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Rays in Cuba
Leaving out all politics (as per the rules), anyone else excited about the Rays VS Cuba game tomorrow?
They have been known as good baseball country, and am excited to see how they do against the Rays.
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I think it's really cool. The world pretends a lot has changed, but many things continue to be the same. Throughout recent American history the game of baseball has bridged many gaps and elicited changes in our way of life that seemed to be greater than a game. And it's nice to see baseball paving diplomatic ways even today.
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I do agree that their player poll isn't as large as the US, but it is essentially their All-Star team against a team that was just below .500 last year so it isn't like we are sending our All-Star team.
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also there are many cuban prospects over in the U.S. that not famous yet like Cespedes that would be on that cuban team to make it a true all star team....so again we are facing a team minus their best 20 or so players...cant say its not a HUGE affect on their team roster and the population difference between the two countries is HUGE plus Boxberger and Archer are all stars from last year..plus Longoria is on that team etc Last edited by 1952boyntoncollector; 03-21-2016 at 12:12 PM. |
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The Ray's best player as ranked by ESPN is Chris Archer and he isn't starting in tomorrow's game and is ranked in 2015 as #43 in MLB. So again we aren't sending over our best. The only two all-stars the TBRays had last year were two pitchers. We aren't sending our top 20 players so stop talking like we are sending our best players to a team that is deprived of all their Nation's best players. It isn't a fair argument. In 1999 the Orioles lost in Baltimore 12-6 and won 3-2 in Cuba against the team. Obviously times have changed, but to assume that their small population vs America's talent poll makes it too lop sided to make it fun just doesn't work historically. They still have a lot of young talent that hasn't been able to defect or are Cuban loyalists and I am looking forward to the game.
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