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Veteran baseball catcher dies in Cuba

Sagua la Grande, Cuba, Nov 21 (Prensa Latina) The catcher for the Azucareros and Las Villas teams in Cuba's National Baseball Series, Jose "El Látigo" Gómez, died of a heart attack in this central city on Thursday.

Gómez, 75, wore the catcher’s gear for eight seasons between the late 1960s and early 1970s, and accompanied the work of excellent pitchers like right-handers José Antonio Huelga and Aquino Abreu, and left-handers Leonel García and Aniceto Montes de Oca.

He started playing baseball in the so-called Cubanitos, the youth and under-23 series, and represented Cuba in a friendly tournament in Mexico in 1968, among others.

He accomplished a charitable mission as a baseball coach in Brazil and Venezuela and was a sports trainer for more than 30 years in Sagua la Grande in all baseball and softball categories.

José Gómez’s daughter, Anny Gómez, an award-winning radio and television announcer from Villa Clara, died of cancer on Wednesday.

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