Cuban National Team To Join Can-Am League For June 2016 Series

If you want a further sign of the thawing relationship between Cuba and the United States, check out the Can-Am League this June.

Baseball America

Alexei Bell Requests To Be Released From Santiago

The head of the Directorate of Baseball in Cuba, Heriberto Suarez said that even the refusal of Santiago baseball player Alexei Bell is evaluated elite tournament play that sport on the island, reported Prensa Latina.  (Translated)

Diario de Cuba

Cuba Denies Allowing Defected Players To Return To Baseball League

Havana's National Baseball Commission denied today that Cuba Island players who currently play in professional leagues in the United States might be able to re-integrate the selection of the island in upcoming international tournaments.  (Translated)

El Nuevo Dia

Hal Lanier, Players Both Pleased

It seems debatable whether Hal Lanier (pictured) or his Ottawa players are getting more pleasure out of the 73-year-old manager's return to the game after a three-year hiatus in his illustrious career that started as an 18-year-old shortstop at Quincy, IL of the Midwest League in 1961.

Can Am League Official Site

Now Playing Near You: Cuban Citizens, Not Cuban Defectors

Pat Scalabrini remembers the anxiety within the Quebec Capitales’ bus on the afternoon of May 20. The team had rolled through Quebec and Ontario and was about to enter the United States through the Ambassador Bridge in Detroit, en route to a season-opening series in Gary, Ind.

Fox Sports

Four Cubans Signed To Play In Can-Am League

Four Cuban baseball clubs will play this season in Canada, bringing to eight the number of players signed to Island this year abroad, reported local media on Tuesday.  (Translated)

El Nuevo Herald

Ciego de Avila Beat Isla de la Juventud 4-3, Going Up 3-2 in the Cuban Baseball League Championship

Ciego de Avila won 4-3 Wednesday Isla de la Juventud in party held at the Cristóbal Labra Stadium Nueva Gerona, to take a 3-2 lead in the Grand Final of Cuban baseball and be at a title victory.  (Translated)

Diario de Cuba