#Bestof2021: Imagining all the great ballplayers never to be free: Cuban baseball escapes to freedom and the major leagues. Mary O'Grady @MaryAnastasiaOG @WSJOpinion (Originally posted October 14 , 2021)
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#Bestof2021: Imagining all the great ballplayers never to be free: Cuban baseball escapes to freedom and the major leagues. Mary O'Grady @MaryAnastasiaOG @WSJOpinion (Originally posted October 14 , 2021)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/cuban-baseball-defected-mexico-covid-vaccines-hospitals-11633896055?st=kjzoei0sv3uuia2&reflink=article_gmail_share
Mary Anastasia O’Grady, Wall Street Journal editorial board and “The Americas” columnist. @MaryAnastasiaOG @WSJOpinion
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| 1:53.9 | What even to you, Mayor? |
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| 1:57.6 | What happened in the bottom line was that there were 24 members in the team and a full |
| 2:02.4 | 12 of those members defected in Mexico. |
| 2:06.0 | Now, they didn't defect all at once. |
| 2:09.5 | First three snuck away and then another three. |
| 2:12.6 | And then there were press reports of one year and one there that didn't show up and so |
| 2:16.4 | forth. |
| 2:17.4 | One guy had a story about how he slid down a palm tree outside his window. |
| 2:23.1 | And second floors window in his hotel room and ran for safety. |
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