The full bracket of Cuba’s 2020–21 Serie Nacional, a postseason stretched over ten weeks by Covid postponements, ending with Granma beating Matanzas four games to two on 4 April 2021. Continue Reading
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
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 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
I’ve been accused of being a ‘Useful Idiot’ when it comes to Cuba. I guess that is progress as few have described me as useful before. Most of what you hear about Cuba is true and also false. Tales of… Continue Reading
The First Cuban Elite League has come to a close. Scroll down for my preview from back in September of 2022. The reason I have updated this post and not created a unique one is because it has been very… Continue Reading
Pinch Hitter Gawain Owen is in Haarlem Holland and is following Team Cuba. Here is his Honkbal Week WrapUp Cuba suffered it’s 5th defeat in Haarlem in as many games. Italy held the Cuban contingent scoreless over 7 innings. The… Continue Reading
Pinch Hitter Gawain Owen is in Haarlem Holland and is following Team Cuba. Here is his Honkbal Week WrapUp as Curacao wins seeing Cuba Eliminated. Cuba fell to 0-4 in Haarlem and are now officially out of the medal round… Continue Reading
Pinch Hitter Gawain Owen is in Haarlem Holland and is following Team Cuba. Here is his Honkbal Week WrapUp Cuba vs U.S.A. Team Cuba was defeated again in Harlem on Monday evening. This time 0-2 against Team USA. They are… Continue Reading
