JUPITER, Fla. • When Major League Baseball revealed its expansive plan a few years ago to increase its presence abroad and take baseball to new cities and continents and places like Cuba, the Cardinals — who have long felt their strength was a homegrown regional brand — decided to spread their wings and bid to be one of the teams selected.
This April, the Cardinals will play Cincinnati in Mexico, and other places they submitted early interest in playing were Havana (for a spring exhibition), London, and Puerto Rico.
Major League Baseball is considering a Cubs-Cardinals series for London next year, according to The Associated Press.