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Political whispers hard to ignore as Cuban team arrives in Miami
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Cuban baseball players no longer have to defect to play in MLB
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The Last Out' calls out MLB, agents taking advantage of Cubans
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US permits MLB players to represent Cuba in World Baseball Classic
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Marlins' Hechavarria admits lying in Cuban smuggling probe
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Cuban baseball player defects after team's loss to USA in World
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Cuban baseball player defects after team's loss to USA in World
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Cuban catcher 'escapes Miami hotel to become the first defector at
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Protestors gather outside Cuba's WBC semifinal against USA, slam
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Cuban defections: Cuba's star baseball player defects to
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Cuban protests and celebrations mark World Baseball Classic
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Former Cuban Stars Want to Play in World Baseball Classic - The
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In CT, an undocumented Cuban baseball journalist awaits word on asylum