The death of the ex-launcher Reinaldo Costa has sunk deep into Cuban sport, the main authorities issued messages throughout this Tuesday from the social network Twitter.
“Another piece of news shakes us from the pain caused by the COVID-19: the death of Reinaldo Costa, a great pitcher and Cuban who must have given himself passionately to his work as an athlete and coach,” the president wrote. of the Inder, Osvaldo Vento Montiller.
“Another hard blow for our sport,” said the head of the National Olympic Committee, Roberto León Richards. “Reinaldo Costa dies and baseball loses to an iconic figure, who shone as a pitcher and contributed his knowledge as a coach,” he said.
“From the Inder we join the grief of family and friends of Reinaldo Costa, the glory of our baseball, death moves the family of our sport today,” reads the profile of the institution.