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A person protesting trip to Cuba threw bottles at Rays during game

Related Topics: Cuba, Tampa Bay Rays, March 27

In the top of the seventh inning of the Rays’ game against the Pirates on Saturday night, a fan ran onto the field and started throwing bottles at the players, apparently protesting the team’s trip to Cuba.

Here is what the scene looked on television:

Here is how Marc Topkin reported the scene:

Fan who ran on field threw beer into #Rays dugout, was yelling in Spanish about team going to Cuba. Was arrested

— Marc Topkin (@TBTimes_Rays) March 27, 2016

#Rays Odorizzi said it was more “very strange” than scary: “It was a Cuba thing.