Pinch Hitter Gawain Owen is in Haarlem Holland and is following Team Cuba. Here is his Honkbal Opening Weekend WrapUp. Cuba once the bastions of International baseball tournaments such as Haarlem baseball week have been on a trend of diminishing… Continue Reading
Honkbal Week Haarlem Preview via Special Contributor to CubaDugout Gawain Owen Cuba must finish in top 4 to progress With bags packed and ready to jump on a plane to the Netherlands, below is an outline of Team Cuba, who… Continue Reading
Baseball in Haarlem? Of course they play baseball in a diverse Neighbourhood in New York City. No, not Harlem, Haarlem. Haarlem a city of 161,000 in the Netherlands. Baseball has been growing in Holland. In fact the Dutch have been… Continue Reading
The 61st Cuban National Series structure looked different than recent competitions. However the finals match up will look familiar. The Granma Alazanes triumphed over The Matanzas Cocodrilos in April of 2021. 14 months later the two squads will meet in… Continue Reading
Cuba returned from the WBSC U23 in Mexico last September with only half the players who had started the trip. Some of those names such as Loidel Chapelli have already made their way into MLB organizations. Bryan Chi (also spelled… Continue Reading
The eight team Cuban National Series playoff field is set. The 75 game regular schedule began at the end of January. This timing was actually closer to Cuban Winter Leagues of the past. The season began with as much focus… Continue Reading
Phil Selig of Cubadugout chatted with Mike and James at FutureSox about the White Sox history and future surrounding Cuban Players. You can listen to our discussion about how the White Sox have built a great pipeline over the past… Continue Reading
I was introduced to Major League Baseball in (Year redacted) the Mid 1980s. Those of a similar vintage came of age as fantastic athletes such as Darryl Strawberry, Deion Sanders, Bo Jackson and Ken Griffey Jr. captivated with style and… Continue Reading
When Jackie Robinson was named the starting first baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947 he became the first black player in the Major Leagues. Brooklyn executive Branch Rickey set out to circumvent the unwritten edict preventing African-American… Continue Reading
A record 170 Cubans are projected to start 2022 in a Major League organization. Many of these players built their prospect status appearing for Cuba in World Baseball Classic tournaments. The Cuban Government and Baseball Federation have taken a hardline… Continue Reading
