Karl Lindholm: Baseball in Cuba: More than a sport

Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part series. Read part one here. “It could be a train wreck,” was Oscar’s apprehensive assessment. We were having a late night impromptu discussion of the future of Cuban baseball in Kit Krieger’s 17th-floor room in the Habana Libre Hotel. We had just returned from watching Industriales of Havana defeat Camaguey, 7-1, at Estadio Latinamericano. Our company included two of the foremost experts on Cuban baseball in the world, our special guest Sigfredo Barros, the ba … (read more)

Editor’s note: This is the first of two parts. I followed Oscar. He gestured subtly and said, “Come with me.” We had just been entertained by Victor Mesa, the manager of the Matanzas Cocodrilos, in the clubhouse just a half-hour before his game against Ci … (read more)