The passion of the Venezuelan overflows
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Loading... - Cheryl Williams
- 17 Oct 2022
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The wait is over. It was nine months since Magallanes was crowned champion by beating Caribes de Anzoátegui in seven games the previous season.
Well, next Saturday, October 22, the passion of the Venezuelan will be rekindled with the opening day of the LVBP, which will consist of four games: Leones del Caracas vs. Aguilas del Zulia at the Universitario stadium; Tigres de Aragua vs Cardenales de Lara in Barquisimeto; Tiburones de La Guaira vs Navegantes del Magallanes in Valencia and Bravos de Margarita vs Caribes de Anzoátegui in Puerto La Cruz.
In total, 392 games will be played, at a rate of 56 games per team in an elimination round that will end on December 27, to make way for the Wild Card phase.
The tournament will be played in honor of Domingo Alvarez, a renowned journalist linked to baseball since the 1970s, and the Omar Malavé Cup will be played at the same fair as a tribute to the man who dedicated much of his life to the ball game as a player. and manager.
It should be noted that the contest will be special for Venezuela, because it will precede the Caribbean Series that will be played between the capital Caracas and La Guaira; and the World Classic to be played next March.
For these reasons, for the first time in many years, a large group of Creole major leaguers have expressed their intention to play in the country in order to reach the Florida Classic in excellent shape, where the Venezuelan team will play supremacy over their counterparts from the Dominican Republic. and Puerto Rico, among the best on the planet.
Hard fight
The eight teams that will participate in the fair will have arguments to stand out in this 2022-2023 harvest, although Cardenales de Lara, Navegantes del Magallanes and Caribes de Anzoátegui start with favoritism.
Cardenales is indebted to their fans, since after starting as the favorite in the last edition of the LVBP, they were unable to reach a final for the first time in the last six tournaments.
That is why the ninth Larense structured its squad to be more competitive, incorporating Hernán Pérez and Odúbel Herrera, who will join Juniel Querecuto, Jermaine Palacios, Jeksson Flores, Gorkys Hernández, the Cuban Rangel Ravelo and the brand new Nationals major league of Washington Ildemaro Vargas to reinforce the offensive. Read More…
