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Puerto Rican official calls MLB cancellations 'touristic terrorism'

Major League Baseball's decision to move the Pirates-Marlins series out of San Juan, Puerto Rico, has angered many Puerto Ricans, including family members of the late Roberto Clemente.

MLB and the MLB Players Association agreed to move the two-game series, scheduled for May 30-31, out of Puerto Rico after many players expressed concerns about contracting and potentially transmitting the mosquito-borne Zika virus. The series will instead be played in Miami.

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Not long after Friday's announcement, Puerto Rican officials lashed out at the decision.