The Eddy Martin in Memoriam Baseball Cup will run from today and until next day 22 in Ciego de Ávila, as a prelude to the 55th National Baseball Series, which begins on August 29th.
The contest will be attended by Santiago de Cuba, Holguin, Camagüey, Sancti Spiritus, Villa Clara and the local team, Francisco Benitez Doval, head of rules and arbitration, told the press.
Jose Ramon Cepero and Sergio Antunes stadiums will be the venues of the competition, Benitez Doval added.
Shortstop Yorbis Borroto, outfielder Jose Adolis Garcia, second baseman Raul Gonzalez, and pitchers Yander Guevara and Yenier Cano, who were at the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games, already joined the local squad, champion of the latest Cuban baseball championship.
In addition, outfielder Yoelvis Fiss, catcher Osvaldo Vazquez and pitcher Yadir Rabbi, who attended the tournament in Rotterdam, which they won, are also part of Ciego de Avila team.
The realization of this baseball cup since 2011 in Ciego de Avila is a tribute to Eddy Martin , born in Ciego de Avila and considered the dean of sports narrators in Cuba .