a pesar de que muy pocos nos daban como favoritos, incluso, algunos periodistas locales.&lt;/div&gt;
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Hablando de tiros libres, es inevitable hablar del que quizás fue tu peor momento deportivo, aquel disparo que fallaste en tu propia provincia y costó un campeonato.&lt;/div&gt;
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Esa cruz tengo que cargarla por el resto de mi vida. Toda la gente de Villa Clara puede estar convencida de que si tomé la pelota para el último tiro, fue porque me tocaba y nadie más que yo quería ese título.&lt;/div&gt;
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Siempre di el 100% por ganar partidos, pero ese día la vida me jugó una mala pasada, pero en toda novela hay héroes y villanos, y por desgracia en ese momento me tocó ser villano.&lt;/div&gt;
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Desde 1999 hasta enero del 2015, estuviste sin venir a Cuba, viendo a tus seres más queridos a 90 millas, ¿por qué no habías venido antes y qué te encuentras cuando llegas aquí después de 15 años?&lt;/div&gt;
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“Primero había una serie de leyes y medidas que me impedían regresar, hasta que después se autoriza el regreso de aquellos deportistas que tenían más de 8 años fuera de Cuba. Después de 15 años y medio sin venir, solo te puedo decir que me encontré con el afecto y cariño más fuerte que nunca de mi familia, amigos y algún que otro fanático que me pudo ver.&lt;/div&gt;
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Te enteras de la muerte de tus padres vía telefónica. Háblame sobre eso, ¿hiciste intentos por venir al saber de los fallecimientos o antes?&lt;/div&gt;
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“Fue el momento más triste, doloroso, amargo, terrible que puede pasar un hijo. Cuando el fallecimiento de mi mamá, quise venir, pero todavía no tenía mi residencia en Estados Unidos en aquel momento. Al morir mi padre, ya tenía mi residencia, pero todo ocurrió de un día para otro casi.&lt;/div&gt;
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Llevas tatuado en tu brazo la bendita imagen de San Lázaro, todo un santo milagroso que arrastra multitudes en Cuba cada año, ¿por qué llevas ese tatuaje, acaso crees perseverantemente en él?&lt;/div&gt;
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Desde que tengo uso de razón mi mamá siempre lo veneró. Recuerdo que en mi casa siempre los 17 de diciembre se velaba a San Lázaro y yo también seguí la tradición. De hecho, cumplí mi sueño de tatuármelo para que este conmigo en todo momento, a donde quiera que vaya.&lt;/div&gt;
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¿Cómo ves la figura de tu hermana Leonor Borrell, toda una gloriosa en el mundo del baloncesto?&lt;/div&gt;
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Mi jugadora de básquet favorita, siempre la vi como un ejemplo a seguir, siempre quise ser como ella, pero a la vista, me quedé muy por debajo-sonríe.&lt;/div&gt;
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¿Cómo describes tu vida en Estados Unidos desde que llegaste hasta hoy? ¿A qué te dedicas en la actualidad?&lt;/div&gt;
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Cuando tenemos responsabilidades no tenemos tiempo para nada, pero estoy contento aquí, he aprendido muchas cosas como otras culturas, idiomas, he conocido mucha gente y me he reencontrado con otras amistades que hacía mucho tiempo no veía. Pero sí te puedo asegurar que extraño todo lo que dejé atrás en Cuba, ahora dedico mi tiempo a preparar a mi hijo que juega al básquet también y al negocio del transporte, algo completamente diferente a mi profesión.&lt;/div&gt;
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El chama juega básquet, ¿superará al padre?&lt;/div&gt;
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Espero que me supere a mí y que pueda ser tan bueno como la tía.&lt;/div&gt;
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Un mensaje a Gustavo, fanático tuyo que te recuerda insistentemente a pesar de que su equipo fuera Capitalinos.&lt;/div&gt;
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Un saludo bien grande para Gustavo y siempre es bueno saber que a pesar de los años todavía los fanáticos te recuerdan. Dile que si quiere podemos jugar un 1 vs 1, concluye en medio de risas.&lt;/div&gt;
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In a run-down Mexican border town, far from the manicured fields of spring training, one of the most remarkable bids for a Major League Baseball job is unfolding.&lt;br /&gt;
For the past month, 32-year-old Cuban right fielder Alexei Bell has been training on a parched diamond in Mexicali, just over the border from California, hoping to defy the odds and land an MLB contract.&lt;br /&gt;
If Bell is successful, he will become the first player in nearly 60 years to leave Cuba legally and play in the majors, without having to defect.&lt;br /&gt;
Bell spent last season toiling for the Quebec Capitales of the independent Can-Am League, under a unique agreement the Canadian team struck with the Cuban government. It was a test case for a similar deal Cuba eventually wants to strike with MLB amid renewed diplomatic relations with the United States. But last month, after several years of lobbying the Castro government, Bell was granted his unconditional release from Cuban baseball. It was a reward for his years of loyal- ty, and because Cuba no longer needs the aging slugger on its national team.&lt;br /&gt;
“We respected his right to leave legally,” Heriberto Suarez, president of the Cuban Baseball Federation, said in a recent interview.&lt;br /&gt;
Now, with the clock ticking on his career and his big-league dreams still burning, Bell is out to prove to the scouts he has something left.&lt;br /&gt;
“I feel liberated,” he said after a recent workout, with his agent translating. “The door has opened. Now I can see the path to get to my goal.”&lt;br /&gt;
Had Bell left Cuba following the 2008 Summer Olympics, when he won the tournament’s batting crown with a .500 average, he’d be a wealthy man today. But he turned down offers from the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies because he was unwilling to defect and leave his family behind. Since then, age and injuries have affected his production – he knows this may be his last crack at the majors.&lt;br /&gt;
Last month, Bell’s agent, Charisse-Espinosa Dash, a New Jersey lawyer who has represented several Dominican players making the jump to the majors, held an open showcase for scouts to watch Bell train.&lt;br /&gt;
In Mexico, where Bell’s hitting exploits on the international stage are well known, the one-day event was billed as the “Big Show” in one local paper. Thirteen teams sent scouts, including representatives of the Blue Jays, Yankees, San Francisco Giants, Boston Red Sox and Kansas City Royals. They came to see if Bell bears a resemblance to the dangerous hitter he once was – a superstar at home who remains the only player to hit 30 home runs and 100 RBIs in Cuba’s 90-game National League season.&lt;br /&gt;
» Such showcases are a rite of passage for international free agents. When MLB teams gather in Florida and Arizona for spring training each year, many of their scouts are on the road, crisscrossing Mexico, Dominican Republic and Venezuela to attend these tryouts. They are searching for undiscovered talent, the next big thing. After watching a player train for as little as 45 minutes, they file a report back to the parent club that can make or break a career, determining whether the player deserves a closer look, an invite to training camp or an expedited offer.&lt;br /&gt;
There are few rules to the format: When Yoenis Cespedes defected from Cuba in 2011, his agent produced a video of him training in the Dominican Republic. Simply titled The Showcase, it was designed to whet the appetites of scouts who’d never seen him play. The clips of Cespedes – now with the New York Mets – doing Herculean standing jumps, bench presses and a battery of floor exercises turned the video into an online sensation, mostly because it was so unusual.&lt;br /&gt;
Live showcases are far more focused affairs, crafted carefully by agents who know what the scouts want to see: batting practice, hitting against live pitching, fielding drills and a 60-metre sprint.&lt;br /&gt;
On the morning of his showcase, Bell awoke at 7 a.m. to read the Bible and pray. Some scouts had already made trips to Mexicali in previous weeks to see him train in private, but Bell knew the one-day tryout carried extra significance. Fail here, and the door to the majors could easily slam shut.&lt;br /&gt;
The scouts arrived bearing the tools of their trade: stopwatches, camcorders and notebooks. Some were grizzled veterans with grey hair and poker faces; others looked to be in their mid-20s, fresh from their college playing days. Several spat chewing tobacco as they watched Bell stretch.&lt;br /&gt;
