Op-Ed Contributor

Castro at the Bat
By ROBERTO GONZÁLEZ ECHEVARRÍA
Published: January 11, 2006

PRETTY much everyone - Major League Baseball players,
the sport's world governing body, Democrats in
Congress, sports columnists, foreign politicians and
even many fans - has ridiculed the United States for
refusing to allow the Cuban national team to travel to
American soil to play in the inaugural World Baseball
Classic this spring. I appreciate the fans' desire to
see some of the finest players in the world, but it
hardly stretches the truth to say that those who want
Cuba to participate are asking to be entertained by a
team of slaves.


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