Baseball for the Blind growing in Cuba

Baseball for the Blind growing in Cuba
29/05/2017

Baseball, the national sport of Cuba, is now reaching and serving more of Cuba’s population with one of the newest forms of the game, baseball for the blind.

HAVANA – Baseball, Cuba’s national sport, is now reaching and serving more of Cuba’s population with one of the newest forms of the game, baseball for the blind.

Blind baseball teams have been launching in Havana, with the players dreaming to one day be able to compete against other blind baseball players around the world and eventually have the event included in the Paralympic Games.

Introduced by the Italian Association of Baseball for the Blind (AIBXC), which collaborates with the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), baseball for the blind in Cuba has been growing steadily and acting as a source of empowerment and normalcy for the participants.

“Anybody who can do it…should do it…because it’s going to help them both physically with their health, but also to liberate those feelings people sometimes have like when one feels separated,” one visually impaired player told global news outlet Reuters.

Reuters featured a news video on the rise of baseball for the blind in Cuba and how it has positively impacted the quality of lives of those participating in it.

The Olympic Channel also shared the video to their 2+ million followers on social media.

Other nations in the baseball-crazed Americas, such as Guatemala, are also working to include and establish blind baseball teams as part of their overall development plans.