Saturday, March 23, 2013
NY Times: “In Havana, Remembering a Minor League Championship”
(www.nytimes.com)
Read More...No ordinary minor league team, the [Havana] Sugar Kings were the Cincinnati Reds’ International League Class AAA affiliate based in Havana for six and a half seasons in prerevolutionary Cuba. Though the team’s existence was brief, the Sugar Kings drew a strong following in Cuba and became a springboard for Latin American players. [...]
Fulgencio Batista, defeated by Castro’s rebels, fled the country Jan. 1, 1959. Revolutionary fever reached its peak at the Gran Estadio that year at midnight ...
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1. KT's Pot Arb posted on June 28, 2012 at 03:26 PM # hit 0 | hit 0Yeah, at least do "Puig in the City" or something...
At the same time, though, you're paying Cespedes less money for what are likely to be his prime seasons. You're paying Puig, first to be in the minor leagues, and then to be likely something less than the player he will eventually become.
Who the hell knows, ultimately...
Just call him Buabe.
Really bad headline.
But it makes me very hungry for a good Cuban sandwich.
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