“I’m going to fulfill what I promised you,” was the message Cuban baseball player Miguel Camacho wrote to his father when confirming his arrival in the United States on Thursday. Rolando Camacho roly He died on the journey on February 7, in a traffic accident on the Pan-American highway, near the municipality of Tipitapa and near the Augusto C. Sandino International Airport, in Managua (Nicaragua).
Roly was the pitching coach in Mayabeque and had left the Island at the beginning of February in the company of his son, who has the qualities to seek an opportunity in the Major Leagues. On the way to the US, they arrived in Managua and boarded a vehicle headed for the municipality of Jalapa, near the border with Honduras. public TN8.
“A speeding truck entered the lane and was projected against the car where he was traveling. The alleged culprit fled,” the friend posted of the athletes, Nelson De La Rosa Rodríguez. “Migue was with him. Thank God he was not physically injured, but he is emotionally devastated.”
Since last November Nicaragua announced the abolition of visas for Cubans, thousands of desperate travelers packed the offices of airlines such as Conviasa and Copa Airlines to get a ticket to Managua.
Roly was the pitching coach in Mayabeque and had left the Island at the beginning of February in the company of his son, who has the qualities to seek an opportunity in the Major Leagues.
Seventeen days after the tragedy, Miguel Camacho fulfilled his goal of reaching the United States and thanked his father for his teachings. “You created a warrior. Those who never give up.”
Already in the United States, “Camacho will seek to sign a professional contract and fulfill his father’s legacy”, the journalist points out Francys Romero and recalled that the player “played in four National Series with the Hurricanes of Mayabeque.” And on the Mayabeque wall “Los Hurricanes” they made a space to wish the 22-year-old player success.
This Thursday it was confirmed that the players who left the Island in November 2021, Darlin Jimenez and Gustavo Urgelles“they are already in Mexico,” according to Romero, “they had a two-month stay in Russia before joining Brian Chi.”
Jímenez posted an offensive line of .329/.390/.471, six doubles, two triples and five RBIs in the 60th National Series with Granma. “This performance pushed him to be included in Cuba’s pre-roster for the U-23 World Cup in Mexico in October,” the communicator said. “Urgellés is a catcher who joined Cuban teams in children’s categories and later participated in the U-15 Pan American Games in Mexico.”
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