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Cuba’s All-Star Team in Major Leagues

Cuba has a special place in the history of United States’ organized baseball, for several reasons: it is the Latin American country with the most baseball players exalted to Cooperstown’s Hall of Fame; also because it was a Cuban, Esteban Bellan, the first Latin...

Canada: A Surprising Destination for Cuban Baseball

Three years ago, when the Cuban sports authorities finally made the hiring of athletes official for different professional leagues around the world, nobody could certainly imagine at the time that Canada would become the main destination for the Antillean ballplayers....

Baseball: A Diplomatic Piece in the Thaw between Cuba and the United States

Baseball is a passion shared by both Cuba and the United States. These countries’ national sport has been one of the pieces with different movements in the diplomatic chess played by Havana and Washington since the thawing-out of the relations, back on December 17,...

Yuniesky Gourriel, Confessions of a Cuban Player in Canada

Baseball and strikes run through Yuniesky Gourriel Castillo’s vain. His father, Lourdes Gourriel, is a legend himself, and even his brothers practised this fabulous sport: Yuliesky is considered the most complete batter in Cuban baseball and he currently shines...