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The most significant note in the twenty-eighth day of the veterans’ league of the “Softball: Quality of Life” Project, was the Jagua of Veterans 2 tight victory achieved, after 9 consecutive lost games and four weekends being swept (losing the Sunday doubleheader), leaving the Shrimpers of the Veterans 3 team on the field 6 x 5, with whom they had been losing for five consecutive weeks. In another order of information and also a very notable note, the Elephants of Veterans 1 achieved their third consecutive sweep, increasing their advantage at the top of the standings to 11 games from their closest pursuer (Shrimpers).

THIS IS AN EXTRA REPORT OF WHAT HAPPENED IN WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN WEEK 28, WHEN IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO PLAY DUE TO RAIN. I LEAVE IT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. This weekend, it was not possible to play, all the games of Sunday, September 15 were suspended due to the poor conditions of the baseball fields as a result of the heavy rains on Friday and Saturday. Nevertheless, practically all the veteran athletes of the “Softball, Quality of Life” Project met at the “Los Caballitos” stadium next to the “Amanecer Feliz” amusement childish park to receive their colleagues from Philadelphia Drexel University, with whom a pleasant exchange was held, and all the details of the project were explained to them as well as all the questions and doubts they had, were answered. It was an excellent meeting, fruitful, constructive, of brotherhood, collaboration and mutual support and especially educational, which served to show the visitors that despite the difficult situations that the Cuban people are experiencing: economic, energy, shortages, inflation, lacks, and so on, it is still capable of undertaking projects like this and bringing a little joy and entertainment to the Cuban lives and in particular, to the people of Cienfuegos, demonstrating the resilience of Cubans and their willingness to sacrifice to build the social model we chose and continue being a sovereign country.

This Sunday, September 8, coinciding with the day of the Virgin of Charity of Cobre (Catholic deity named and proclaimed as Patroness of Cuba, by Pope Benedict XV on May 10, 1916 and authorized the canonical coronation of the sacred image by Pope Pius XI on the morning of December 20, 1936, by the then bishop of Santiago de Cuba, Monsignor Valentín Zubizarreta. According to accounts of the time, her image appeared in 1612 or early 1613, in Nipe Bay, the largest in Cuba, located on the northern coast of the eastern region of the island was sighted by three slaves: a 10-year-old black boy (Juan Moreno) and two brothers of pure Indian blood (Juan and Rodrigo de Hoyos), who worked as slaves in the copper mines of the region whose trio has been baptized in Cuban imagery as "the three Juanes". Later, on a trip made by John Paul II to Cuba in 1998, he crowned the Virgin as the Patroness of Cuba with great dignity) the Veterans League of the Softball Project: Quality of Life was resumed after six weeks of vacation. In the corresponding subseries, the Elephants of the Veterans 3 team again won the Sunday doubleheader, moving nine games away from their closest pursuer, the Shrimpers of the Veterans 3 team. As a significant note, the Jagua, of the Veterans 2 team, lost the doubleheader, moving dangerously away 19.5 games from the top. Pitcher Eliécer Hernández Muñoz achieved his tenth victory, to lead alone the list of most victories achieved in the league with 11, leaving the Jagua with only two runs and only 7 hits. In that game, the Jagua of Veterans 2 team managed to score a triple play, which is the third achieved in the 11 editions of this Veterans Cup. Eliécer also reached 13 times being selected as MVP, also remaining alone as the leader in that department.

In the last day of the Veterans League of the Project: “Softball, Quality of Life”, before the August vacation break, the Elephants of the Veterans 3 team, honouring its status as absolute leaders - to date - of the championship, won the Sunday doubleheader, closing this stage with an 8-game advantage over its closest pursuer, the Shrimpers of the Veterans 3 team. The most outstanding note of the day was the star pitcher Manuel Gradaille Martín, with his shutout against the Jagua of the Veterans 2 team, whom he left with only 7 hits, closing the stage as the leader in average of games won and lost with an average of .750. The league will recess its activities until Sunday, September 8, 2024, so that the project's athletes can enjoy their well-deserved vacation.

The twenty-fifth Veterans League competition day of the Project: “Softball, quality of life” had several outstanding notes. First, the Shrimpers of the Veterans 3 team once again won the Sunday double game for the second consecutive weekend, this time, both by knock out, weaving a winning chain of 5 games in a row, which allowed them not only to ascend another "little stripe" in the standing and get closer to the leaders of the championship (now 7 games from the top), but they also managed to reach more games won than lost for the first time this season (25 - 24) with an average of over 500 (510). They also managed to surpass, for the first time, the Jagua of the Veterans 2 team, in the runs-average, now with 519 in favour and 541 against (for a difference of – 22). On the other hand, the Shrimpers' pitching performed excellently, allowing only 12 hits on the day (5 against the Jagua and 7 against the Elephants). Second, the Jagua of the veterans 2 team, lost both Sunday games for the second consecutive week, this time both by knock out, weaving a negative chain of defeats of 5 consecutive games and exhibiting a poor average of 340 as a result of only 17 games won and 33 lost. Jagua also scored only 3 runs this week end and only connected 12 sad hits. Third, all Sunday games ended with knock out scores. In addition, it is also worth noting that this weekend we had a visit as a spectator and fan, nothing more and nothing less that to the veteran Dairo Enrique Moreno Polo, Dairo Moreno´s father, our Civitas-Global-Educational-Services´ sponsor.

