Raul Congratulates Cuban Baseball Champions in Caribbean Series

HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 9 (acn) Army General Raul Castro, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party (CC of the PCC) and President of the councils of State and Ministers, congratulated Cuban baseball players on Monday for their victory in the Vegueros de Pinar del Rio team, in the Caribbean Series held in Puerto Rico.

At Havana's Jose Marti International Airport, Miguel Diaz-Canel, member of the PCC's Politburo and First Vice-president of the councils of State and Ministers, conveyed Raul's greetings and congratulations to the baseball players.
The disciples of Alfonso Urquiola won the tournament after beating 3-0 Mexico's Tomateros de Culiacan 3-0 on Sunday.
This is the eighth time that Cuba wins this traditional baseball tournament.