Castro Gone, MLB Happy

With Fidel Castro stepping out of the already-fading picture in Cuba, fingers are crossed for political change, socioeconomic improvements, and American access to the world’s best cigars. But what about baseball?
According to USA Today, the MLB is bit-chomping like Pacman (the game, not the NFL troublemaker) for free access to signing Cuban talent. Guess how many MLB players in the 2007 season are Cuban-born? A whopping 8—all defectors. Omar Minaya, GM of the New York Mets, said he hopes “there will be a day that players will be allowed to play here without defecting.”
There’s no love loss between Fidel and MLB players with …read more