Matanzas pitcher Noelvis Entenza involved in car crash in Cuba

The Cuban baseball player Noelvis Entenza Gonzáleza pitcher for the Matanzas team, was involved in a car accident last Friday while traveling with his family to celebrate his mother’s birthday. Originally from Cienfuegos The 38-year-old right-hander was driving his car towards Matanzas but had an accident that damaged the vehicle. Fortunately, no serious injuries were reported.

“Yesterday I was reborn. The car overturned with my family inside. It’s inexplicable considering the speed I was going when I overtook a moped,” the veteran Matanzas pitcher said on his social media platforms.

The incident occurred on Friday afternoon, although Entenza’s mother’s birthday party is not scheduled until next Monday. The exact location of the accident and the number of people involved were not mentioned in the report.

Grateful for the luck he and his family had in dealing with the accident, the pitcher sent greetings to “Team 90” in his post.

As a sports journalist Yasel Porto Gomez on his social media noted: “The Cienfuegos native remains a key figure in the pitching staff of the coconut in Cuban baseball, despite his modest numbers this year and although his best years on the mound, in which he even made the national team, are already behind him.”

In May 2019, Entenza hinted at an early retirement from baseball, citing “too many bad things” that had happened to him since moving from Cienfuegos – where he debuted in 2003 – to Industriales.

According to Entenza, who comes from Palmira, the last straw was the refusal to grant the Intercounty Baseball League in Canada, where he won three consecutive years at the Kitchener Panthers.

“They will not travel due to poor performance and lack of discipline,” said the head of sports activities at INDER Raul Reyes. “In the end I was told that the person who was against my deployment was apparently the manager of Industriales, King Vicente Anglada.”