The 2019 MLB roster included 23 Cuban-born players on major league teams plus 108 on minor league teams. Could these players join a 2021 Cuban Olympic team? Photo credit: Christopher P. Baker An unknowing visitor witnessing the strident histrionics of Cuban males in Havana’s tree-shaded Parque Central might be forgiven for thinking a counter-revolutionary riot is brewing. Relax! The in-your-face confrontations at ‘Esquina Caliente’ (‘Hot Corner’) are over baseball.
