Baseball coach Panama, Hipólito Ortizhe stated that he is working hard towards the goal of winning a gold medal with his students in Pan American Games, which will be disputed in Santiago from October 20 to November 5.
“That’s the goal, that’s why we prepare thoroughly and I want to go to the Games and be the champion,” said the coach.
A month after his debut, Ortiz expected it Panama This is a team that knows how to play and take advantage of the opportunities offered by the opponent.
“Panama He will always fight. “That’s what we’re preparing for, to make a worthy national team. We know that the ball can bounce anywhere, so it’s up to us to go play, regardless of the opponent, so that everything goes well,” he commented.
He announced that the base of the team is the same as the one that won a place in the Pan American Gamesyour. They won’t have professional baseball players.
“The thing that worries me the most is the hitting, it hasn’t exploded like I wanted, but we have about 20 days to improve it. I have the best pitchers and infielders in the country. With the material that I have, I will have a balanced team,” he said. .
Ortiz It has a pre-selection of 33 players whose training base is the city of Las Tablas in Los Santos.’
33
players in the pre-selection of Panama.
3
weeks of training that the team must complete.
The team will finish three weeks of daily work this Friday.
The selection was paired in Group A of the Pan American Games together with the Dominican Republic, Chile and Mexico.
He admitted that his first rival, Dominican Republica, this October 19, and Mexico presents a lot of difficulties at first because their teams have many professional players.
“Dominican Republic and Mexico They have better baseball than us in the senior division. He will arrive at the tournament with professional baseball players. We just have to focus on getting the job done,” he said.
The second match of the Panamanian team will be on October 21 withn Chile and will close two days later with Mexico.
Source: Panama America
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