TheCuliacán regional baseball election “the R3” school category 5 and 6 years old has just achieved feat of win the national championship and they did undefeated winning the 9 meetings of the tournament of which 7 games were won by chloroform, knocking out their rivals by more than 10 runs. They started against the locals Chihuahua winning 30-8; the next day Juarez fell 21-7; the third day in a double day Culiacan fixed to Saltillo 24-13; already Mexico City 35-22, later it was the turn of Hermosillo 11-7; to finish with another sweep to Monterey 18-1; and thus finish as leader of group C with 6 games won. The first playoff in the quarterfinals in a tougher game Culiacan beats region VII that covers Los Mochis-Guasave 24-20 and Culiacan B he beat Mazatlan who also came undefeated to finish both Culichis teams undefeated in their move to the semifinals to face Chihuahua already Tijuana respectively.
In the last entry the Culichis They need to score two more runs to leave Chihuahua, it was the turn of Leo “el Tatis” Padilla who hit to place himself on first base, followed by Leo Cárdenas who also connected to leave runners on the first two bases, and finally it was Roberto “el Roki” Cruz's turn to bat, but Before standing at the plate, teacher Norman told the güerito “Roki, if you bring Tatis and Leo we will leave them lying on the field, hit aggressively”; Cruz let Professor Galindo's first pitch go by and on the second pitch he hit a hard hit between the short stop and second, the SS threw himself with his head but couldn't keep the ball and it went to the wall, Tatis notes. Leo scores and the güerito Roki who never stopped running comes home taking advantage of a bad throw to third and the culichis explode in tremendous celebration achieving their place in the final against Tijuana.
That final (and actually the entire tournament) was a home run celebration; Max Soto “the predator” finished as the RBI leader and tied for HR in the entire tournament, in addition to sweeping the Home Run Derby hitting 8 hits in 10 pitches. It is impossible to forget the Grand Slam of Dylan Maturín, and the hits in the street of Max Cuadras, Giancarlo Guzmán (on the mere birthday of his mother, the teacher Daniela Ñía), and the home runs of Raulito Félix, Humberto “el chuky” Hizar followed , Beto Monjardín, Gibran Hernandez; and if we talk about defense, the catches of Leo Cárdenas in the pitcher, of Giancarlo in the SS, the double play plays of Roki Cruz, the home runs that were stolen with tremendous catches of Beto Monjardín in the 7th, of Luis Eduardo ” el Monito” Sicairos and Tatis Padilla in the center and to close with a flourish the beautiful smile of José Ángel “el Becerro” Ponce when he hit three sticks he overturned fences in the final to beat Tijuana by KO 23-13 and finish as Undefeated champions of the National Tournament of Regions. But what did the Culichis do to achieve these results?
The work began with a change in strategy in the formation of the selective teams of our Region III, which is made up of the 5 children's and youth baseball leagues of Culiacán, which are the AC, the Humaya, the Tres Ríos, the Resources and the Colhuacan. . Previously, each league proposed its three best players to form the team, however now with the experience of a Region president like Héctor Loaiza, plus the extraordinary generosity of Teacher Daniela Uriarte and Manager Fernando “el negro” Galindo (president and manager of the Colhuacan league respectively) who were responsible for directing and organizing this selection, an agreement was reached that was key for Culiacan to win this championship and even for a second Culichi team to also reach the semifinals undefeated to achieve their plate and medal of fourth place. place. And in coordination with the president of the league Resources José Rubí and the Manager, teacher Norman Duboisz (who by the way was studying the games of the rivals to define the strategy of his team), as well as the vote of the presidents of the Other leagues decided that each league, instead of three, would propose 5 players. These 25 players spent several weeks training so that the teachers could finally decide which half would be the Culiacán A team (the strongest) and who would participate in the B team led by teacher Ángel Bustamante from Culiacán Resources, who had to work forced march to rearm the team.
Since as a constructive self-criticism it is worth pointing out that when the teachers defined rosters A and B, almost half (of the parents, not the children) of the second team decided to get off and remove their children from the B team, It was undoubtedly a mistake on the part of the parents and the results of both teams demonstrated it. On the one hand, Culiacán sweeps the tournament, becoming undefeated champions, demonstrating the wise decisions of the professional managers and coaches; but Culiacán B also managed to finish the regular role as group leader undefeated and played until the last day for the bronze. I also write this as a father of baseball players, and those who decided to take their children out missed the opportunity to play in one of the highest level baseball tournaments in the country. I understand the frustration of not making the first team but I share my personal experience with my son. Last year, teacher Chalillo invited Roki to the B team in his first year of school, a few days later the opportunity opened up to raise him to A “to strengthen the bench”, I decided to leave him in B and it was an excellent decision because He played starting third base throughout the tournament and batting first. I teach my son the humility of playing with enthusiasm on the field no matter who or against whom he plays “always play the best he can” but above all HAVE FUN because we do not forget that the king of sports is also a GAME.
Lastly, I want to thank all the mothers and fathers who sponsor the uniforms, the drums, organizers of the trip, the fathers, professors Mateo Monjardín and Rubén Felix; but above all, thank you for the support of Governor Rubén Rocha Moya and his Secretary of Public Education Graciela Dominguez for lending Culiacán the Sepyc truck to travel the 11 days to the city of Chihuahua. Congratulations to our little giants; Thank you for giving our capital city this tremendous championship, at a good time for all of Culiacán.
And if the school category was not enough, the R3 penguin category (7 and 8 years old) also became champions in Mazatlán in this national regional tournament. The last three years Sinaloa has dominated the diapers, escuelita and pingüica categories; In these categories baseball is born and in Sinaloa we have the most horse in the entire country, let's not lose the opportunity from the government, from the private initiative, from the school and the fields but above all from home to continue motivating, supporting and promoting this beautiful sport that unites families, teaches discipline and values to our children and youth.
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