Torreón, Coahuila.- The team of the Academia Big Leaguers Sub 8 He had an extraordinary participation in the torneo latinoamericano Colombian Baseball Classic 2022which took place in recent days in Cartagena, Colombiaobtaining the small players from La Laguna the runner-up in this competition in which representatives from the United States, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Panama and the host country participated.
In the grand finale of the category, the Big Leaguers Academy that represented Mexico lost 7 races by 8 against the host, a team from Cartagena with a great reaction from the ninth lagoon that he directs Ricardo Sandoval.
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“It was a very difficult game against the hosts from Cartagena, the truth is that it is a tremendous team, the level was very hard, in the final the game started very well, we were losing 7-0, I already saw in the children a little bit of desperation, some nerves, tears, we talked to them and suddenly they reacted, we tied in the sixth inning 7-7 and in the seventh unfortunately we lost a run that we couldn’t do, we lost 8-7, but the truth is that they fought some excellent defensive plays, the truth is that these children surprise us more and more every day”, commented Ricardo proudly.
This is not the first time that a team from the Big Leaguers Academy goes to an international tournament, since they already participated in a world series in 2018 in Mexico City, facing teams like Japan, Panama, among others, becoming champions for the first time. time a Mexican representative crowned in the category of 14 years.
“We are a private academy, we have categories from 3 years old to 15 years old, we participate in the regional league where Lerdo, Orioles, El Vergel and many more teams are, all of them (runner-up players) are in the 7 and 8 category, others in 9 and 10 because they are born from September to December and can participate as little leagues”, explained the manager about the origin of the Big Leaguers Academy, which is located behind the Urban Forest. “There we have our facilities, there we train and whoever wants to join can dial 87-11-89-57-40 and we will schedule it to receive it.”
