Cuba Confirms Defection of 2 Baseball Players During US Trip

[Bacchus4.0]

Source: ap

Two Cuban baseball players have defected while in the United States for a series of games against U.S. collegians, the island's official sports media confirmed.

Third baseman Luis Yander La O left the team in North Carolina, where the Cuban team has been playing tuneups ahead of the Pan American Games in Toronto, according to a Friday report by the sports website Jit — a phonetic rendering of "hit" in Spanish.

An earlier story from Jit said outfielder Yadiel Hernandez also defected. The website did not offer details.

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Defections have continued to hit Cuba's national team despite a decision in late 2013 to raise athletes' salaries and let them sign lucrative contracts to compete overseas during the offseason


Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/cuba-confirms-defection-baseball-players-us-trip-32210391

[MADem]

1. Get it while it's hot!!!!

Soon there won't be any "defecting," it'll all be down to simply making a deal....

[Still In Wisconsin]

2. Milwaukee Brewers! Calling the Milwaukee Brewers!

Chances are these guys could play for my favorite team right now, sad as that may be.

[christx30]

3. Jurassic Park and Star Wars coming out this year,

Cuban baseball players defecting. What decade are we in again?

[R Merm]

4. I was wondering why the Cuban 3rd baseman looked weak fielding during Thursday's game.

Sounds like the 1st string player was already gone then.

[Still In Wisconsin]

5. Big stick, no glove?

[jmowreader]

6. What did they expect would happen?