There is considerable gamesmanship employed when evaluating talent. Scouts are open and jocular with each other, inquiring about families, old friends, quality of hotel rooms and where to get a beer. Yet rarely do they discuss the player at hand.&lt;br /&gt;
“If I say anything,” said one scout from an American League club who insisted on anonymity, “then his price might go up. So I can’t really talk.”&lt;br /&gt;
When the showcase begins, Bell stands in deep right field, on a patch of grass that has been mowed just for the occasion. It stands out from centre field, where the weeds grow ankle deep.&lt;br /&gt;
A man in a Florida Marlins windbreaker hits a series of ground balls that Bell scoops up and hurls to third base and home plate. The scouts watch his arm and the arc on the ball. Bell’s first throw hops into third, but subsequent attempts are better. The scouts remain silent. Most came to see him hit, and they soon get their wish.&lt;br /&gt;
The hitting portion of any showcase begins with light batting practice. It mostly serves as a warmup, but a few scouts watch intently, trying to gauge the ease and fluidity of the player’s swing. This proves unexpectedly difficult, though, because the local Mexican pitcher hired to serve up easy pitches appears too nervous to throw a strike.&lt;br /&gt;
After a half-dozen pitches miss the zone entirely, the scouts began to groan and the young man is relieved of his duties. Bell seems unfazed. A man wearing jeans takes the mound in relief. “Going to the bullpen already?” one scout asks sardonically.&lt;br /&gt;
If Bell wasn’t nervous coming in, he should be now. He’s never seen this new pitcher before and he must acclimatize quickly. He’ll only get a limited number of pitches to make an impression. After a few line drives to centre field, Bell settles in and smacks a home run over the fence in left field. His agent looks relieved.&lt;br /&gt;
Bell is now warm and the scouts are waiting for more. A minor-league pitcher from Mexicali named Marvel Manriquez takes the mound and begins throwing fastballs. After a mix of line drives and ground balls, Bell begins to find his rhythm. A long ball lands on the warning track in centre field, followed by a home run that soars over a clump of agave plants beyond the right-field fence.&lt;br /&gt;
A National League scout says he’s come to see how Bell’s hits carry. Does he launch balls into the sky or do they crest early and barely leave the park? It’s the question scouts ask about any hitter, but for Bell it is particularly important. Power is his calling card – he once hit two grand slams in a single inning in Cuba. But that skill diminishes with age.&lt;br /&gt;
As Bell swings away, scouts line the baselines with camcorders focussed, zeroing in on his mechanics. Some are less concerned about where the ball lands than the rotation of his torso at the plate.&lt;br /&gt;
Pitch by pitch, he finds a groove, smacking a home run to centre field that bounces off the roof of a house across the street. Somewhere around the 30th pitch he faces, Bell clobbers the first of three consecutive home runs, and almost notches a fourth. By the time Manriquez walks back to the dugout, Bell has hit 15 out of the park. The scouts remain silent, other than a few who debate the actual distance to the outfield fence. An American league scout suggests to Bell’s agent he may want to see the player hit at the club’s spring training facility, to get a better idea of the distance on the ball.&lt;br /&gt;
The last event is a 60-metre sprint. Using a tape measure, the catcher gamely measures out the appropriate distance from home plate. But before Bell lines up to run, the Yankees scout questions the distance. He explains that he once attended a showcase where a player ran what turned out to be a few metres short of 60-metres. Not surprisingly, his time was great. But the stunt didn’t go over well.&lt;br /&gt;
The scout checks the distance and places an orange cone at exactly the 60-metre mark. Bell, who is a stocky 5-foot-7 with choppy speed, takes off from home plate as a half-dozen Mexican players gathered on the sidelines shout “Vamos! Vamos!”&lt;br /&gt;
When Bell crosses the line, the scouts check their times among each other, comparing stopwatches: 6.70, 6.65, 6.72. Three scouts cluster together and speak in hushed tones. Bell returns to the dugout to chug water.&lt;br /&gt;
Few showcases end with a contract offer on the spot. The scouts will return to their clubs to discuss what they saw and figure out whether an offer is warranted. Which means Bell must wait to see if his historic bid will come through.&lt;br /&gt;
Later at dinner, Espinosa-Dash reminds Bell he only needs one offer to make the big leagues. There are only so many contracts to go around, but he is hopeful.&lt;br /&gt;
“When it comes to my age, they were able to see for themselves the shape that I’m in,” Bell says.&lt;br /&gt;
Before he can sign, Bell must be cleared by MLB for free agency, an administrative step that is expected in the coming weeks. At that point, he can start talking to teams about a deal.&lt;br /&gt;
It’s been a long road – in less than a year, he’s gone from Cuba to Quebec City to a border town in Mexico, where America is so close he can see it on the horizon. Had he walked away from Cuba six or seven years ago, Bell could have asked for the world. Now, all he can ask for is a shot.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eldeporteencuba.blogspot.com/feeds/6302357954190921316/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://eldeporteencuba.blogspot.com/2016/03/alexei-bell-toca-las-puertas-de-mlb_25.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2864972478677420755/posts/default/6302357954190921316'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2864972478677420755/posts/default/6302357954190921316'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eldeporteencuba.blogspot.com/2016/03/alexei-bell-toca-las-puertas-de-mlb_25.html' title='Alexei Bell toca las puertas de MLB. Invitado a los Spring Trainings?'/><author><name>Carlos G</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17934272120025715712</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864972478677420755.post-1328372992128167055</id><published>2016-01-31T09:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2016-01-31T09:35:12.900-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Arturo Miranda: De Cuba a una hoja de arce en el corazón.  Por Carlos González.</title><content type='html'>(Tomado de la pagina de Facebook de Ile Duarte &quot;Deportistas Cubanos por el Mundo)&lt;br /&gt;
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Arturo Miranda: De Cuba a una hoja de arce en el corazón&lt;br /&gt;
 Por Carlos González&lt;br /&gt;
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 De Arturo Miranda conocía poco o nada. Solo que era un clavadista 
cubano al que le vetaron la posibilidad de competir por Canadá en los 
Juegos Olímpicos de Sidney 2000. Pero supuse que detrás de eso había una
 historia interesante que merecía ser contada. Impulsado por mi instinto
 periodístico anduve y  desanduve  la Internet y con las fraternas 
palabras de un amigo y excompañero de Miranda de la selección nacional 
cubana, confeccioné este material.&lt;br /&gt;
 Fue un cable de El Nuevo 
Herald, fechado el 19 de agosto de 2000, lo que me abrió las puertas de 
este clavadista habanero. Decía que las autoridades cubanas han rehusado
 permitir que el saltador de  trampolín naturalizado canadiense Arturo 
Miranda () acuda a la justa  olímpica en representación de Canadá. Tras 
búsquedas infructuosas en archivos físicos sobre su posible 
participación en defensa de Cuba, es que contacté con el otrora 
clavadista Abel Ramírez, entre los dos mejores en la génesis de este 
deporte en la Isla.&lt;br /&gt;
 Ramírez me dijo que efectivamente se acordaba
 de Miranda, colega suyo alrededor de cinco años en el equipo grande y 
que el evento de mayor envergadura que recuerda de él son los Juegos 
Panamericanos de La Habana 1991, además de intervenir en el 
Centroamericano por edades en Venezuela 1989 y monarca nacional en 
plataforma a 10 metros. Amplía que se fue del clavado aproximadamente en
 1992 y continuó su labor en el ballet acuático que se realizaba en los 
hoteles, espectáculo vendible  de mucho agrado para el turismo 
internacional.&lt;br /&gt;
 Contrario a lo que dicen algunas publicaciones de 
que Arturo no asistió a los Juegos Olímpicos  de Barcelona 1992 por 
falta de presupuesto, otra versión fidedigna apunta que él no estaba en 
los planes para ese certamen. Solamente se barajaba con fuerza los 
nombres de Maité Garbey, Rioger Ramírez y Abel Ramírez, los cuales a la 
postre no fueron incluidos.&lt;br /&gt;
 Después Miranda contraería nupcias 
