Santiago de Cuba

Family, friends, admirers and acquaintances of the young baseball player Daniel Antonio Colás Soulary showed up this Wednesday, May 1, to say goodbye to him, in his native Santiago de Cuba.

After this Tuesday night, in the middle of his 23rd birthday, The Wasps player died due to an illnessthe community, not only sports, but its entire environment, was shocked.

At such a young age and with a promising sporting future ahead of him, Colás’s death resonated with his neighbors and acquaintances, who attended the wake of the young man’s remains, to accompany him before he leaves for his final resting place.

The independent journalist Yosmany Mayeta Labrada shared a photograph of the young man, who was laid to rest at his home, on 4th Street in Santa Rosa, in Santiago de Cuba. Mayeta explained that the young man was veiled in his baseball uniform.

“Last night, family and friends began to post good vibes on social media for his 23rd birthday, but at dawn on this first day of May everyone was saddened when they learned of his death,” Mayeta said on Facebook.

The young man, who was part of the Santiago Wasps for three consecutive series, without being able to join the last one due to health problems, died of an unspecified illness, although a user who mourned his death on social media, identified as Leonardo Leal, stated that It was due to leukemia.

Daniel Colás was recognized in his community for his talent for baseball, and even his coach, Eriberto Rosales, declared to local media that “he had everything to become the best in his position in the country.”

On social networks, many users have mourned his death and have joined in condolences to the boy’s family and friends.

“Today when I woke up I saw the sad news of the death of Daniel Antonio Colas Soulary, an athlete from the Avispas team of Santiago de Cuba, a team with which he participated in three National Series in which he had an offensive line of AVE 191 H 18 VB 94 CA 20 to the non-average defense for 903 E:14 TL:144,” sports narrator Juan Manuel Ortega wrote on Facebook.

“Beyond the statistics, he was a very dedicated and sacrificed athlete in his sports career. I had the pleasure of meeting him and sharing with him, an excellent boy, very humble, simple and above all, an excellent friend. Daniel is physically gone but his joyful spirit will always be present at Guillermón supporting the team he loves, the Santiago Wasps,” he added.

For his part, Internet user Cándido Rey Sánchez Vinent reflected the pain of the game for those close to him, who hoped to see him play at a professional level one day.

“You left me with the desire to show off in the stadium by telling the fans: ‘that boy is the son of Félix, my neighbor on Avenida de Acacias,’” he said on Facebook.

After the wake took place on the night of this Wednesday, May 1, for the remains of the young Cuban baseball player Daniel Colás, a member of the Avispas baseball team, from Santiago de Cuba, many of his teammates were left wanting to say goodbye to him.

The young man He passed away this Tuesday, April 30, on his 23rd birthday.and the death took the team by surprise, which is currently playing against Los Leñadores de Las Tunas, in their territory.

For this reason, and although many of the players asked permission to attend the wake and subsequent burial of their beloved teammate, who wore the team’s number 13, the team’s board and the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (INDER) , they were denied the license.

The team’s board did not authorize the departure of its players, nor their transfer to the province to attend the funeral of their teammate, reported independent journalist Yosmanis Mayeta Labrada.

“Although many of his teammates had the desire to pay him posthumous tribute, attending the wake of the deceased young baseball player, the Team Management and Inder did not authorize the transfer to the city of Santiago,” he said.

According to the journalist, only one of the colleagues was able to attend. Although he did not clarify why he is not playing with the team, it is understood that he was a close friend of Colás, since he even attended the wake with his family.

“The team cannot come, but the rest of our friends, from the Youth School and other categories, are here with our parents,” the young man declared to Mayeta Labrada.

After the team to which he dedicated so many years, and with whose jersey he was buried, could not attend Colás’s wake, fans on social networks are asking that the team dedicate some kind of tribute to the memory of the young player, who painted to be professional.

At the moment, neither the Team Management nor the Sports Authorities of Santiago de Cuba have yet responded to the request, but given that many of their teammates appreciated it, it is not ruled out that the team will do something in their next games.

He wake of the young man’s remains took place this Wednesday, and neighbors and acquaintances told the journalist that “The music he liked has not stopped being heard since the coffin arrived at the house.” The burial of Colás Soulary took place at 1:00 pm this Thursday, in the city Cemetery.