Cuba’s Latin American Stadium in Havana is the largest baseball facility on the island. But thanks to socialism, this is what a baseball diamond looks like in Cuba.
Via CiberCuba (my translation):
The Latin American Stadium, the largest of its kind in the country and home to one of Cuban baseball’s classic teams, Industriales, presents a depressing and neglected image when it comes to its turf.
Daniel de Malas, the creator of the digital page Swing Completo, shared an image on his social media showing the neglect of the stadium’s turf, which has lost its green color for a dull brownish hue.
“This is how the Great Stadium of Havana looks today, which we once considered the cathedral of Cuban baseball,” de Malas said on X (formerly known as Twitter).
He ironically warned, “The island is a total disaster, luckily ‘baseball is a national heritage.'”
In the comments, people also shared their impressions of an image that grabs attention but also evokes memories of past games at the location also known as “Colossus of the Hill.”
“It’s the reflection of 65 years of disaster,” one commenter said.
“What horror, what sadness!” said another.
While it’s true a ball field with dying turf is the least of the problems Cuban people face each day, it is but yet another example of how everything that is touched by socialism dies.
Practically everything that is not seen as critical to the survival of the dictatorship is neglected.