A note from the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (Inder) reported sanctions to three players and a commissioner from Camagüey for the altercation last week during one of the games of the National Series.
The biggest penalties were for the director of the Toros de Camagüey, Vicyohandri Odelín, who was suspended for five games, the same amount of time as the players Yordanis Samón Matamoros and Eglis Eugellés Antunez.
On the other hand, the provincial baseball commissioner, Roger Jesús Montada Feria, received a public reprimand.
The facts, reconstructed by the specialized portal full swinghappened last October 16 at the Calixto García stadium between the Toros and the Holguín Cubs, due to a “wrong ruling by a judge in the eighth inning.”
The decision “created an atmosphere that ignited in a matter of minutes.”
The most serious part, this media remembers, occurred after a long hit against the fences by Luis González from Camagüey, with two men in circulation, when the ninth under the command of Odelin was trailing on the scoreboard, with a score of three runs to one.
“A tie was in sight, but the head judge made a huge mistake and declared out at home plate in a virtual hug, in a play that was clearly safe.”
At that moment, the protest was immediate and several Camagüey players showed their disagreement, but in a minute everything became tense and gave rise to “a pitched battle” that, however, “was controlled and there were no major problems to regret.”
In that game, the Cubs beat the Bulls 3-2 to settle in second position in the 64th National Baseball Series and continue their rise to the top.
Violence and sanctions
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Shortly before, Guantanamo pitcher Álvaro Damián Savón Tejeda had been suspended for 20 games, after an attack against an umpire in a clash of the 64th National Baseball Series.
The violence, manifested in aggressive gestures during the match, has crossed the stadium fence and has been installed with alarming frequency on the diamonds of our National Series, he stated in those days. Cubadebate.
