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1864 MOBILE- HAVANA, THE BASEBALL ROUTE. In 1864, after finishing his studies at Spring Hill College, Nemesio Guillo, his brother Ernesto and Enrique Porto returned to Havana. Nemesio brought a ball and a bat in their luggage, which were the first to enter Cuba the next day. The three youngsters began to practice and their friends and acquaintances soon joined them. This was the beginning of baseball in Cuba, today March 3, 2023, in the Vedado area where in 1864 it was practiced for the first time, a delegation de Movile was part of the event to commemorate the Baseball Route, a group of North Americans from that city participated and spoke at the event, including Blake Stein, who was a pitcher and player from that school and later played in the Major Leagues in 1998 in Oakland and from 1999-2002 with KC ROYALS, in one of the photos I am with him.