con una canadiense que trabajaba como consultora de la industria 
turística cubana y se traslada a Toronto cuando el contrato de ella 
caducó en 1995. Una vez asentado en esa nación norteña retomó los 
entrenamientos y se propuso despertar las pretensiones olímpicas, habida
 cuenta de la cercanía de la justa cuatrienal de Sidney 2000. &quot;He 
sacrificado muchas cosas para esto porque pensé que era posibles.&lt;br /&gt;

  Todavía no he recuperado mi plena confianza en el deporte, pero estoy 
trabajando en ello.&quot;, dijo Miranda a pocos días de la cita estival de 
marras, luego de que se perdiera cerca de 10 días de entrenamientos, al 
lesionarse un hombro durante un encuentro internacional en México.&lt;br /&gt;

 Este atleta nacido el 19 de enero de 1971 recibió la ciudadanía 
canadiense en diciembre de 1999 y ya tenía cumplido el período  
establecido en un reglamento que dispone que si un deportista cambia de 
nacionalidad, su país de origen tiene la potestad de vetar durante tres 
años su participación con su nueva nación. Sin embargo, el COI expresó 
que el ornamentalista no recibió el aval de Cuba para competir bajo otra
 bandera.&lt;br /&gt;
 Los cubanos le negaron el permiso y protestaron por la 
presencia de Miranda en la delegación canadiense. El COI lo declaró 
inhabilitado para competir en Sydney la semana pasada, según reportó un 
artículo del 14 de septiembre de 2000. Pero el cubano superó el 
obstáculo de no ver realizado su sueño olímpico y se mantuvo entrenando 
consistentemente con ansias de obtener desempeños satisfactorios y 
quizás algún día llegar a una final bajo los cinco aros. Su casta 
deportiva lo mantenía embullado, pues tanto su madre (clavadista) y su 
padre (luchador) fueron deportistas.&lt;br /&gt;
 En el Campeonato Mundial de 
Natación de Montreal 2005 se coló en la final del trampolín de tres 
metros, ubicándose en el onceno lugar. Al año siguiente, junto a su 
compañero Alexandre Despatie,  se colgó al cuello la medalla de oro del 
trampolín sincronizado a tres  metros de los Juegos de la Mancomunidad 
de Melbourne, Australia.&lt;br /&gt;
 En el 2007 alcanzó sendos resultados que
 le dieron confianza con vistas a concursar en las venideras Olimpiadas 
de Beijing 2008. De nuevo junto a Despatie y de nuevo en Melbourne 
(ciudad que se convirtió en talismán del antillano), conquistó un 
resultado con matices esplendorosos: plata en el trampolín sincronizado a
 tres  metros del Campeonato Mundial de Deportes Acuáticos. &quot;No 
esperábamos una medalla la verdad.&lt;br /&gt;
  Queríamos buenos resultados y
 estar entre los primeros () Ojalá mantengamos el equipo con Alexander&quot;,
 expresó a la AP, refiriéndose a la posibilidad de que la dupla se 
mantuviera junta para Beijing, pues este resultado le aseguró un cupo.&lt;br /&gt;

 Una presea de bronce fue el resultado acaparado en los Juegos 
Panamericanos de Rio de Janeiro 2007, en su modalidad fuerte, la misma 
que le permitió hacerse de un tercer puesto en la Copa Mundial de 2008. 
Llegaron los Juegos Olímpicos y a los 37 años Arturo Miranda cumplía su 
anhelo, debutaba a este nivel con un respetable quinto lugar en el 
sincronizado de tres metros, en compañía de Despatie.&lt;br /&gt;
 Después de 
esta magna cita, Arturo se retira como atleta del deporte activo y pasa a
 ocupar funciones como entrenador de su compañero y amigo Alexandre 
Despatie, quien tiene una vitrina abarrotada de grandes logros como dos 
subtítulos olímpicos, tres coronas mundiales, nueve diademas en Juegos 
de la Mancomunidad y cuatro reinados continentales. En total suma en 
estos cuatro eventos 28 preseas de distintos colores, lo que lo ubican 
como uno de los clavadistas más grandes de la historia.&lt;br /&gt;
 En el año
 2009, cuando Despatie alcanzó dos bronces en el Mundial de Italia, 
Miranda fue agasajado con el Petro Canada Coaching Excellence Award por 
conducir a su discípulo a esas actuaciones. Más tarde acudió a sus 
segundas citas estivales, esta vez como preparador en Londres 2012.&lt;br /&gt;

  Actualmente es entrenador del club Unattached y también ha guiado a 
otras figuras relevantes del clavado canadiense como Reuben Ross y 
Philippe Comtois.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eldeporteencuba.blogspot.com/feeds/1328372992128167055/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://eldeporteencuba.blogspot.com/2016/01/arturo-miranda-de-cuba-una-hoja-de-arce.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2864972478677420755/posts/default/1328372992128167055'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2864972478677420755/posts/default/1328372992128167055'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eldeporteencuba.blogspot.com/2016/01/arturo-miranda-de-cuba-una-hoja-de-arce.html' title='Arturo Miranda: De Cuba a una hoja de arce en el corazón.  Por Carlos González.'/><author><name>Carlos G</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17934272120025715712</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4LCl1EGwSZX4uVXjuWJnHLlSHQrWQsfhubwd07LKcNFNWhxdLBD2SkTKLC1z5v-ffW_AuZFIBPHtPXfx2k7aiAzeyZvBTzO_2XorBxrQGuCtBr7wLinZV33Djt0yqASBf8cTRE8wvIhg/s72-c/Miranda+Diving.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864972478677420755.post-7436130340983694320</id><published>2016-01-15T20:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2016-01-15T20:09:09.356-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Window. For Brayan Pena; The Player&#39;s Tribune</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;entry-meta byline&quot;&gt;
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&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theplayerstribune.com/author/brayanpena/&quot;&gt;Brayan Peña&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Catcher / St. Louis Cardinals&lt;/div&gt;
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“Which color do you want?”&lt;br /&gt;
This is the question that changed my life. My friend held two pairs of batting gloves in his hands. One red, one green.&lt;br /&gt;
My heart was beating out of my chest. Security guards were everywhere. I tried to act casual, but I was sweating like crazy.&lt;br /&gt;
It
 was 1999. I was 16 years old, playing for the Cuban National Team. We 
had a qualifying game for the Pan-American Games in Venezuela, where my 
friend was living. I don’t even want to say his name, because he still 
has family in Cuba. When we arrived at the hotel, he came to see me and 
we had a regular chat, laughing and catching up.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Then
 when nobody else was around, he whispered to me, “Peña, if you want to 
leave Cuba, this is your chance. I’m willing to help you. I can get you 
to Costa Rica. But you have to be sure. There’s no turning back.” &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;It
 was my dream to play in the big leagues, but it wasn’t like I was some 
big star and had an MLB team waiting to sign me to a million dollar 
contract. I was just a chubby 16-year-old catcher from Havana who was a 
pretty decent ballplayer. If I got caught trying to defect, the 
consequences would be devastating. Not just for me, but for my whole 
family. I told him I had to think about it. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;“Okay,
 but we don’t have much time,” he said. “Tomorrow morning I’m going to 
come to the hotel and bring you some batting gloves. I’ll have a red 
pair and a green pair. You choose which ones you want. Green means you 
really want to do it. Red means we forget all about it.” &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;This
 was all that was said. We couldn’t speak any more about it, because we 
were always being watched by officials from the team when we traveled to
 international tournaments. We couldn’t even go to the bathroom alone. I
 didn’t know what to do. I thought about calling my mother and father. I
 thought about talking to my teammates. But I didn’t want to get anybody
 in trouble, so I said nothing to anyone. That night, I didn’t sleep. I 
stared at the ceiling and thought about what life could be like in 
America as a big leaguer. But then I thought about life with my family 
in Cuba — my grandma, my grandpa, my home.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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At
 seven the next morning, our team went down to the lobby for breakfast 
and there was my friend, handing out batting gloves. He walked up to me,
 completely calm.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;“Hey Peña, which color do you want?” &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;At that moment, my heart was beating out of my chest. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;“Green.” &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;He tossed them to me. I went to my room and thought … &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Green.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;What now?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;When I went back downstairs, there was a sealed letter for me at the reception desk: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;The window is open in the bathroom. Climb out and I’ll be waiting for you with a car. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;I
