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Cuban baseball players defect during Mexico tournament
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Cuban Catcher Becomes First Player To Defect During WBC
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Cuba's Baseball Defectors: The Inside Story: Bjarkman, Peter C.: 9780810895720: : Books
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Cuba Allows Some Major Leaguers on World Baseball Classic Team - The New York Times
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U.S.-Cuba Thaw Is Not So Hot for MLB
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In booming marketplace for Cuban players, Puig's tale far from unique - Los Angeles Times
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Defections prompt calls for change in Cuban sports - The San Diego Union-Tribune
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Faced with the record number of defections for a Cuban baseball team, Havana says it knows who is “guilty”: Donald Trump - Infobae
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Record Number of Players Defect From Cuba's National Baseball Team
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With An Assist From Smugglers, Cuban Players Make It To U.S. : Parallels : NPR
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9 players on Cuba's U-23 baseball team defect in Mexico
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Justin Cole on LinkedIn: Cuban catcher defects after World Baseball Classic, report says
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Baseball's Notable Cuban Defectors - Sports Illustrated