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Why Orioles pitcher Cionel Pérez refused to play for Cuba in the World Baseball Classic
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Best Cuban Baseball Players of All Time
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MLB, Cuba make historic deal on scouting, signing talent
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MLB proposal would allow Cuban players to sign with teams without defecting - Los Angeles Times
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Baseball: America's Pas--Cuba's Pastime
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Cuban baseball players can now play Major Leagues without defecting, by Alfonso Neal
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New Employment Rules Allow Cuban Ballplayers To Sign Directly With MLB Clubs
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Cuban baseball players will no longer have to defect to play in MLB
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Trump administration bars major league teams from signing Cuban players - The Boston Globe
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Realization Of An Impossible Dream': MLB And Cuba Make Historic Deal : NPR
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Ballard Partners to pinch hit for MLB as it lobbies Trump for deal with Cuba • OpenSecrets
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Cuba Allows Some Major Leaguers on World Baseball Classic Team - The New York Times
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New policy could make it easier for Cuban baseball players to play abroad
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New stance with Cuba should provide influx of talent
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Deal to Give Cuban Players Easy Path to M.L.B. Meets Government Resistance - The New York Times