Santiago de Cuba (baseball club)
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Santiago founded in 1977 |
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| Full name |
| Santiago de Cuba |
| Nickname (s) |
| Avispas (wasps) |
| Club colors |
| red (home); red / white (outwards) |
| Ball park (s) |
| president |
| Antonio Pacheo |
Santiago de Cuba is a baseball team from the Cuban series Nacional . The home stadium is the Estadio Guillermón Moncada in Santiago de Cuba . The club won the national championship three times in a row from 1999 to 2001. The team also won the last two titles in 2007 and 2008.
Only one player was sent to the World Baseball Classic in 2006 , namely pitcher Ormari Romero .
Current players
- Catchers : Rolando Meriño, Arnaldo Guerra, Alexis Durruthy, Ángel Téllez
- Infielders : Pedro Poll, José Julio Ruiz, Manuel Benavides, Luis Miguel Navas, Héctor Olivera, Alexander Jorge, Maikel Castellanos, Yoandri Massó
- Outfielders : Reutilio Hurtado, Alexei Bell, Edilse Silva, Eliécer Bonne, Luis Guzmán
- Pitchers : Norge Luis Vera , Ormari Romero, Danny Betancourt , Alberto Bicet, Félix Rivera, Osmany Tamayo, Yunier Sánchez, Leodanis Menéndez, Albert Carrión, Carlos Portuondo, Yudelkis Guzmán, Arnaldo García, Jorge Luis Sanchez
Notable players
- José Luis Alemán ( Pitcher )
- Fausto Álvarez
- Jorge García ( Outfield )
- Evenecer Godínez ( Shortstop )
- Orestes Kindelán
- Modesto Larduet ( Catcher )
- Ramón Otamendi ( Third base )
- Antonio Pacheco Masó
- Luis Enrique Padró (catcher)
- Luis Tissert (pitcher)
- Braudilio Vinent (Pitcher)
- Grabiel Pierre (Third base)
- Manuel Benavides
- Norge Luis Vera (Pitcher)