Carballo, Lopez, Olharan out at Magic City, RonRon Returns
Carballo, Lopez, Olharan out at Magic City, RonRon Returns
As reported by Say HiLi a few days ago, there has been a few major changes at the Magic City Fronton for the season that starts Friday, September 6th .
Carballo, one of the original Magic City players who learned jai-alai from “scratch” in 2018 after a brief minor league baseball career, will not be returning. Perhaps the most successful player to make the transition to a sport they never knew about, Carballo one of those that received a letter in the mail from Scott Savin about becoming a professional jai-alai player.
Carballo hasn’t fully recovered from a major knee injury he suffered. He is leaving to devote his career as a financial adviser, which he is partner within a firm. We wish him the best of luck and he had a great career – he threw hard and could complete with anybody. He was one of those guys you never could leave off your betting ticket.
Two of the world’s best players – Lopex and our buddy Olharan will not be returning. We were unable to reach Olharan and his buddy Danny for comment.
However, RonRon, who played from October 17, 2019 to November 23, 2022 is returning to play at Miami’s Magic City jai-alai. The family had moved to California two years ago, but he is coming back to play in the Battle Court games, while the family remains out west. RonRon is a true pro, and we are excited he is coming back. Let’s hope he has fully recovered from that serious injury he suffered about 3 years ago. The competition is a bit tougher now that it was a few years ago, but we are confident RonRon can compete.
Hormaetxea will also be playing on the roster also. He did play in recent years for the World Super Court tournament at Magic City. Hormaetxea did play as recently as May of 2021 at Dania and has been known as of the top players in the world.
Alex Goitia will be playing – yes – the one from Miamai and Dania Jai-alai – and he will be competing with his brothers Anaki and Julen at Magic City. Three brothers on the same roster! Last time I remember that was when the three Alou brothers all played in same outfield for the SF Giants in a MLB game back in the 60s.
The season runs September 2- December 13.
Don’t forget the USNJAC on August 30 and September 1st and World Super Court is August 31 and September 1. The Pelota Press will be there the entire time covering the event.
