Politics and baseball collided when the Trump administration eighty-sixed an agreement between Major League Baseball and the Cuban Baseball Federation. Naturally, the media asked New York Yankees Cuban closer Aroldis Chapman for his thoughts on the matter.
“It took me by surprise that it’s being canceled,’’ Chapman told North Jersey’s Pete Caldera through an interpreter. “I feel bad for those young ballplayers that won’t have the opportunity to sign.”
Because the CBF is part of the Cuban government, White House officials believe that paying posting fees constitutes an illegal transaction.