After the wake took place on the night of this Wednesday, May 1, for the remains of the young Cuban baseball player Daniel Colás, a member of the Avispas baseball team, from Santiago de Cuba, many of his teammates were left wanting to say goodbye to him.
The young man He passed away this Tuesday, April 30, on his 23rd birthday.and the death took the team by surprise, which is currently playing against Los Leñadores de Las Tunas, in their territory.
For this reason, and although many of the players asked permission to attend the wake and subsequent burial of their beloved teammate, who wore the team’s number 13, the team’s board and the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (INDER) , they were denied the license.
The team’s board did not authorize the departure of its players, nor their transfer to the province to attend the funeral of their teammate, reported independent journalist Yosmanis Mayeta Labrada.
“Although many of his teammates had the desire to pay him posthumous tribute, attending the wake of the deceased young baseball player, the Team Management and Inder did not authorize the transfer to the city of Santiago,” he said.
According to the journalist, only one of the colleagues was able to attend. Although he did not clarify why he is not playing with the team, it is understood that he was a close friend of Colás, since he even attended the wake with his family.
“The team cannot come, but the rest of our friends, from the Youth School and other categories, are here with our parents,” the young man declared to Mayeta Labrada.
After the team to which he dedicated so many years, and with whose jersey he was buried, could not attend Colás’s wake, fans on social networks are asking that the team dedicate some kind of tribute to the memory of the young player, who painted to be professional.
At the moment, neither the Team Management nor the Sports Authorities of Santiago de Cuba have yet responded to the request, but given that many of their teammates appreciated it, it is not ruled out that the team will do something in their next games.
He wake of the young man’s remains took place this Wednesday, and neighbors and acquaintances told the journalist that “The music he liked has not stopped being heard since the coffin arrived at the house.” The burial of Colás Soulary took place at 1:00 pm this Thursday, in the city Cemetery.
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