 sat down for breakfast and saw all my teammates. Yunel Escobar. Kendrys
 Morales. My friends. Was I ever going to see them again? Was this 
really the right decision? The emotions going through my body were 
indescribable. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;After a few minutes, I got up and approached the security guy. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;“Hey, is there any way I could go to the bathroom?” &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;“Yeah, but I have to go with you.” &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;“Okay, but I need some privacy, you know what I’m saying?”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;“Sorry, but I’m coming with you.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;We walked over to the bathroom and I turned to him and kind of laughed. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;“I don’t think you’re going to want to be in there for this one. Come on, where am I gonna go?” &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;“Okay Peña, you got five minutes. Hurry up.” &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;The door closed behind me. The window was open. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;This
 was real. This was really happening. I started breathing so hard I 
thought I might pass out. On the other side of that window might be 
anything. It might be my friend. It might be security. Or it might be 
nobody at all. It might be freedom, or it might be jail.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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I had nothing but the clothes on my back. No bag. No money. No passport.&lt;/div&gt;
Then … I just went for it.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;I flushed the toilet to make some noise and jumped up and grabbed the ledge. I was numb, man. I was thinking, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Be there. Please, please, please God, be there.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;I crawled through the small opening …&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;And I saw my friend behind the wheel of his car. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;He
 gave me a sign that it was all clear. I hit the ground and started 
running. The door opened, I dove in, and we started driving away. I 
looked out the back window. Nobody was following us. The hotel got 
smaller and smaller and then it disappeared.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
I get goosebumps just thinking about that moment.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;I
 had nothing but the clothes on my back. No bag. No money. No passport. 
My family didn’t know where I was going. My friends didn’t know. And the
 worst part was that I didn’t know if I would see any of them ever 
again.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;But I had a dream, 
and nothing was going to stop me. When the car got about an hour outside
 of Caracas, I started weeping. I was so happy, and so sad. So excited, 
and so scared. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;But you know what? I was free. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Some people might be reading this thinking, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Peña, are you crazy? How could you crawl out a window and leave everybody you love with not even a dollar in your pocket? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;But
 you know what I call that window? It was my window of opportunity. You 
might laugh, but I’m serious. Let me tell you a story. When I was a 
little boy, I used to play baseball all day in the sun. But we didn’t 
have any Gatorade or anything like that. So I used to drink way too much
 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;guarapo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;
 — water with sugar cane in it. This is Cuban Gatorade. Every Cuban kid 
knows it. But all the sugar made me a little chubby, so my coach told me
 to either go on a diet or park my butt behind home plate and be a 
catcher.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span&gt;Photograph By &lt;/span&gt;Rick Osentoski/USA Today Sports Images&lt;/div&gt;
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I love my grandma’s food too much, so I chose to be a catcher.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Back
 then, equipment was extremely hard to come by in Cuba. I used to share a
 mask with five or six other catchers. The chest protector we shared was
 probably from 1959. But the biggest problem was that I only had one 
pair of shoes that were so old and beat up that my toe would poke out 
the front. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Then one day, a
 friend showed up with a pair of baseball cleats that he got a hold of 
somehow. They looked a little bit funny, though. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;“Hey Peña, they’re your size,” he said. “But there’s only one problem, bro. They’re both left shoes.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;It
 was like Christmas for me. I didn’t care. Give me the two left shoes. 
At least I have real baseball cleats. I thought I was so cool, man. I 
wore these things everywhere so I could get used to it. I played a whole
 year in two left shoes.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Whatever, I was never that fast anyway. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;My
 family thought this was the funniest thing ever. But you know what? I 
didn’t care how I looked. It protected my foot behind home plate. I was 
going to do whatever it took to get my opportunity to play baseball at 
the highest level I could. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;When
 I was 10, my grandma Rosa told me, “Brayan, I know in my heart that you
 are going to do something special with baseball. You’re going to make 
us proud.” &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;To Americans, 
this might seem like no big deal. This kind of talk is in your blood 
here. But in Cuba, our window of opportunity is so small. To have my 
grandma believe that I was going to do great things meant the world to 
me. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;And my grandma was 
right. It took me a year in Costa Rica trying out for scouts before I 
was drafted by the Atlanta Braves, and then five years in the minor 
leagues, but in 2005, my manager called me into his office and said, 
“Brayan Peña, tomorrow you go to Boston. You’re going to be a big league
 player.” &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;I ran out of 
that office and called my family in Cuba to tell them the news. We just 
cried and cried and cried. My grandma and my mom kept screaming, “&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Lo hiciste! Lo hiciste! Lo hiciste!” &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;(“You did it! You did it! You did it!”)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Listen,
 I know I’m never going to be a Hall of Famer. I may never win a World 
Series. But I could thank God every single day until the day I die for 
that phone call with my family, and it will still not even be close to 
enough thanks. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;I was a big leaguer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;In
 the 11 years since that day, I have experienced so much. I met my wife,
 had children, brought my mom and dad to America, and I’ve even become 
an American citizen. I’ve played for the Braves, Royals, Tigers, Reds, 
and now the Cardinals. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;But when you talk to Cuban players who have made it to America, there’s always a bit of pain behind the smiles.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Because
 we cannot see our families in Cuba. We cannot go home. For 16 years I 
couldn’t hug my grandmother, and expected that I never would hug her 
again. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Then last season, 
the craziest thing happened. My friend Leonor Barua from the MLBPA came 
up to me and said, “Hey, I just want you to know, we’re talking with the
 Cuban government about a goodwill trip.” I thought it was just wishful 
thinking. I didn’t want to get my hopes up. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;But
 then at the winter meetings, Leonor came up to me with a big smile. 
