Mi reporte de Actifict: diciembre 2 2022

luismas79 (38)in Actifit • 2 years ago

They will be able to say what they want, but when it comes to talking about disciplines that have put their faces out for Cuban sport in 2022, softball must be there, on the front page. Both the men's and women's teams of our country closed with bronze marks their forays into the highest level tournament on the continent: the Pan American Championship. But getting on the podium was part of the greatness, because the two teams also fulfilled that colossal goal that is to qualify for the respective world championships.

Although women should wait until next year to start their adventure in the world cup, men are already immersed in the World Cup experience and, as they did in the Pan American of Paraná, Argentina, they have not stopped taking expressions of happiness from all their followers, even until losing. Cuba has played some lustrous softball in Auckland. It has been a reality recognized by representatives of powers of this sport such as Argentina and the United States.
The team led by the villaclareño Leonardo Cárdenas traveled to the distant city of New Zealand — a journey with many difficulties — and they concretized a blow of sacrifice, quality and boundless passion a result that escaped most predictions. The West Indians were included in the reputed Super Round — the same one that encloses the six best casts —, after finishing in the third place of a group A with formations of great caliber such as the Argentine, the American and the New Zealander, who know what it is to be a universal starter.

Their passage through the initial round was sealed with a performance of three victories and two setbacks against the albicelestes (current monarchs, with a 1-3 slate) and the Americans (five scepters, 4-8). The islanders, winners by 7-0 and 3-1 against the Czech Republic and the Philippines, in that order, qualified for the next phase after making the play of performing in extrainnings to the host team, the maximum winner of these jousting, with a score of 1-0, in which some specialists assure that it has been the best game of the championship.

Several were the players with brilliant performances in the group stage for the Island, but on the offensive stood out the Santiago third baseman Yesander Rodríguez, with an average of .529, nine hits, three homers, a home run and five RBIs, while from the mound the Guantanamo Alain Román took the most applause, by opening all the meetings and posting a 3-2 balance, 2.44 ERA and 39 strikeouts in 28.2 innings.

If something has already secured our squad is to improve the location of three years ago, when in the Czech Republic anchored in the tenth position.
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