The death of former baseball player Pedro José ‘Cheíto’ Rodríguez, nicknamed e l “Señor Jonrón” for his record as one of the greatest hitters in Cuban baseball , has generated This Sunday multiple messages of condolences from the main authorities and fans of the beautiful sport on the Caribbean island.
‘Cheíto’ Rodríguez died on Saturday at 65 years due to kidney failure in Cienfuegos , the city where he was born, reported the sports portal Jit and highlights that he was a “pillar” From numerous Cuban teams, he raised world, Pan American, Central American and Caribbean titles and in intercontinental cups.
“Sensible loss for Cuban sports and baseball. I remember the many emotions he made us feel with his timely and long home runs. My condolences to family and friends, ” Cuban President Miguel Días-Canel wrote on his Twitter account .
Sensible loss for Cuban sports and baseball. I remember the many emotions he made us feel with his timely and long home runs. My condolences to family and friends # SomosCuba https://t.co/LXFED9gEbB
– Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez (@DiazCanelB) February 09, 2021
The head of the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (Inder ), Osvaldo Vento, who stated that “The news hurts. We are physically left by the “Señor Jonrón”, an emblematic figure of #Beisbol and #DeporteCubano in general “.
This Sunday will be dedicated to distinguished player a tribute with a minute of silence before starting the quarterfinal match of the current National Baseball Series between the teams from Cienfuegos and Matanzas, according to the national commissioner of the discipline, Ernesto Reinoso.
Burial of the stellar baseball player Pedro José, Cheíto, Rodríguez, the Lord Home Run of the Cuban ball: Who does not remember that phrase of the great Bobby Salamanca: «Pass, Mr. Home Run»? In one of the photos, the face of another great and his great friend, Antonio Muñoz, appears. Sad day pic.twitter.com/AjBUH9pKhn
– Vanguardia de Cuba (@VanguardiaCuba) February 14, 2021
Fans of baseball, Cuba’s national sport, highlighted the sporting career of ‘Cheíto’ Rodríguez on social networks, whom many describe as an “example”, a “true exponent” of the quality of the sport on the island and they wish you “to rest in peace at the altar of the immortals of our baseball.”
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