“It’s happening. We just need a yes or a no. Do you want to go home?” &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;I said, “Yes, yes, yes, yes. A thousand times yes.” &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;This
 is one of those moments in your life that feels like it has to be a 
movie. Even as the months passed by and I packed my suitcase, it didn’t 
feel real. Even as I got on the plane with José Abreu, Yasiel Puig, and 
Alexei Ramírez, it didn’t feel real. When the plane took off, it didn’t 
feel real.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;img alt=&quot;2015.12.15_PLAYERSTRIBUNE_CUBA_0135&quot; class=&quot;credited-img alignnone wp-image-44765 size-full&quot; data-id=&quot;iwc-2&quot; data-title=&quot;Chip Litherland/The Players&#39; Tribune&quot; height=&quot;1280&quot; src=&quot;http://www.theplayerstribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2015.12.15_PLAYERSTRIBUNE_CUBA_0135.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chip Litherland/The Players&#39; Tribune&quot; width=&quot;1920&quot; /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;img-credit&quot;&gt;
&lt;span&gt;Photograph By &lt;/span&gt;Chip Litherland/The Players&#39; Tribune&lt;/div&gt;
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I
 was sitting next to Abreu. He risked his life fleeing Cuba on a small 
boat and had not seen his young son in almost four years. He was quiet 
the whole flight.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;All of a sudden, I could feel the wheels of the plane being lowered for landing. We looked out the window and saw …&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Man, it’s hard to even talk about this. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;We looked out the window and saw the green tops of the trees. We saw our home. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;I looked at Abreu and said, “This is real, man. This is really real.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Ramírez, he just started laughing and laughing. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Puig, he jumps out of his seat and starts dancing in the aisle. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;The flight attendant literally had to come get us all under control. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;“Hey! Guys! You have to put your seatbelts on!” &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;We’re like, “Sorry, sorry, sorry. We’re just so excited. We’re finally home.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Puig, he jumps out of his seat and starts dancing in the aisle.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Those
 10 minutes from the time the wheels came out to the time that we landed
 actually felt like two hours. When we stepped outside the airport into 
the sun, I saw the old 1960s Chevys and Cadillacs, and it was so 
special. On the drive from the airport to the hotel, I saw all the 
places we used to hang out as kids, all the baseball fields and parks. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;But that was nothing compared to the moment when I was able to see my family. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;For the first time in 16 years, I got to hug my grandma Rosa. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;img alt=&quot;pena-family-01&quot; class=&quot;credited-img alignnone wp-image-44761 size-full&quot; data-id=&quot;iwc-3&quot; data-title=&quot;The Pena Family&quot; height=&quot;1280&quot; src=&quot;http://www.theplayerstribune.com/wp-content/uploads/pena-family-01.jpg&quot; title=&quot;The Pena Family&quot; width=&quot;1920&quot; /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;img-credit&quot;&gt;
&lt;span&gt;Photograph By &lt;/span&gt;The Pena Family&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Thank you, God. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;This
 trip meant so much to so many people, not just the players. She 
couldn’t believe that I was able to come back to Cuba in such a friendly
 and healthy atmosphere. I wish everybody reading this could experience 
the energy and the passion and the love running through everyone’s 
veins.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;When we got to the 
Estadio Latinoamericano, where we held a youth baseball clinic, I got to
 see how much it meant to the children. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Latinoamericano
 is like the Yankee Stadium of Cuban baseball. This was the stadium I 
saw so many times on TV. I had dreamed about crouching behind that plate
 since I was 10 years old. Now I get to walk out there and teach these 
kids as an MLB player? Amazing. Just amazing. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;The
 kids don’t have the fancy cleats and bats that kids in America have, 
but they love the game so much. They don’t let anything stop them. This 
one kid, I remember his name was Mario Gonzalez. He came up to me and 
said, “Brayan Peña! I just want to tell you that you, Raisel Iglesias, 
and Aroldis Chapman make the Cincinnati Reds a lot of fun to watch.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;I was like, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;What?! How do you know all this?!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;
 Here’s a 10-year-old kid in Cuba, who doesn’t have Internet, who has 
probably never left Havana, who knows all about the Cincinnati Reds. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Nothing can get in the way of a kid’s passion and love for something. They’ll find a way. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Listen,
 I am not a politician. I’m just a baseball player. But I do believe in 
my heart that this trip was the start of something special. I know 
there’s a lot of issues to work out between the American and Cuban 
governments and MLB, but we should all come together to find a way.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;I do not know what the future holds. But the people making those decisions should think about Mario Gonzalez.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;This is our window of opportunity. Maybe it is small. But why should that stop us? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Aquí el listado con los 13 cubanos que han sido campeones de Serie Mundial&lt;/div&gt;
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“El éxito se lo llevan los fuertes y el fracaso los débiles”&lt;br /&gt;
Oscar Wilde&lt;/div&gt;
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Por Esteban Romero JUEVES, 5 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2015&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Después de los norteamericanos, se puede decir que fueron los cubanos los otros protagonistas de algunas series mundiales durante la primera mitad y las décadas de los 60 y 70 del siglo pasado.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/DolfLuqueGoudeycard.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; src=&quot;https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/DolfLuqueGoudeycard.jpg&quot; width=&quot;160&quot; /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;De hecho el primer pelotero latino en estos eventos fue el habanero Adolfo Luque, quien se estrenó con los Rojos de Cincinnati en la famosa serie en que varios peloteros de los Medias Blancas fueron sancionados de por vida al haber apostado y vendido juegos de su equipo. El segundo pelotero en participar en estos eventos fue el reglano Miguel Ángel González, que lo hizo como receptor de reserva de los Cachorros de Chicago en 1929. Cuatro años después Luque, con 42 años de edad cumplidos, nuevamente lanzaba en una serie mundial, esta vez para los Gigantes de Nueva York. Esta hzaña de lanzar con 42 años en serie mundial, dentro de los peloteros latinoamericanos, fue igualada por el dominicano Bartolo Colón en la serie mundial de 2015. Luque, en las dos series que lanzó, se llevó los anillos de serie mundial correspondientes.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;El primer pelotero negro cubano y latino en participar en serie mundial fue el receptor santiaguero Rafael Noble, que lo hizo en 1951 como catcher de reserva de los Gigantes de Nueva York, serie que perderían con los vecinos de Manhattan, los Yankees de Nueva York.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Edmundo Amorós tuvo la dicha de haber sido parte de la nómina de los victoriosos Dodgers de los años 50, lo que le permitió jugar en tres series mundiales y llevarse un anillo muy merecido en 1955. De hecho fue Amorós el que garantizó la victoria de los Dodgers en el decisivo séptimo juego.