Frederich Cepeda
Frederich Cepeda
Frederich Cepeda Cruzis a Cuban professional baseball outfielder for the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball...
athletes baseball cuba matter message paid price quite rest sending sent slogan strong talk time
Cuba has sent a strong message to the rest of the baseball world, but this is a message that we have been sending for quite some time now, not only in 2006. Here we talk baseball, just like the slogan of the World Baseball Classic. And baseball is baseball, it doesn't matter the price paid to the athletes that play it.
cuba happy
I'm not happy because I don't like to lose, but Cuba showed that they can play anybody.
cuba everybody mentally prepared saw smaller teams
Everybody saw Cuba as a smaller team. They saw other teams as greater. Yet here we are. Nothing is impossible. You will see in the final. We're prepared for this mentally and physically.
cuba proved
What Cuba has proved is that we can play up to other levels.
deserve played tried victory
We tried to get back on top, but they deserve the victory because they played better.
came slogan speak
We came to play baseball. Like the slogan says, we speak baseball.
against amateur greatest league major players playing therefore victory
We are all amateur players, therefore playing against major league players is the greatest victory for us.
baseball coming cuba doubt doubts message people played
We have played in World Cups, world championships and Olympics. The message is already out there. ... In Cuba, baseball is the No. 1 sport. People in Cuba had their doubts about us coming and about the results.