Historic Cuba trip includes MLB contingent
When it came to its relationship with the United States, the island nation of Cuba used to be shrouded in mystery. But this week, with the help of the great game of baseball and President Barack Obama, it'll be the site of long-awaited history.
Baseball and diplomacy get marquee billing in Cuba this week. An American entourage of Major League royalty, including Derek Jeter, Joe Torre, Dave Winfield and Commissioner Rob Manfred, will join Cuban MLB legends, including Luis Tiant, in celebrating the repaired relations between the two countries with a long-anticipated exhibition game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cuban National Team at 2 p.m. ET Tuesday in Estadio Latinoamericano in Havana.
And they'll all join Obama and the First Family from the seats as they witness a diamond display of friendship, goodwill toward humanity and maybe even a few tape-measure home runs. For the first time since Calvin Coolidge did it 88 years ago, a sitting American president is visiting Cuba. And for the first time since the Baltimore Orioles played a similar exhibition vs. Cuba in 1999, an MLB team is taking the field there once again.
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Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Treasury recently announced new amendments to sanctions that could allow MLB teams to begin signing players directly from Cuba.
http://m.mlb.com/news/article/168323066/rays-face-cuba-in-big-week-for-baseball
Imagin even a MLB team in Havana ...
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Reds is out. 
How about the Revolution? There's precedent in ML sports with NE's soccer team, I think. 
I can hear the crowds, now!
Viva la Revolucion! 
"Aqui esta su Baseball McBaseballface de La Habana!" 
