Baltimore Orioles to play in Cuba in the midst of US defrost

Baltimore Orioles to play in Cuba in the midst of US defrost

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Wei-Yin Chen of the Baltimore Orioles throws to a Houston Astros batter in the first inning, at Oriole Park at Camden YardsWei-Yin Chen of the Baltimore Orioles throws to a Houston Astros batter in the first inning, at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

The Baltimore Orioles will turn into the first US major group to play in baseball-crazed Cuba since a conciliatory defrost, playing Havana’s national group, a Cuban authority said.

A conflict with the Orioles is arranged,” the executive of Cuba’s National Institute of Sport, Antonio Becali said on Tuesday, cited by Radio Habana Cuba.

In December, US President Barack Obama and Cuba’s Raul Castro reported a memorable change obviously after over five many years of Cold War animosity.

The Orioles will play “this year against our national group however the date has not been set yet,” he said.

He Orioles first string is not expected since they will be occupied with their general season, Becali said.

Yet, he included that Cuba’s national group was all the while anticipating the conflict.

“Cuba is interested in these sorts of (presentation) diversions with huge US class groups,” he said.

The groups played one another once before in 1999, first in Havana where the Orioles won 3-2….Read More

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