CAMAGÜEY.- Even those who hate mathematics in this province have taken up paper, pencil and calculator to know the so-called magic number of their team, statistics that would reveal the amount of victories that the Bulls need to classify the post-season of the 59th National series. However, in the bench of the team, Miguel Borroto and his colleagues have not taken the time to do it, because superior goals are at hand. The victories before Santiago de Cuba and Cienfuegos and the success 2-1 before Las Tunas, reaffirmed them in the honorary place with a balance of 49 victories and 31 failures and proved that Camagüey is not wining out of pure luck.

Although the manager has almost fulfilled his promise of including the Camagüeyan team in the play off, something that had not happened since 2007, he has not lost his winning appetite. “Unquestionably classifying gives us some peace of mind, but we are going to maintain the intensity and the demands”, declared for Adelante Digital at the end of the sub-series in Las Tunas.

“We will not make changes lightly, we will keep the best men in line up and the rotation of pitchers. In the recess for the end of the year, our guys will have a small competitive training cycle so they do not decrease in performance”, pointed out. Borroto also talked about the importance of the program for the selection of reinforcements to be conducted on December 27. “I keep my word of reaching a medal under this system. I had never had the chance of asking for reinforcements and I always thought that with them I would have great possibilities. Although nothing is decided yet, we are thinking about some players of the teams that are among the four in the bottom” he said.

A goal longed by everybody is to reach the first place of the regular stage, which secures the inclusion in the awarding podium in case of an elimination in the cross. Besides, they could reversse the adverse landscape in the bilateral duels before Industriales (3-6) and Matanzas (4-4). In the facing against the Lions from the capital, there is also an interest of leaving out a team that is dangerous in the next stage, specially if they support their staff with good players.

According to the sabermetric from Havana Yirsandy Rodriguez, the hardest goal is to reach the record of winning and defeats for Camagüey, that is of 57-33 in the season 1997-1998, also under the conduction of “El Jerarca”. To accomplish that, our team would have to win eight of the ten games left, something that would be possible if they unleash another streak like the one last week.

For some the miraculous calculations threw 50, for others 52, but for those who wear the jacket of the current leader of the contest, the number is 59, because if you give too much away, you will need it later.