by Ray Otero baseballdecuba.com On Thursday night all Group leaders in the 47th National Series, triumphed against their rivals. Pinar beat Industriales 6-2, La Habana defeated La Isla 2-1, Santiago beat Camagüey 8-4, Las Tunas over Guantánamo 18-2 in seven innings, and Villa Clara defeated Holguín 2-0. Other winners were Metropolitanos, ...

The 16 teams vying for the coveted title at the second edition of the World Baseball Classic in the spring of 2009 has been announced by Major League Baseball. Defending champion Japan heads a strong group of teams that reached the second round in the inaugural tournament and were rewarded with ...

by Ray Otero baseballdecuba.com La Habana defeated Santiago de Cuba 7-3, for second consecutive day winning the three-games series over the weekend. Villa Clara got a 13-2 KO victory over Matanzas in eight innings (mercy rule) to consolidate its position as leader of Group C of the season. Las Tunas, Isla ...

by Ray Otero Jonder Martínez (9-0) did not allow runs and La Habana reached its victory number 40 of the 47 National Series after a 4-0 win over Guantánamo at Nelson Fernández Stadium on Tuesday night. Other winner teams were Matanzas, Granma, Holguín, Camagüey, Las Tunas and Villa Clara. Santiago de ...

by Ray Otero baseballdecuba.com On Friday night La Habana continued its strong perfomance and reached its 39th victory of the season to become the most dominant team in the 47 National Series. Yosvany Peraza of Pinar del Río connected his 17th homer of the season and now is the new home ...

LICEY WINS TENTH CARIBBEAN TITLE After reaching the 2008 Caribbean Series as the Dominican Republic’s “second” team, the Licey Tigres won five of six games to nab their record tenth championship in Latin baseball’s showcase event. The Tigres capped their title by drubbing the Dominican regular season and playoff champion Cibaenas ...

POWELL TO PITCH FOR HAWKS…AFTER SUSPENSION Japan’s Pacific League has ruled pitcher Jeremy Powell may play for the Softbank Hawks, but only after serving a three-month suspension for signing a contract with two teams for 2008. Powell apparently agreed to deals with both the Hawks and Orix Buffaloes for the coming ...