This week’s visit of President Barack Obama to Cuba is a historic moment in U.S.-Cuban relations. Americans of all backgrounds and political persuasions are curious observers of something not seen for nearly 90 years, a U.S. president stepping onto Cuban soil and interacting with the Cuban people in addition to meeting with Cuban government officials.
Baseball aficionados throughout the Americas are among those closely watching the events unfolding in Cuba, and it’s not really because the Rays are set to play an exhibition Tuesday vs. the Cuban national team in Havana, or that Obama is expected to attend the game.