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Ocho peloteros cubanos integraron nóminas de equipos campeones en sus ligas y participaron en series mundiales en la década de los 60, pero de ellos ninguno se adjudicó anillo de serie mundial. En 1970, los Orioles vencieron, y los cubanos Miguel Cuellar y Marcelino López fueron parte de esta victoria.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;En 1971 el agraciado fue el infielder Jackie Hernández jugando para los Piratas de Pittsburgh, mientras que en 1972, 1973 y 1974 el torpedero Bert Campaneris fue parte de la maquinaria vencedora de los Atléticos de Oakland. El gran Tany Pérez, miembro del Salón de la Fama, fue integrante de la maquinaria roja del Cincinnati, la que logró los títulos de serie mundial en 1975 y 1976.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Vino nuevamente otra sequía hasta que Bárbaro Garbey, primer pelotero cubano proveniente de series nacionales en participar en serie mundial, fuera puntal en la victoria de los Tigres de Detroit en 1984.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;José Canseco participó en cuatro series mundiales y obtuvo anillos en dos ocasiones. Liván Hernández se convirtió en 1997 en el primer pelotero cubano y segundo latinoamericano, el primero fue el dominicano Pedro Guerrero en 1981, que obtenía el MVP de Serie Mundial, lo que logró cuando los Marlins vencieron en esa serie a los Indios de Cleveland.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/El_Duque_and_his_cigar!.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;150&quot; src=&quot;https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/El_Duque_and_his_cigar!.jpg&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;Orlando “Duque” Hernández, hermano de Liván, llegó a ser parte de cuatro equipos campeones de serie mundial, en muchos de esos su pitcheo fue vital para la obtención de los títulos. José Contreras fue el as del pitcheo de los campeones Medias Blancas en 2005.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;En la serie mundial de 2015 jugaron dos peloteros cubanos, con lo que terminó la sequía de 10 años de serie mundial sin pelotero cubano. Yoennis Céspedes por los Mets y Kendrys Morales por los Reales de Kansas City fueron los dos cubanos que participaron en esta serie mundial.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;En total han sido 26 los cubanos que han jugado en un total de 33 series mundiales, y han alcanzado un total de 20 anillos de series mundiales. Más detalles aparecen a continuación.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Secuencia de participación de peloteros cubanos en series mundiales&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;1. Adolfo Luque (lanzador) – Cincinnati (1919) 1919*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Gigantes Nueva York (1933) 1933*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;2. Miguel Ángel González (receptor) – Cachorros de Chicago (1929)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;3. Rafael Noble (receptor) – Gigantes Nueva York (1951)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;4. Edmundo Amorós (jardinero)- Dodgers Brooklyn (1952, 1955 y 1956), 1955*.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;5. Leonardo Cárdenas (torpedero)- Rojos Cincinnati (1961)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;6. Camilo Pascual (lanzador)- Mellizos Minnesota (1965)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;7. Zoilo Versalles (torpedero)- Mellizos Minnesota (1965)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;8. Tony Oliva (jardinero derecho)- Mellizos Minnesota (1965)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;9. Hilario Valdespino (jardinero)- Mellizos Minnesota (1965)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;10. José Tartabull (jardinero)- Medias Rojas Boston (1967)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;11. Miguel Cuellar (lanzador)- Orioles Baltimore (1969, 1970 y 1971), 1970*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;12. Marcelino López (lanzador)- Orioles Baltimore (1969, hizo el equipo pero no jugó;1970), *1970&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;13. Jackie Hernández (torpedero y antesalista)- Piratas Pittsburgh (1971)*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;14. Tany Pérez (antesalista e inicialista)- Rojos Cincinnati (1970, 1972, 1975, 1976) 1975*, 1976*.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Filis Filadelfia (1983)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;15. Bert Campaneris (torpedero)- Atléticos Oakland (1972, 1973 y 1974) 1972*, 1973*, 1974*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;16. Diego Seguí (lanzador) – Medias Rojas Boston (1975)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;17. Luis Tiant (lanzador)- Medias Rojas Boston (1975)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;18. José Cardenal (jardinero)- Reales KC (1980)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;19. Bárbaro Garbey – Tigres Detroit (1984) 1984*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;20. José Canseco (jardinero)- Atléticos Oakland (1988, 1989, 1990) 1989*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Yankees Nueva York (2000) 2000*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;21. Liván Hernández (lanzador)- Marlins Florida (1997) 1997*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Gigantes San Francisco (2002)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;22. Orlando “Duque” Hernández (lanzador)- Yankees Nueva York (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001) 1998*, 1999*, 2000*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Medias Blancas Chicago- 2005*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;23. José Contreras (lanzador)- Yankees Nueva York (2003)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Medias Blancas Chicago (2005)*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;24. Michael Tejera (lanzador) Marlins Florida (2003, hizo el equipo pero no jugó)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;25. Yoennis Céspedes (jardinero) Mets de Nueva York (2015)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;26. Kendrys Morales (bateador designado) Reales de Kansas City (2015) 2015*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;*- Anillo de Serie Mundial&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;El Duque es elegido para el Salón de la Fama Latinoamericano&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 19.3199996948242px;&quot;&gt;Daniel de Malas Andreu&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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El orgullo de Industriales y toda Cuba, Orlando ‘El Duque’ Hernández acaba de ser inducido al Salón de la Fama Latino en la clase del 2016, en compañía de otros 5 atletas en representación de esta parte del mundo que ha brillado en las Grandes Ligas de Beisbol.&lt;/div&gt;
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Orlando quien es el dueño absoluto del promedio de ganados y perdidos, con maravilloso .728, producto de 126 victorias y unas pocas 47 derrotas, tejió una c&lt;span class=&quot;text_exposed_show&quot; style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;arrera espectacular entre sus 10 campañas en Cuba y otras 9 en las Mayores, que le califican como uno de los mejores lanzadores cubanos de todos los tiempos.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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En el mejor beisbol del mundo Orlando “el Duque” Hernández estuvo activo por solo 9 temporadas, con los Yankees, Medias Blancas, Mets y Diamondbacks (en el 2003 fue cambiado a los Expos de Montreal, pero no pudo lanzar en toda la campaña por estar lesionado) y sus 90 triunfos frente a 65 reveses, 4,13 PCL, más de 200 partidos iniciados, 1300 entradas y 1000 ponches suenan discretos, pero a la hora de hablar de héroes en postemporada el Duque brilló como el mejor y se codeó con todas las grandes figuras de su generación en las Mayores.&lt;/div&gt;
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El Duque ganó 4 anillos de Serie Mundial (es el único latino en haber logrado 3 en sus primeras tres temporadas en las Mayores), en 1998, 1999, 2000 y 2005, además que sus números en Playoffs fueron impresionantes, ganando 9, perdiendo 3 partidos, con excelente efectividad de 2.55 y 107 ponches en 106 entradas.&lt;/div&gt;
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A Orlando lo acompañan en la selección de este 2016 Sammy Sosa (Dominicana), Iván Rodríguez (Puerto Rico), Edgar Rentería (Colombia), Jesse Orozco (México) y Omar Vizquel (Venezuela), todos con excelentes carreras en el mejor beisbol del planeta.&lt;/div&gt;
