2023-05-23 23:58:08
Victories and dreams go hand in hand. A handful of boys have started dreaming Sagebrush. They have done? Just hit a ball hard, make it fly and lead us to happiness. As catcher Yogi Berra once said, “Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too.”
Every Cuban thinks he knows as much about this sport as Casanova knew how to hit home runs. The hundreds of “wise men” from Artemisa wanted the stellar ex-launcher Yulieski González in command of their team and, apparently, they were not wrong: who led Alquízar twice in the Provincial Series, and both led them to win, injected the hunters an overdose of inspiration.
So now the public goes to the 26 de Julio stadium to see how reality catches up with dreams. On Saturday, when Osbel Pachecho hit the ball with his soul, to make more runs, it was the people in the stands who blew the ball beyond the left field fences.
And on Sunday those from home completed the sweep over Isla de la Juventud. They are the only ones in the championship to pass the broom twice to their rivals. The score closed 5-2, with the seventh victory for Yunieski García, leader in that department, in grouts, whips and innings pitched. In the game, José Antonio Jiménez batted 5-4.
The Hunters consolidate in third place in the 62nd National Baseball Series, just one game from the top, occupied by the Santiago Wasps with the Mayabeque Hurricanes in the middle. Now they have 28 wins in 48 challenges, one more than the 73 of the entire previous campaign.
When Geonel, Yunieski, Dairon, Arián, Geomar, Elián, Israel or José Ángel throw the ball towards home plate, destiny begins to do its thing. Each episode is a story that no one suspected. Each race inflames the spectators… and their own passion.
Someone wrote that the great tragedies are written with two outs, also the great feats. Many sang the third out to the Cazadores, even when they had filled the bases with illusions, when Dayán’s 12 home runs were already being born from the strength of their wrists; the 43 RBIs of Pepito Jiménez; the strength of Solano; the desire of Cortico, Cosme, De la Tejera, Pacheco, Ronmy, Dainiel…
But there is no third out, only a home run, because these guys are going for more, they are going for all possible and impossible victories. Today Artemisa without this team would be like life without music. How far will they go? I trust they will qualify. And then? Let the best talk about baseball be the ball!
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