CAMAGÜEY.- Although the fans of the Toros de la Llanura have had all five senses in the confirmation of Miguel Borroto, three other pieces of news that could mark the future of the team in the 61st National Baseball Series reached the offices of the Cándido González stadium.
First the confirmation of the continuity of the "darling" of the stands was known: the star Leslie Anderson. According to the official profiles of the team on social networks, Anderson said that he is already physically preparing to continue his career in Camagüey, as he has “a commitment to the people to return to the postseason and for the boys to consolidate in the elite, because there is quality to that ”.
In addition, he regretted that in the recently concluded campaign “he could only be in the final stretch. I have the thorn of not having helped the team more ”. After declaring all his support for Borroto's continuity, the emblematic number 54 affirmed that “we learned that we cannot settle, we have to win 45 games and for that we have to maintain performance throughout the qualifying stage. I hope the people trust us, because we are going to rise up even stronger ”.
The Provincial Sports Directorate also communicated in an official note that the left-handed pitcher Dariel Góngora requested his return to the discipline of the Camagüey Bulls. According to the statement, “at the moment, the return to the team for the Series' 61 edition of the athlete is being processed, at the request of the athlete, who until now is part of the Matanzas team. In the next few days, the final decision on this issue is expected by the authorities of Matanzas and the National Baseball Commission ”.
In this case we must remember that "El Látigo" was sanctioned for indiscipline in the final stretch of the 59th edition of our baseball classics and when he fulfilled the measure, he did not join the provincial tournament. About a year ago, the Inder authorities accepted his request to cancel his contract and signed, as a "free agent", an agreement with the Crocodiles, so now he needs the sports authorities of the Athens of Cuba to let him free again .
Góngora's return is undoubtedly seen with good eyes by the fans and the coaching staff of our ninth, as it would underpin the weakest department of last season. However, he must first recover from an injury to his throwing arm, something they already work on at the sports medicine center.
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Finally, veteran Marino Luis announced the decision to hang up the spikes and resume his duties as coach. Let us remember that a few years ago Marino was marginalized by the directors of the Bulls and dedicated himself to playing and directing the team from his native municipality, Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, in the provincial championships. In that role, the historic infielder managed to be included in several finals, a streak that was cut when he was called back to defend the colors of the pack.
His triumphant return on 59 Baseball National Series remains one of the subtitle's standout postcards, but he felt it was time to usher in the next generation. Now he will act as coach again, this time in the capital city and nobody rules out that he will soon join the bullfighting coaching staff.
While all this was happening in Camagüey, six of our players began training in the Cuban preselection for the Americas pre-Olympic in Matanzas. However, two days after the start, the group led by experienced strategists Armando Ferrer and Carlos Martí had to stop activities when a positive case for COVID-19 was detected within the group. At the moment, none of them have health difficulties and remain isolated, as stipulated in the health protocol.
Translated by Linet Acuña Quilez