Los Barbudos – The “Bearded Ones”

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” …