A Pitch for Freedom. / John Berlau.
by Berlau, John; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2003Article 54Institutions. Publisher: Insight, 2002ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): Major League Baseball | Baseball -- Cuba | Baseball players | Defectors -- Cuba | Sports -- RulesDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Under baseball rules, Cuban defectors who come to the United States now are the only foreign players not allowed to become free agents. A whole set of barriers has been erected to make it more difficult for Cuban defectors to advance to the major leagues than for players from any other country." (INSIGHT) This article reveals how Cuban baseball players who defect to the U.S. are hampered by special rules of Major League Baseball.
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Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2003.
Originally Published: A Pitch for Freedom, June 10, 2002; pp. 12-14.
"Under baseball rules, Cuban defectors who come to the United States now are the only foreign players not allowed to become free agents. A whole set of barriers has been erected to make it more difficult for Cuban defectors to advance to the major leagues than for players from any other country." (INSIGHT) This article reveals how Cuban baseball players who defect to the U.S. are hampered by special rules of Major League Baseball.
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