The highlight of this Sunday, July 14, in the Veterans League of the “Softball, quality of life” project was another double victory for the Shrimpers of the Veterans 3 team, which included a knockout to the Jagua of the Veterans 2 team. This “sweep” allowed them to discount a little stripe in its pursuit to climb to the top of the tournament, placing now themselves 8 games behind the leader, the Elephants of the team Veterans 1. On the other hand, the Jagua of the team Veterans 2 maintained its adverse streak and lost again both games, now moving away to 14.5 games from the top of standing.

In the twenty-third day of competitions of the Veterans League, of the Project: “Softball, quality of life”, the most notable note was the recovery of the offense in the three teams, in which nothing more and nothing less than the whopping 105 hits, were connected after the decline that occurred the previous week. This offensive “awakening” caused that after many previous competition Sundays, the three teams divided the results with one game won and one lost by each of the participating teams. Logically, with this division of honours, the difference in the standings was maintained.

In the resumption of the Veterans Softball League belonging to the Project: “Softball, quality of life" after three weeks without playing due to the Father's Day festivities and the rain affectation, the offense decreased considerably, suffice it to point out that only 72 runs were scored in the three games of the day, far below the usual average of 142. In addition, only 78 hits were connected in total, far below too of the average of 105 on each Sunday. In contrast, the defence was much better than usual since only two errors in the three games were committed when the weekly average is above 7. As a highlight, the Elephants of the veteran team 1 swept again, increasing their lead at the top of the standing, now to 9 games, as their closest pursuer, the Shrimpers of the veteran team 3, that lost the Sunday double game.

The most significant notes of the twenty-first day of the Veterans Softball League belonging to the "Softball, quality of life" Project were starred by another double victory of the Elephants of the Veterans 1 team and another double defeat (third consecutive week) of the Jagua of the Veterans 2 team. The double victory of the Elephants takes them away from the top of the standings, 7 games behind their closest pursuer. For its part, Jagua's double defeat now takes them 12.5 games away from the top of the championship.

This weekend, the Veterans Softball League belonging to the Project: "Softball, quality of life" was characterized by another double victory for the Shrimpers of the Veterans 3 team, which included a resounding knock out of the Elephants of the Veterans 1 team, current championship leader. This double victory allowed the Shrimpers to consolidate themselves in second place in the standings and remove another "little hairline" in their pursuit for leadership in this eleventh season.

This weekend, the most outstanding note in the nineteenth competitions day of the Veterans League of the "Softball, quality of life" Project was carried out by Doctor José Alberto "The Chinese" Pons Mena, who despite having dedicated to check the blood pressure of the veteran-athletes that participate in the project, was selected as MVP of his team in the first game of the shrimpers of veterans 3 team. On the other hand, the Elephants of the Veterans 1 team, once again won the Sunday double game, moving away at the top of the championship now seven games behind its closest pursuer.

This eighteenth day of the eleventh season of the Softball Project Veterans League: "Quality of Life" was marked by the double defeat of the Shrimpers of the Veterans 3 team, after having linked a chain of four wins and two consecutive weekly sweeps as well as by the recovery shown by the Elephants of the Veterans 1 team, who after three consecutive defeats in the last two weekends of the competitive calendar, managed to win the double this Sunday the 19th, sweep and take advantage of the double defeat of the Shrimpers of the Veterans 3 team, to move away at the top of the championship standings, six games ahead of their closest pursuer.

The most notable note of this weekend, on the 17th day of the 11th edition of the Veterans League Championship belonging to the Project: "Softball, quality of life", was the double victory for the second consecutive week, of the Shrimpers team of Veterans 3 and the double defeat of the leading Elephants team, of Veterans 1, which allowed the Elephants' lead, current championship leader, to be reduced by two games. The Elephants were handcuffed on offense, seeing their weekly hit average reduced by 12 and their offensive average. at .126 points.

The sixteenth day of the Veterans league belonging to the "Softball, Quality of Life" Project was marked by the double victory of the Shrimpers of the Veterans 3 team, which allowed them to climb back to second place in the standings. Equally noteworthy is the poor offense developed by all the teams (very little batting was done compared to other Sunday games) and that this Sunday the Elephants of the Veterans 1 and the Shrimpers of Veterans 3 team were very good on defence with only two errors. committed by both teams in the two games played.

The highlight of this weekend was another double victory for the Elephants´ Veterans 1 team, which now separates them 6 and a half games from their closest pursuer (Jagua´s Veterans 2 team) in the 11th edition of the Veterans League Championship of the Project "Softball, quality of Life". For their part, the Shrimpers´ Veteran 3 Team lost both of their games and moved to the bottom of the standings.

This weekend the Veterans Softball League, of the Softball Project: "Quality of Life" was marked by another sweep of the "Los Elefantes" Team (The 5th of the season), which allowed them to increase their advantage in 1st place to 5 games of closest pursuer. As a distinctive note, the elephants dedicated the double victory to Crespo, on his 63rd birthday.

This Sunday's note was starred by the Shrimpers Team, which managed to sweep, winning both games to surpass the Jagua team in the standings and place itself in second place, three games behind the leader, the Elephant Team.