Nobody could even imagine, fifty or sixty years ago, that the son of a peasant, a worker, a black man or a mulatto could become an Olympic, world, Pan-American or simply national champion, in disciplines such as gymnastics, sports shooting, swimming or fencing, among many others.
In the world of baseball there are many oustanding deeds that catch the attention of the crowds.In this Holguin municipality of Calixto García there are several cases, although the most striking of all runs to the account of Ramiro Rodríguez Rodríguez, known as "Cachirolo", who at 54 years of age keeps playing in the first category in municipal baseball and with good results as a pitcher.