Cuba Journal (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Alexei Bell, Opening Day 2009 Alexei Bell, one of the star players of the Avispas of Santiago de Cuba, hit two Grand Slams in the first inning of the opening day of Cuba's 49th National Baseball Series, reports BaseballdeCuba.com . Hitting two Grand Slams in the same inning had never been done before in the first 48 years of Cuban Revolutiorary Baseball. Alexei is...
Havana Times, ope (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
What an incredible Opening Day! What a way to start a new baseball season. And what a difference a single year makes. Tuesday's opening round of full-schedule action in Cuban National Series #49 produced one of the most truly remarkable individual batting displays in baseball history-a pair of grand slams by Alexei Bell in the first inning of the year's first game.
Alterdestiny (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
While the baseball season in the U.S. has wound down (in the worst fashion possible), it's just gearing up in Cuba, as Opening Day in Cuba was just this past Tuesday. And Cuban slugger Alexei Bell had a hell of a start : Alexei Bell—National Series slugging sensation two years back and offensive hero of the August 2008 Beijing Olympiad—Tuesday (November 3) became...
