That manager will then select the players who will represent Cuba in November at the World Baseball Championships in Taiwan. There is, as usual, a lot of new talent in Cuban baseball. Outfielder Osmanni Urrutia of Las Tunas hit .429 for the season. Even if the U.S. decides not to send a dream team of major league stars. Professional baseball in the U.S. is a concentration of the best baseball players in the world.
Cuban baseball is a concentration of the best baseball players in Cuba.
It's true that we have many players who could play pro ball tomorrow. The series against the Baltimore Orioles proved that. But not all of them can. And I can tell you, from here on, it's going to be tough. Sport, and baseball in particular, was once a relief to Cubans, a pause from the ever-present difficulties of daily life.