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Investigations by Major League Baseball and the United States Department of Justice did not find evidence that the absence of Cuban players on the Orioles' roster or in its minor league system was due to discrimination.
A team of Ripken League players traveled to Cuba after the 2016 season. The team played three of Cuba's top teams in the week before the start of the Cuban National Series in some of Cuba's classic ballparks. On August 3, the Ripken League team upset the 2015 champions of the Cuban major leagues.
Mar 7, 2018 · No major league team would return to Cuba until the historic visit of President Barack Obama to the island in March 2016, when the Tampa Bay Rays were selected by lottery to represent Major League Baseball in another exhibition game against the Cuban national team.
Sep 6, 2020 · Rafael Palmeiro, former Orioles first baseman: I was going through the process of trying to get my brother out of Cuba. … One of the higher-ups with the Orioles … suggested that President ...
Feb 5, 2010 · On March 28th, 1999 the Baltimore Orioles travelled to Havana, Cuba to play the Cuban All-Stars in an exhibition game at Estadio Latinoamericano. It was the first time in 40 years that a Major League team set foot on Cuban soil.
Mar 25, 1999 · Juan Guzman, whose turn it would have been to start Sunday, has opted not to go to Cuba. He is Dominican, but he lives in Miami among Cuban Americans and said he did not wan to offend his...
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May 30, 2017 · Ripken's streak ended suddenly and without any warning on Sept. 20, 1998. Ripken abruptly ended his record streak after his team had been eliminated from playoff contention in a disappointing...
