baseball in cuba

Baseball in Cuba: Comparing to MLB, Apples to Naranjas

Posted on by Phil Selig
Map of Cuba with each province's Serie Nacional club logo placed on its home region

ndustriales of Havana are the New York Yankees. Playing in the biggest markets in the grandest cathedrals of stadiums. They both fly the most championship banners in their respective leagues. Industriales and the Yankees are made to be loved or hated. They leverage their big market status. Because of this even if they aren’t the most competitive they’re usually the most relevant. Continue Reading →

Lazaro Blanco of the Alazanes is Granma’s Boy

Posted on by Phil Selig
Lazaro Blanco delivers a pitch in a blue and red Granma Alazanes uniform

We are sixty years into Cuba’s post revolution baseball and twenty-five years into Cuba’s baseball revolution. The first cohort of Cubans arriving in MLB was in the mid 1990’s. This was often pitchers and they risked it all to get… Continue Reading →

Jeison Martínez is Chasing His Dream

Posted on by Phil Selig
Jeison Martinez follows through on a swing in a red and white Mayabeque uniform

The Mayabeque Huracanes are one of the newer squads in the Cuban National Series. The Huracanes blew on shore in 2012 with the redrawing of provincial boundaries. They are the successors to the La Habana Cowboys but due to their… Continue Reading →