{"id":665,"date":"2016-02-01T10:30:53","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T18:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/?page_id=665"},"modified":"2025-06-08T16:37:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T23:37:03","slug":"beisbol","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/cuba\/beisbol\/","title":{"rendered":"Beisbol"},"content":{"rendered":"I attended the 1st game of a double-header between Industriales de La Habana (the Yankees of Cuban ball) vs Bayamo Granma Alazanes on Saturday, January 23rd, 2016 at the Estadio Latinoamericano<\/b> in Havana. Entry price for a tourist was $3 which would allow you to sit wherever you wanted \u2014 just show the ticket stub to anyone and they will make room for you.\r\n\r\nWe also witnessed the Baracoa team\u2019s batting practice at the Estadio Manuel Fuentes Borges<\/b> a few days earlier \u2014 Baracoa plays in a league of teams from smaller towns throughout the state of Guantanamo \u2014 the catcher for the team is ranked #5 for the national team (see below).\r\n\r\n\"IMG_0044\"<\/a>\r\n\r\nIn the 1860s, baseball was introduced to Cuba by American sailors on trading vessels that ported in the country and by Cubans who studied in the U.S. and returned tools of the game, like bats and balls. Cubans quickly adopted the sport and leagues started all over the island.\r\n\r\nNow beisbol is a national passion. The Cuban League\u2019s regular season is called the Serie Nacional (National Series) and consists of a 90-game schedule played between November and May. The 16-team circuit includes clubs in all provincial capitals and 2 teams in Havana. The Serie Nacional is composed of four divisions. In Group A the teams are the Industriales (Havana), the Metropolitanos (Havana), Pinar del R\u00edo, and Isla de la Juventud; in Group B are Havana Province, Villa Clara, Camag\u00fcey, and Guant\u00e1namo; in Group C are Granma, Holgu\u00edn, Las Tunas, and Ciego de \u00c1vila; and in Group D are Santiago de Cuba, Sancti Sp\u00edritus, Cienfuegos, and Matanzas.\r\n\r\nVideo of the Industriales vs Granma game in Havana:\r\n\r\n\r\n\"IMG_0052\"<\/a>\r\nHometown Batter<\/b>\r\n
\r\n\"IMG_0063\"<\/a>\r\nGranma Player \u2014 players are surprisingly approachable<\/b>\r\n
\r\n\"IMG_0062\"<\/a>\r\nA Young Railbird<\/b>\r\n
\r\n\"IMG_0043\"<\/a>\r\nNational TV Coverage of the big game<\/b>\r\n
\r\n\"IMG_0048\"<\/a>\r\nThe Fastfood of Choice \u2014 Pork Sandwich (cost 30 cents)<\/b>\r\n
\r\n\"IMG_0056\"<\/a>\r\nGetting your picture taken with the Team\u2019s Star<\/b>\r\n
\r\n\"IMG_0065\"<\/a>\r\nA Young Railbird<\/b>\r\n
\r\n\"IMG_0068\"<\/a>\r\nYoung fans \u2014 all bundled up because it is winter in Havana (about 15C)<\/b>\r\n
\r\n\"IMG_0059\"<\/a>\r\nA Old Railbird<\/b>\r\n
\r\n\"IMG_0061\"<\/a>\r\nA Veteran Railbird<\/b>\r\n
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