With the attendance reaching more than a million and the USA winning it for the first time, the World Baseball Classic has made a serious point to stay alive. Last year there were some strong rumors about the event. It should make some serious money, otherwise, the 2017 edition would be the last. A few…
The MLB goodwill tour to Cuba, that will start next week, will have a few surprising participant: Cuban defectors that play in MLB. When I read this, my first thought was “the Cuban government can see this as a provocation”, but now it seems that the Cuban government granted permission to MLB to let them join…
As you could read here recently: Cuban baseball is hot. This time MLB will make an effort to improve the relationship between the USA and Cuba even more by visiting the island during a goodwill tour. MLB will send Joe Torre, Dave Winfield and MLBPA executive director Tony Clark to Cuba on a goodwill tour….
Since the US government changed it’s stance towards Cuba, the island republic is hot. Not only did the Biloxi Shuckers attempt to arrange games vs. Cuban teams, some MLB teams are doing the same. Today, the website of FOX Sports headed that MLB is considering to play Spring Training games in Cuba. According to Baseball…