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Daniel de Malas Andreu&lt;/div&gt;
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De vuelta al análisis de las posibilidades doradas de Cuba en el cercano Campeonato Mundial de Atletismo, es el chico de las 4P, Pedro Pablo Pichardo Peralta, quien asume el rol protagónico. Y es que el santiaguero ha demostrado con saltos que tiene argumentos para convertirse en titular de una especialidad en la que Cuba ha tenido varios exponentes de alto nivel.&lt;span id=&quot;more-12062&quot; style=&quot;background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Dos mil quince ha sido un año espectacular para el triple salto, tanto, que se han conseguido cuatro de los nueve saltos de más de 18 metros que guarda la historia de esta modalidad. A propósito de esta prueba en campeonatos mundiales al aire libre, cabe reseñar que:&lt;/div&gt;
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– Los primeros medallistas en Campeonatos Mundiales al aire libre fueron el polaco Zdzisław Hoffmann (17,42 m), el estadounidense Willie Banks (17.18 m) y el nigeriano Ajayi Agbebaku (17.18 m), por su orden.&lt;/div&gt;
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– La primera medalla para Jonathan Edwards fue de bronce y llegó gracias a un salto de 17.44 en el Mundial de Stuttgart en 1993. Para entonces, el saltamontes británico tenía 27 años y de ahí en adelante ganó en Gottemburgo ´95 y Edmonton´01, fue plata en Atenas´97 y bronce en Sevilla´99.&lt;/div&gt;
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– El récord para estos campeonatos data de 1995 y coincide con el récord mundial. Se trata del salto de 18.29 m que le dio el título a Jonathan Edwards en la edición que acogiera la ciudad sueca de Gottemburgo.&lt;/div&gt;
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– Las primeras medallas para Cuba llegaron en Atenas´97. Oro y bronce para Yoelvis Quesada (17,85) y Eliecer Urrutia (17.64), respectivamente. Entre ellos se ubicó Edwards, plateado con 17.69 metros.&lt;/div&gt;
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– Cuba solo tiene un título y es el de Atenas´97, el resto de metales son de plata por intermedio de Yoandri Betanzos (Paris´03, Helsinki´05) y Pedro Pablo Pichardo (Moscu´13) así como los bronces de Eliecer Urrutia (Atenas´97) y Alexis Copello (Berlin´09).&lt;/div&gt;
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– Las tres mejores marcas conseguidas en estas citas son: el citado 18.29 de Edwards, el 18.04 de Teddy Thamgo en Moscú´13 y los 17.96 de Christian Taylor en Daegu ´11.&lt;/div&gt;
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– Estados Unidos posee la cosecha más grande de metales en estas lides con 10, divididos en 4 de oro, 2 de plata y 4 de bronce. Gran Bretaña, aupada por Edwards y Phillips Idowu le escolta con siete (3-2-2). Cuba ha ganado seis (1-3-2).&lt;br /&gt;– Un total de nueve naciones: Estados Unidos, Gran Bretaña, Bulgaria, Alemania, Suecia, Polonia, Portugal, Cuba y Francia han ganado en al menos una oportunidad el título de esta prueba. Asimismo otros siete países: Nigeria, Rusia, Bermudas, Dominica, Bahamas, Rumania y Brasil han conseguido medallas para elevar a 16 el número de banderas que han ondeado en las premiaciones de las 14 ediciones disputadas.&lt;/div&gt;
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Hace dos años, en Moscú, se tituló el francés Teddy Tamgho con registro de 18.04 metros para superar al joven cubano Pedro Pablo Pichardo (17.68) y al norteamericano Will Claye (17.52). Hoy, la situación apunta a un duelo de alta definición, tal cual ha sucedido durante la temporada, entre Pichardo y el campeón olímpico de Londres, Christian Taylor.&lt;/div&gt;
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La explosiva dupla tiene en su poder las 10 mejores marcas del año en la especialidad. El cubano, con 7 saltos en el “top ten” archiva además de los primeros (18.08 y 18.06), una triada de brincos superiores a 17.90 (17.99 -17.96 y 17,94) mientras que el estadounidense se ha agenciado dos estirones sobre los 18 metros (18.06 y 18,04) según consta en el ranking oficial que publica la web de la IAAF. Lejos, aparecen sus compatriotas Omar Craddock (17.53), Marquis Dendy (17.50) y Will Claye (17.48), así como los rusos Aleksey Fedorov (17.42) y Dmitriy Sorokin (17.29) y el portugués Nelson Evora (17.24), quienes se reparten, por su orden, los siguientes puestos en el escalafón mundial al aire libre de 2015.&lt;/div&gt;
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Cierto es que Pichardo domina el ranking y ha derrochado recursos en sus presentaciones, pero Taylor ha dado muestras de su calidad y sobre todo de su competitividad. Habrá que esperar hasta el último momento, nunca antes mejor dicho, porque el norteño se ha especializado en dejar lo mejor para el final. Visto lo visto, y con los duelos de Doha, Lausana y Mónaco como botón de muestra, la batalla en Pekín se pronostica memorable con el aliciente adicional de saber si les alcanza el vuelo para quebrar el récord de Jonathan. Esos 1829 centímetros que acaban de arribar a las dos décadas de vida.&lt;/div&gt;
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De momento, solo una cosa es segura: habrá nuevo campeón puesto que Tamgho no se personará en tierra asiática para defender su cetro. Recordemos que el francés se lesionó de gravedad en Doha, durante la segunda parada de la Liga de Diamantes.&lt;a href=&quot;http://deporcuba.com/2015/08/19/pichardo-por-otro-golpe-de-autoridad-beijing2015/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://deporcuba.com/2015/08/19/pichardo-por-otro-golpe-de-autoridad-beijing2015/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Lauder Institute — a research-and-teaching program devoted to management and international relations.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;&quot;&gt;“Cuba has probably the highest educational standards in all of Latin America,” Guillen told the AP. “They have a relatively well-educated population and it would be wonderful to attract all of those students to the United States in big numbers.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; 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Cubanos se alistan para el Campeonato Mundial de Atletismo&lt;br /&gt;  (AIN)&lt;/h5&gt;
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  Una base de entrenamiento en España realizarán varias de las 
principales figuras del Atletismo cubano, con vistas a su participación 
en el Campeonato Mundial de esa disciplina, a celebrarse del 22 al 30 
próximos en Beijing, China.&lt;br /&gt;
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 Jorge 
Palma, metodólogo de la comisión nacional de ese deporte, declaró hoy a 
la AIN que ya se encuentra en suelo español la pertiguista Yarisley 
Silva; mientras mañana viajarán a esa nación europea el triplista Pedro 
Pablo Pichardo y la discóbola Denia Caballero.&lt;br /&gt;
 Agregó que esos 
tres atletas, campeones en los Juegos Panamericanos de Toronto, en julio
 último, están en muy buena forma deportiva y buscarán pulir algunos 
detalles para llegar en óptimas condiciones al certamen universal.&lt;br /&gt;

 El directivo añadió que los representantes de Cuba deben arribar a la 
sede de competencias entre el 17 y 18 del presente mes, con una 
delegación integrada por una treintena de concursantes.&lt;br /&gt;
 No 
obstante, Palma explicó que en estos momentos varios cubanos compiten en
 Costa Rica y no descartan la posibilidad de que puedan realizar las 
marcas exigidas por la Federación Internacional de Atletismo, lo que les
 daría la clasificación al Mundial.&lt;br /&gt;
 Hace dos años, en la cita del
 orbe de Moscú, Rusia, la Isla concluyó en el lugar 23 del medallero 
general por países, con una presea de plata y dos de bronce.&lt;br /&gt;
 En 
esa ocasión, subieron al podio de premiaciones Pichardo, ganador del 
metal plateado; unido a los bronces conseguidos por Yarelys Barrios, en 
el lanzamiento del disco, y Silva (salto con pértiga).&lt;br /&gt;
 Para la 
lid en China, hay grandes opciones de cosechar más de un título, sobre 
todo por intermedio de Silva, Pichardo y Caballero, un trío que lidera 
la temporada en sus respectivas pruebas y que apunta con fuerza a la 
