The Las Tunas Leñadores are the defending champions of Cuban Baseball and they have been for longer than usual. They captured their third title since 2019 and overall in July 2024. This should have qualified them and the other top… Continue Reading
The dates and structure for the 63rd Cuban National Series of Baseball have been released. If it feels like baseball just ended, you aren’t wrong. Although Last August we saw the Las Tunas Leñadores hoist their 2nd National Series trophy,… Continue Reading
Pitching Backwards is when a pitcher uses their secondary offerings rather than their fastball early on in the count. Cuba as a country has been described as and in certain ways is moving backwards. The concept of pitching backwards is… Continue Reading
The only certainty in baseball is the cost certainty owners have fought for in each successive collective bargaining agreement. Wages have effectively stagnated over the past 20 years. This is no more evident than in the International Signing market. The… Continue Reading
https://www.youtube.com/@telerebelde_tv/streams Live Game streams Available via the Link The 2023 Cuban Elite League will cap what has been another fascinating year for Cuban baseball. A fourth place finish in the World Baseball Classic, a Caribbean Cup title, their first appearance… Continue Reading
Cuba is legendary for their dominance in international baseball competition. Dominant in veritably every tournament but one. Cuba has never competed in the Little League World Series. That will change this August when a team of youngsters from Bayamo, Granma… Continue Reading
The 62nd Cuban National Series launched at the end of March in the shadow of Cuba’s greatest baseball triumph in some time. The season launch was actually delayed by a week to March 29th. This was so Cubans could celebrate… Continue Reading
The 62nd Cuban National Series was won by Las Tunas, who swept Industriales four games to none in a final that began on 5 August 2023. It was the second championship in the franchise’s history, after 2018–19, and the start… Continue Reading
The World Baseball Classic is still a bit top heavy. Cuba ran into a buzz saw of a United States lineup and was eliminated in the Semi-Final 14-2. That dispatching is disappointing but making it there at all is not.… Continue Reading
Team Cuba Death by 150 Paper Cuts is an article I originally wrote in March of 2017 in response to Cuba’s ouster from the the World Baseball Classic. It was originally for my Facebook page “Phil In The Blanks: Cuba… Continue Reading
