The Serie A baseball season has opened and for Bc Settimo it was a start with a particular meaning, characterized by the emptiness of an important absence and at the same time animated by the strong desire to honor the memory of a special person and who he has done so much in recent years for the club and for sport.
BC Settimo does not forget Ernesto Wong
The memory of is not extinguished Ernesto Wong50 years old, former champion of the Cuban national team and technical director and manager of BC Settimo, who passed away suddenly at just 50 years old last April due to an accident at work while he was abroad.
The son’s greeting and the wife’s first launch
The challenge between Settimo and Tecnovap Verona was characterized by many emotions, well expressed in that poster created by the youngest of Ernesto Wong’s three sons, Kevin, which read: “There are no goodbyes for us, wherever you are you will always be my hero. Thanks dad.” And Wong’s presence truly hovered over the diamond throughout the game.
The first race was opened by his wife Emanuela with the first launch, followed by a moment of absolute silence.
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An exciting race
The Seventh obtained a home draw against Verona Baseball which was truly special. At the helm of the new manager Ramon Benitezthe president’s boys Patrizia Sciarrilli they lost the first match 4-14 and won the second in extra innings 11-10. These are the cold “numbers”.
But it is BC Settimo who recounts the emotions experienced on its official social page:
The first day of the championship played last Sunday, 5 May 2024, is the beginning of a new path that carries with it a great weight and it is Kevin’s message for his father that makes our hearts ache, but gives us strength to continue the path that Ernesto has undertaken with all of us. For us Ernesto was in his usual position, next to the third cushion to guide his boys, those from whom he always asked for the best and encouraged them to overcome their limits, those boys to whom he taught his baseball which requires hard work , technique and above all heart, a lot of heart, the same one he put into that diamond every day.
During the first game Verona managed to take off and the game ended in the eighth inning. But it doesn’t end here, as the company says:
The second game didn’t seem like it was going to go well but then in the eighth inning the team that Ernesto has always praised and coached showed that they had always listened to him. Seventh draws by scoring 3 points, we go to extra innings and we are once again having to chase our opponents, but then that desire comes back, that anger of not giving up and biting the field in order to win, and then it’s a tie again.
11th inning, it seems incredible but Verona scores 3 runs again, but those guys leave the field with something in their eyes… They aren’t up for it, not today, and here we find ourselves with the bases full and down by 2 runs . These situations would have made Ernesto rejoice, because they are those moments in which nothing matters more than the heart… and here she is, Simone’s valid, a double who clears the bases and brings with her an explosion of joy, the joy of a family, of a community that breathes baseball, of a group of kids who have lost their guide but will forever keep its teachings clearly imprinted in their minds.
“That game 2 – they conclude from Bc Settimo – will remain engraved in our hearts, for the meaning this victory had and we know that at every launch you are watching us and rooting for us. Thanks and see you soon Erne”.
2024-05-10 09:51:27
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