It’s complicated.
That’s probably what I’d take away from the documentary, which covers the relationship between major-league baseball and Cuba since the ascent of Fidel Castro in 1959. Particularly timely given the recent death of Fidel, this travels from the first wave of players to come from the island, beginning with Rene Arocha, then Tony Oliva and Luis Tiant, through the Hernandez brothers, up to the explosion of talent and huge money contracts in the last few years, for the likes of Yasmany Tomas, Yasiel Puig and the Gurriel brothers.
It’s a topic which is particularly close to home, since Mrs.