Cuba had record 26 players on opening-day MLB rosters and Japan had 12 for its most since 2012
There were 265 players from 18 nations and territories outside of the 50 states among 954 players on opening day active ...
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Cuban Defectors Left Off Olympic Team
(ATR) No Cuban athletes that defected to the United States will ... of three people attempting to smuggle 17 Cuban baseball players into the U.S. who had paid $15 million for a stealth departure ...
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Report: Five Cuba national team players defect during Nations League
Three players who featured in Cuba's 6-0 loss to Canada in Concacaf Nations League play at BMO Field on Saturday have reportedly departed the team to defect. El Nuevo Herald reported on Sunday ...
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Major League Baseball is almost back, but it never left Capitol Hill
Cuban baseball players that wanted to play in the MLB had to defect, often in dangerous conditions sometimes utilizing human traffickers. Baseball team owners are major political contributors. Overall ...
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CONCACAF confirm four Cuban U-23 players have defected before Olympic qualifying tournament
KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Four players have left the Cuban Under-23 national team ahead of their first Olympic qualifying match, following a rash of defections from the senior squad during this past ...
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11th Circuit Upholds Convictions of Men Who Smuggled Cuban Baseball Players into US
who smuggled Cuban baseball players into the U.S. and profited off their major league contracts. (CN) — An 11 th Circuit panel Thursday upheld the convictions of baseball agent Bartolo Hernandez and ...