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National Series playoff predictions 2021: Cienfuegos-Matanzas, who will win?

The 60th Cuban National playoffs are well underway, but the defending champion is still to be seen. The quarterfinal series between...

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Playoffs 2021: Pinar del Río wins Game 1, beat Sancti Spíritus, 9-7, in 10-innings

They were down but never out. Facing a two-run deficit in the seventh inning of a key Game 1 of the Cuban National Series Quarterfinals,...

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Playoffs 2021: Santiago de Cuba wins Game 1 thanks to four-run seventh inning

The Santiago de Cuba Avispas powered up late against the Las Tunas Leñadores to take Game 1 of the Cuban Quarter Finals series by a score...

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Playoffs 2021: In extra innings Leones defeat Alazanes, 5-4, in Game 1 of the NS Quarterfinals

There’s domination and there’s the Leones and the Alazanes in the postseason. With their unbelievably exciting 5-4 victory in 10 innings...

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National Series playoff predictions 2021: Pinar del Río-Sancti Spíritus, who will win?

The 60th Cuban National Series postseason will get underway today, with the Santiago de Cuba-Las Tunas and Granma-Industriales series – I...

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8-team field set; Cuban postseason 2021 opens Tuesday

Finally, after a 75-games season, the 2021 Cuban postseason is set. Eight teams are in, for the first time since 2012, and the action...

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2021 Cuban League playoff schedule: Quarter-finals round, dates and times

Following a 75-game regular season, the 2021 Cuban League playoffs schedule, featuring an expanded 8-team field for the first time since...

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CNS Roundup: Last Week of the 60th NS, 10 Teams with Play Offs Chances. Players of the Week and more

A month has passed since my last post and, with only one week left in the schedule of the 60th Cuban National Series - considering the...

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Cepeda Becomes One of a Kind in Cuban Baseball

During the time when Cubans were defecting like an open bag of M&M’s, Frederich Cepeda stayed in Cuba. Not because he was not good enough...

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Olympic gold medalist Frederich Cepeda makes history in Cuban Baseball League

The former Olympic gold medalist became the only player with at least 2,000 hits, 300 home runs and 400 doubles. Frederich CEPEDA became...

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CNS Roundup: Changes in the standings, the All-Star Game, a no-no, and a NS offensive record

Where to begin? It has been two excellent weeks of baseball since our last post - that includes the festivities for the 34th All-Star...