Hat tip to Drew from Ghostrunner on First for giving me the idea for this post.  Glove smack to Chef Raekwon for putting out a pretty solid album.  You see, this past winter I ventured to Cuba to witness Cuban Baseball.  It had a profound effect on me to say the very least.  Much of the offseason I have spent posting …

Baseball in the Dominican Republic (much like in Cuba) is a national obsession.  In 1937 the DR’s dictator – Rafael Trujillo – sought to ride the wave of baseball’s popularity to feed his megalomania and win the hearts of his countrymen.  But before we talk about this Ciudad Trujillo baseball team, it is important to examine the man behind the team, Rafael …

If you want to see the pure essence of the game of baseball captured on film then you must see Spaceman: A Baseball Odyssey.

Bill “Spaceman” Lee, for those of you who don’t know, was the definition of a crafty lefthanded pitcher who played for the Boston Red Sox and the Montreal Expos.  As a pitcher he threw everything, including the …

“I say he was the best player of all-time, black or white.” – Buck Leonard

Martin Dihigo is a Cuban baseball legend.  He is also considered one of the greatest - if not the greatest – 2-way players in baseball history. Dihigo accumulated 250 pro wins as a pitcher and won 2 batting titles as a position player.  He was a 5-tool …

What do you do when you have just overthrown the Cuban government?  If you are Fidel Castro – you start a barnstorming baseball team! 

Five days after Castro had seized power in Cuba, members of Castro’s guerilla army - known as the 26th of July Movement - were invited to attend a Havana Cuba Sugar Kings game for free.  These guerillas were known as “Barbudos” …