Cuban League celebrates new Hit King
From SABR member Peter C. Bjarkman at MLBlogs.com on March 7, 2012:
When Enriquito’s record-breaking safety finally arrived this afternoon in Pinar’s Capitan San Luis Stadium it almost seemed anticlimactic when judged against what preceded it. The long-awaited base hit that nudged Enrique Diaz above Antonio Pacheco didn’t carry quite the same dramatic flair as the record-tying single of the previous afternoon – the earlier smash had been doubly historic since it had also broken up a late-inning no-hit pitching masterpiece by Pinar right-hander Reinier Verano.
Today’s safety – number 2357 – also doesn’t seem to carry quite the same luster since it will only stand as a record number until the next base knock off the bat of the new record holder; hit number 2356 seemed a bit more potent since it had matched a gilded number that had been etched in the Cuban record books for a full decade.
Read the full article here: http://bjarkmanlatinobaseball.mlblogs.com/2012/03/07/cuban-league-celebrates-new-base-hits-champion/
Originally published: March 8, 2012. Last Updated: March 8, 2012.