Miami, United States. – The historic former docker of the national series Jorge Luis “Tati” Valdés died this January 28 in Havanain the midst of an alarming state of precariousness, according to several media.
Valdés, considered by specialists and fans as one of the best pitchers in the history of Cuban baseball, had an extensive palmarés both in the domestic circuit and at the international level.
The news of his death It generated immediate reactions in the sports world of the island and exile. The specialized magazine Full swing announced the departure of Valdés, highlighting that “unfortunately forgotten by the regime, it is considered by many the best sinister in the history of national series.” Meanwhile, the official magazine Hit He lamented “deeply the death of Jorge Luis ‘Tati’ Valdés, one of the best pitchers in the history of national series.”
In his X account, the president of the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (INDER), Osvaldo Vento Montiller, express: “It moves to know that Jorge Luis Valdés, the fearsome left -handed pitcher author of exploits who enhanced Cuban baseball, has died. As humble as great as a athlete, he was loved and admired by the people who inspired his successes. We accompany family and friends in their pain. ”
The Cuban Baseball and Softball Federation too He joined the duel through that same social networkhighlighting that the Matancero was “one of the greatest Cuban pitchers of all time” and that “shone from his coronations as youth to raised an Olympic title and many other heartures.”
From Miami, former Lunchar René Arocha, who shared time and memorable duels with Valdés, He remembered on his Facebook profile: “We were a great of the Cuban Picheo, our brother Jorge Luis Valdés (Tati). Today in your departure I want to remember those duels that we held each from the box defending our shirts. (…) You were a great human being, one of the simplest people I met. ”
Also the Cuban ruler, Miguel Díaz-Canel, lamented the death of Valdés: “Cuba, Matanzas and his native Jovellanos cry the death of Jorge Luis Valdés, a golden left-hander of Cuban baseball. Olympic and world champion, Tati was an elegant on the mound, the triumph letter, the idol pitcher of a generation that celebrates and suffers baseball. Until always ”, wrote in his X account.
The decline of the former Sports Gloria had been denounced on social networks a year ago, when a photograph was shared by wearing worn clothes and wearing an obvious weight loss. The reactions multiplied when the precarious state in which the once idol, nicknamed “the golden left -handed” of the Cuban ball survived.
The numbers of the “tati” reflect their greatness in the diamond: 234 victories, 166 losses, 46 slimming, 3134 job entries, 2980 Jits allowed, 1982 strikeouts, 1024 tickets and an average effectiveness of 3.13 in a total of 20 national series . In 1990 he led the henequeneros team to the title of Cuba with 19 wins, a figure that repeated the following year.
His international career was also highlighted: he was part of the Cuban cast that reached the gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona Games. Likewise, he added other great hits with four world championships (Havana 1984, Holland 1986, Italy 1988 and Edmonton 1990), In addition to medals in Pan -American, Central American Games and Intercontinental Cups.
According to the Inderthe funeral honors of Valdés will be organized this Wednesday between 9:00 am and 2:00 pm at the Victoria de Girón stadium, in Matanzas, “one of the many scenarios in which he showed his greatness as a pitcher.”
