A couple of weeks after Yoenis Cespedes led the Mets to the World Series, the slugger invited his friends and relatives to a blowout barbecue at his $1.85 million, 88-acre ranch in Vero Beach, Fla. An 800-pound cow that he owned was slaughtered for the occasion.
With his own home, his own cattle, and about to sign a $75 million contract, Cespedes was living the American dream — in more ways than you might realize.
In his homeland of Cuba, killing your own livestock without a government-issued permit carries a penalty of 18 years in jail. Freedom never tasted so good.