We end 2015 with a countdown of the 10 biggest stories of the year on Ballpark Digest, as chosen by editors and partially based on page views. Today, #6: With a normalization of relations between Cuba and the United States, professional baseball eyes opportunities. (more…)
Two Lou Schwechheimer stories in two days! Today’s news: the former Pawtucket Red Sox (Class AAA; International League) co-owner was introduced as a new owner of the New Orleans Zephyrs (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League). (more…)
Longtime owner/operator Lou Schwechheimer has assembled a group of investors to bring Minor League Baseball back to Cuba after a 50-year-plus absence, but they face plenty of challenges as the future of U.S./Cuba relations are still in the process of being normalized. (more…)
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred says his sport is “anxious” to move forward after the United States and Cuba formally reestablished diplomatic ties this week, but it’s not entirely clear what he and other MLB owners have in mind. (more…)
Baseball tourism is already big business in Cuba, and officials are sweetening the pot by announcing a plan to renovate Palmar del Junco, a historic facility where the first recorded organized game in the country was played in 1874. The historic game was played Dec. 27, 1874, in Pueblo Nuevo, Matanzas (located about 70 miles […]
Connie Marrero, who pitched for the original Washington Senators and is the oldest former major leaguer, turned 101 years old yesterday. The Cuban-born Marrero pitched for the original Senators — now the Minnesota Twins — at the tail end of his career, making his Major League Baseball debut as a 39-year-old rookie with the 1950 […]
When outsiders visit Cuba for the first time, they’re struck by how much of the country is seemingly frozen in time — 1958, to be exact, the height of the Cuban Revolution. For our John Moist, a visit was an occasion to tour the historic ballparks of Cuba — which seem to be frozen in […]
