The Panamanian Baseball Federation announced the holding of the I National U23 Championship, Copa Banco Nacional de Panama, which is scheduled to start this May 17 with three games in three different stadiums, all starting at 7:00 pm
Jaime Robinson, President of the Panamanian Baseball Federation. announced the national event in which six teams will be competing, with players from all over the country and as a guest the National Youth Pre-selection of Panama, as part of their preparation for the U18 World Cup.
The I U23 National Championship will be dedicated to the fans Julio Córdoba de Chiriquí better known as “Bronson” and the historic Jaime Mosquera de Herrera who has a record of most games watched by his team in a row in the history of this sport.
The first date includes the matches between Coclé and Chiriquí at the Kenny Serracín, Azuero against Oeste at the Justino Salinas in La Chorrera and Metro faces Colón at the Rod Carew, all starting at 7:00 p.m.
Tickets will cost 2.00 balboas for men, ladies will pay 1.00, children over 12 years old and retirees will also pay one balboa.
Fedebeis presents managers:
The Panamanian Baseball Federation also presented the managers of national teams at the press conference, José Murillo III as the driver in the U12 category, Carlos César Maldonado, manager in the U18 and José Mayorga as manager of the senior category. , for the Premier 12 that will be played at the end of the year.
The experienced José Murillo returns to the U12 National Team after placing 7th in the 2017 U12 World Championship, played in Taiwan, and after winning the U12 Pan American Team in Managua, Nicaragua in 2018.
Murillo comes with a great sports record, which includes three consecutive crowns in the national youth baseball, champion in the major with Metro, he has directed teams like Chiriquí and the Águilas Metropolitanas in the Probeis. He recently held a seminar with the MLB in the Dominican Republic, where excellent comments stood out.
Carlos Maldonado, Manager of the Youth Year 2024 and Manager of the Senior Year 2024, returns to the national team as a helmsman, after great performances in national baseball, including the youth crown in 2023 with the Vaqueros de Panamá Oeste.
Former Major League player with great knowledge in all aspects of the game, Maldonado has the tough task of qualifying Panama for the next U18 World Cup, when the Category Pre-World Cup is played in the month of August.
And for the Mayor national team that will see action in the Premier 12, an event organized by the World Baseball / Softball Confederation (WBSC), Fedebeis selected the international José Mayorga, a talented 31-year-old “skipper”, who comes of winning the Manager of the Year award in the Caribbean Series after leading Panama to the semifinals.
Mayorga was a professional baseball player with the Philadelphia Phillies until Class AA, then he signed on as a manager in the Florida Coast League (Rookie League) for two years, starting in 2022 and 2023 and then was promoted to manage the Class A team of the minor league farm, all from the Toronto Blue Jays affiliate.
