“Baseball is more important than tourism… than sugar and food.”
Tonight (Tuesday) at 9:00 p.m. ET, MLB Network is scheduled to air a new episode of the MLB Network Presents series entitled “Cuba: Island of Baseball”.
From Tony Oliva, and Luis Tiant to Livan Hernandez, Orlando “El Duque” Hernandez and modern stars like Jose Abreu and Aroldis Chapman, the documentary examines the long and complicated history between Cuba and Major League Baseball. This includes the American embargo, Fidel Castro, a 20-year period where no Cuban debuted in the MLB, and a future that now holds hope for much better relations.