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&lt;div class=&quot;mtm _5pco&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;tn&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;K&amp;quot;}&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://scontent-mia1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtp1/v/t1.0-9/11846668_10207253830413729_8617161031689032070_n.jpg?oh=69c69bf5c14c81558ab29060d274f8a9&amp;amp;oe=5653FE7E&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;155&quot; src=&quot;https://scontent-mia1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtp1/v/t1.0-9/11846668_10207253830413729_8617161031689032070_n.jpg?oh=69c69bf5c14c81558ab29060d274f8a9&amp;amp;oe=5653FE7E&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;text_exposed_root text_exposed&quot; id=&quot;id_55c228216cd039531853429&quot; style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;&quot;&gt;ESPECIALISTA EN 110 VALLAS&lt;br /&gt;De:Ángel Cruz&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;&quot;&gt;Yidiel Contrerasvenció claramente en los 110 metros vallas con 13.39, de nuevo con marca mínima para los Campeonatos Mu&lt;span class=&quot;text_exposed_show&quot; style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;ndiales de Pekín ayer se corono Campeon de España, es la última joya Hispanocubana de la Selección Española.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;text_exposed_show&quot; style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;&quot;&gt;Es el último nacionalizado caribeño, y le entrena Alexis Sánchez otro cubano nacionalizado, que también fue vallista y tiene una vida casi novelesca.Yidiel Contreras es la última joya cubana incorporada a la Selección.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;&quot;&gt;Debutó internacionalmente en la pasada Copa de Europa en los 110 metros vallas y sigue la estela de Niurka Montalvo, Joan Lino, Felipe Méliz, Frank Casañas, Indira Terrero… Tiene 22 años, una marca personal de 13.57 y se declara “plenamente comprometido con España, no con Cuba, que no creo que se enfade porque me haya nacionalizado, porque yo lo he hecho todo legalmente”, el país del que se fue hace un par de años. Se entrena en España con otro cubano, Alexis Sánchez, que tiene una vida casi novelesca.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;&quot;&gt;Yidiel nació en Cienfuegos (Cuba) y su padre le llevó hasta el atletismo, aunque sus orígenes familiares en el deporte de élite están en la esgrima: “Mi madre, Mirayda García Soto, fue campeona mundial, y también medallista de plata y de bronce. Ha sido un ejemplo para mí”.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;&quot;&gt;Pero lo suyo era el atletismo. “Todos los chicos empezamos en Cuba haciendo de todo, como si practicáramos pruebas combinadas, y poco a poco te vas especializando”. Y llegó a las vallas.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;&quot;&gt;Hace unos dos años recaló en España. “Nunca me imaginé como internacional por Cuba, no porque no pudiera, porque ya estuve en el equipo juvenil… Pero mi sueño era estar en la élite mundial y en España las condiciones eran mejores”.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;&quot;&gt;Y conoció a Alexis Sánchez, también español de nacionalidad, también de origen cubano, también vallista de élite. El Consejo de Ministros le concedió la ciudadanía española por Carta de Naturaleza el 13 de marzo y unos días antes de la Copa de Europa llegó a la Federación Española el transfer internacional de la IAAF.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;&quot;&gt;“No lo hice como quería en la Copa de Europa (séptimo, con 13.85); tengo que corregir fallos”, asegura Yidiel antes de un entrenamiento en las tórridas pistas del CSD. Y también dice que “no pienso mucho en mínimas o récords”, pero reconoce que le gustaría “hacer la mínima para los Mundiales de Pekín (le falta una décima de segundo, apenas nada) y batir el récord de España”, que tiene Jackson Quiñónez, otro nacionalizado (nació en Esmeraldas, Ecuador), situado en 13.33.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;&quot;&gt;Y hacia esos objetivos le conduce Alexis Sánchez, que también fue vallista, y de gran éxito: subcampeón mundial júnior en Plovdic 1990 y semifinalista en los Mundiales absolutos de Tokio 1991. Tras una lesión se pasó a los 400 metros vallas, pero a pesar de batir el récord cubano (49.22) no fue seleccionado para los Juegos de Atlanta 1996 y eso provocó un progresivo distanciamiento con su federación. Hasta que en 1998 se marchó a México y luego viajó a España, concretamente a Valladolid.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;&quot;&gt;Su vida era ajetreada: por la mañana trabajaba en una azucarera, o en una obra, después se entrenaba y por la noche daba clases de baile caribeño, aunque reconoce que no mucho antes “no había bailado nunca en mi vida”. Cuba le vetó y durante un tiempo no pudo competir como internacional. No pudo mejorar en España (13.81 en 2004) los 13.63 que hizo en Cuba. Comenzó a trabajar de entrenador y preparó a Felipe Vivancos, el hombre nacido en España que más rápido ha corrido.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;&quot;&gt;Atletas cubanos nacionalizados han conseguido ocho medallas para España en la alta competición desde 1999 hasta 2015. Niurka ha sido la más generosa en este aspecto. En los Mundiales fue oro en longitud en Sevilla 1999 y bronce en Edmonton 2001 y también se clasificó tercera en el Campeonato del Mundo en pista cubierta de Lisboa 2001.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;&quot;&gt;Joan Lino e Indira Terrero han conseguido dos medallas cada uno. El saltador de longitud fue bronce en los Juegos de Atenas 2004 y oro en el Europeo en sala de Madrid 2005. La cuatrocentista acabó tercera en el Europeo al aire libre de Zúrich 2014 y plata en los indoor de Praga 2015.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;&quot;&gt;La otra medalla la aportó Cuba al historial español gracias a Luis Felipe Méliz, que fue segundo en la longitud de Helsinki 2012.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eldeporteencuba.blogspot.com/feeds/4147893763939340359/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://eldeporteencuba.blogspot.com/2015/08/deportistas-cubanos-por-el-mundo.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2864972478677420755/posts/default/4147893763939340359'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2864972478677420755/posts/default/4147893763939340359'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eldeporteencuba.blogspot.com/2015/08/deportistas-cubanos-por-el-mundo.html' title='DEPORTISTAS CUBANOS POR EL MUNDO'/><author><name>Carlos G</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17934272120025715712</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864972478677420755.post-7819992066148473821</id><published>2015-08-05T07:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2015-08-05T07:34:01.266-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Beijing 2015. 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el Campeonato Mundial de Atletismo de Beijing 2015, la pertiguista cubana
Yarisley Silva pone bien alto el listón luego de saltar 4.91 metros en el recientemente
concluido Encuentro Internacional Femenino de Salto con Pértiga que se efetuó
en la ciudad alemana de Beckum.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 16pt;&quot;&gt;Con este salto de 4.91
metros Yarisley Silva se ubica como la 3ra mejor saltadora de todos los tiempos
y se reafirma como fuerte candidata al podio de Beijing 2015. No debe olvidarse
que días antes, en la cita de Estocolmo dentro del circuito de la Liga Diamante,
con un salto de 4.81m superó a la griega Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou una de sus
principales contendientes de la presente temporada y también sólida aspirante a
medallas en la próxima cita mundialista y que el pasado 23 de julio, como parte
de la contienda atlética de Toronto 2015 se llevó la medalla de oro con salto
de 4.85m que constituyó en su momento la mejor marca de la temporada y le
sirvió para derrotar a otra de las aspirantes al podio del Campeonato Mundial
de Atletismo de Beijing 2015, la brasileña Fabiana Murer.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 16pt;&quot;&gt;El fantástico salto de
4.91m, afinca a Yarisley Silva en la élite mundialista al punto de que le hace
poseedora de tres de las mejoras marcas del Salto con Pértiga de la temporada. Los mejores resultados de la temporada los puede hallar en:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.iaaf.org/records/toplists/jumps/pole-vault/outdoor/women/senior/2015&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.iaaf.org/records/toplists/jumps/pole-vault/outdoor/women/senior/2015&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Haga usted su pronóstico … Beijing 2015 está a la vuelta de la esquina.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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