I do feel regret and feel sorry that they're not here because it is wonderful baseball what you see in the U.S..

I don't like to make predictions, but the only thing I can assure everyone is that we will give our best to bring the people a great show. Everything else will be left up to what happens on the field.

Hosting games in the next event is the maximum ambition that any country that loves baseball could have.

The fans should be happy. That was a great show. They got to watch what baseball is in Cuba.

This is Cuban baseball. Cuba is not gone. We're still here to play and whoever wants to beat Cuba will have to sweat it out.

It was a great spectacle. In games like this, baseball wins.

It was not a gift that was given to Cuba. We were put in that pool. It was called the 'death pool,' the 'death group,' and we made it through to the final.

That means that Cuba is a great team because if not it would have lost many times under the mercy rule. But that's only happened twice. Our second-line pitchers did not come through and we couldn't use our best pitchers today. That was the fundamental cause of our defeat.

I told you to be patient. This is Cuban baseball.

They're not interested in millions. We don't have prisoners. Simply, our athletes are besieged because people want to turn them into merchandise, but they want to play for their country.