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In the thirty-third journey of the Veterans League of the Project: “Softball, quality of life” there was a honor division. The three participating teams won one game and lost another, therefore, the standings remained unchanged, with the Elephants of the Veterans 1 team, leaders, separated by 10 games from their closest pursuer, the Shrimpers of the Veterans 3 team and virtually champions when there are only 6 Sundays left in the competition program of the 11th edition (12 pending games for each team) having as a "magic number" 2 to be proclaimed champion. It would be enough for them to combine two victories with two defeats of the Shrimpers of the Veterans 3 team. The Jagua, of the Veterans 2 team, for the second consecutive weekend managed to beat the Elephants of the Veterans 1 team, this time in extra innings. It is worth noting that the star MVP of the Jagua of the Veterans team 2 Arnaldo “Nani” Bueno Silva, despite playing sick, managed to hit 4 for 4 in that game and remains a strong candidate to be the MVP of this season.

The highlight of this thirty-second round of the Veterans League, of the Project: “Softball, quality of life” was the double Sunday victory of the Jagua of the Veterans 2 team, after 25 weeks without achieving such a feat. Although they are still very far from the top and no longer mathematically likely to win the championship, this double smile allowed the Jagua to surpass twenty victories, reaching 21. On the other hand, the Elephants of the Veterans 2 team, virtual champions of the eleventh edition of the league, lost the double Sunday game. They had not lost both Sunday games for 14 weeks. This double defeat is due to the current offensive slump that the elephants are going through.

This thirty-first week, the veterans softball league of the “Softball, quality of life” Project had among its most outstanding notes, the friendly meeting held on the afternoon of Wednesday 23, with colleagues from California State University Los Angeles, State University of New York Cortland, Delta State University and American Association of State Colleges and Universities, who were participating in the IX “WORKSHOP ON STRATEGIC ALLIANCES FOR THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION” (TIES VII), held at the University of Cienfuegos from October 22 to 24, 2024, in which, in addition to fraternizing and exchanging knowledge, the usual donation of some balls was made to promote and support the project, sponsored by CIVITAS GES. In the eleventh edition of the Veterans League, this Sunday, October 27, the Shrimpers of the veterans’ team 3, had the most outstanding performance, winning the Sunday doubleheader, recovering the average above .500 in the standings (.508). The virtual champion Elephants of the veterans’ team 1 shared honors, but in all honesty, their offense was far below what was usual, and they only managed to produce 9 runs in the two games played. For their part, the Jagua, of the veterans’ team 2, directed by the prestigious coordinator of the project, the veteran star Juan Ramón Díaz Hernández, continues to decline and lost the Sunday doubleheader again.