By Jose Alejandro Rodriguez Jazz
The march continues. The situation in Cuba is for those who want to find a new opportunity in life, fulfill their dreams and breathe the air of freedom (and those who can, moreover) go to a destination far away from any destination. The land of their birth is in the hands of those who squeeze the last drop of juice like a healing orange. Athletes are no exception to the rule…
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This Friday afternoon, July 15, the great Artemiseño pitcher Misael Villa, shared a post on social media It shows his arrival in the United States, after covering a series of trips from Nicaragua to the United States.
“Thank you to all the people who made this dream come true,” the former member of the Cuban team wrote on his Facebook profile, while sharing a video of the route, with popular background music that has gone viral among the diaspora.
Villa played in eight National Baseball Series, all together with the Artemisa group as reinforcements for Industrials (Series 57 and Series 59), Villa Clara (Series 53) and Cienfuegos (Series 59). He left 40 wins and 50 losses, a 4.44 earned run average, 1.57 WHIP, plus 334 strikeouts and 242 walks, pitching in all 157 games, 127 of them as a starter.
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His best campaign was streak 57 (2017-2018), in which he posted an 11-6 record in 20 starts, an ERA of 3.08 and a WHIP of 1.47, in addition to 53 strikeouts. At the end of that season, in 2018, he joined the national team for a preparation cap against the Nicaraguan team and against the American university students, while in 2019, he did so later against Mexico, as part of pre-qualification. In the CanAm League..
