The National Baseball Commission (CNB) of Cuba suspended five games the players Andrés Hernández, from Industriales, and Alexis Varona Núñez, from Sancti Spíritus, for congratulating the independent media for the rubber. “The simple fact of having sent us a congratulations video for our 27,000 followers is totally prohibited for athletes and managers,” stressed in a post the publication, which described what happened as “lack of respect”.
For journalist Francys Romero, the sanction “shows the mental and physical deterioration of the Cuban regime,” by not allowing the players “to have contact with alternative media, that is, unofficial media.”
Annoyed by the federal determination, rosemary stressed: “The players do not have the freedom to speak with any media because they distort the truth about Cuba, according to directors such as Frangel Reynaldo, the commissioner or the remaining members.”
For his part, the analyst Cuban ballYordano Carmona, trusts that “the Cuban press will echo the sanction of Andrés Hernández and question the National Baseball Directorate and the Cuban Baseball Federation” for being “an accomplice and participant in an outrage.”
“Imagine the parents of any prospect between the ages of 13 and 18 in Cuba reading this. Will they not look for the option of leaving, even if it is by submarine?” says journalist Francys Romero
Two days before the sanction against the Industriales outfielder, Andrés Hernández, Granma it highlighted as the “most complete hitter of the season”. In the publication, the player is referred to as the most regular batter so far in the contest, completing 1,275 hits to drive in runners. Only Yordanis Samón from Camagüey exceeds 1,200 and to get an idea of the quality of this parameter, although 61 average more than 300, only 17 of them reach 1,000 in this statistic.
Romero also believes that this type of punishment encourages the flight of players: “Imagine the parents of any prospect between the ages of 13 and 18 in Cuba reading this. Will they not seek the option of leaving, even if it is by submarine?”, and adds: ” Now imagine a Cuba-MLB agreement. Will the players be able to talk to a press that is not the servile Cuba?”
Alexis Varona Núñez was sanctioned, according to the official media Hitfor “violating what is established regarding relations with media not recognized by the authorities of the event” and for failing to comply with the “discipline that must support the main sociocultural show” on the Island. The measures began to be applied on the 15th and 16th of February, both for Hernández and Varona.
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