HAVANA — Hector Guindo bounced his black, 1952 Dodge four-door sedan through the rain Sunday afternoon and gestured wildly as he talked about Tuesday’s game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cuban national baseball team.
He spoke quickly and in Spanish. Every so often you could make out the name Dayron Verona, who was born in Cuba and defected three years ago with his mother.
Guindo is aware of Verona’s story, how the Rays’ minor-league outfielder returned home Sunday night with the Rays to reunite with his family and to play against the Cubans.
It seems every Cuban baseball fan knows Verona’s story.