The idea is to have a strong tournament for integration and I hope that next year in Panama there will not be six teams participating, but eight and that it will grow little by little, Salayandia said in statements to Prensa Latina.
“That is what it is about, uniting all the Latin American nations through baseball, and we are sure that it will be an excellent competition,” he stressed.
When evaluating the development of the first Series of the Americas on its second day of competition in Nicaragua, the Panamanian director described it as very good and highlighted the opening game between the Nicaraguan team and the Leñadores de las Tunas (Cuba).
In this sense, he commented that the game between Cuba and Nicaragua was simply a preview of what is coming, technically speaking, in this tournament.
“When you have teams from Cuba, Nicaragua, Panama, and Colombia playing in an event like this, success is guaranteed, in addition to what Curacao and Argentina will bring,” he said.
He described the six countries that make up the ABAM today as a family and stated that regardless of who wins on the field, the most important thing is that they are united in support of baseball.
Referring to the clash between Cuba and Panama tonight, the director said that always playing with the Caribbean nation is an additional ingredient, while predicting a good game.
This Saturday, the Daom Club of Argentina achieved the first victory of the competition, beating the Caimanes de Barranquilla, the team that represents Colombia, 5-1. For their part, the Curacao Goats also beat the Colombians 5-4 in the debut of both teams in the first edition of the Americas Baseball Series that is being played in this Central American nation.
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