MADRID, Spain.- The Cuban humorist duo Los Pichy Boys issued a statement oficial, addressed to the Miami Marlins baseball team, for the behavior of its staff against the Cuban exile during the semifinal of the V World Baseball Classic, played between Team Cuba and the United States.
During the game, which took place at LoanDepot Park, home of the Marlins, the venue’s employees prevented the entry of Cubans who arrived with posters and T-shirts demanding freedom for Cuba. Others were threatened with expulsion from the premises, as can be seen in several publications that transcended on social networks.
“What happened yesterday at the Ball Park fills us with deep sadness,” said Los Pichy Boys, who also recalled being “fans of Los @marlins and even having worked together for years promoting baseball to the Cuban community in South Florida.”
COMMUNICATION ADDRESSED TO THE @marlins .
We have always been a fan of Los @marlins and we have even worked together for years promoting baseball to our South Florida Cuban community.
What happened yesterday at the Parque de Pelota fills us with deep sadness since… https://t.co/PYsFr1t56R pic.twitter.com/KxYKvUsPRM
— LosPichyBoys (@LosPichyBoys) March 20, 2023
“Given the pressure from various media outlets and influencers, they had to be more flexible, but the damage had already been done,” they pointed out. the comedians.
“Cuban Heritage nights sing @willychirinoThey put on ‘Patria y Vida’, drink coffee, in short, they are more Cuban than ever. It was last night when they had to show their faces for us, for this exile that made them and maintains them. It seems unbelievable being in Little Havana, having to enter with a Cuba Libre T-Shirt hidden in your underpants,” read another excerpt from the statement.
Before these events, Los Pichy Boys demanded that the management of the Miami Marlins explain to their public “why their staff behaved in that way with the Cuban community of Patria y Vida that went to the Park.”
Until this response is forthcoming, the comedians said, “consider our professional and fan relationship on hiatus.”
The Marlins, cited by Telemundo 51They have justified themselves with the World Classic policy, which, according to what they point out, maintains that “the posters must not exceed a dimension of 3×5, they must not affect guests, they must not contain advertising and they must not include political or disrespectful messages.”
However, on Sunday afternoon, the mayor of Miami, Francis Suárez, reported that the Los Marlins team had authorized fans who wished to enter the stadium with banners, Cuban flags and T-shirts bearing the inscription “Patria y vida”. .
CubaNet, that he broadcast live from the facility, published images of how the authorities of the sports complex did not allow the passage of most of the posters carried by the exiles, and even denied passage to part of the public with T-shirts that read: “Freedom for Cuba”.
