Comments on: Cuba barred from World Baseball Classic http://news.runtowin.com/2005/12/15/cuba-barred-from-world-baseball-classic.html Coaching and Training From a New England Perspective Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:31:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: This Week Last Year: No Smoking, Doping, and Shrugs « Run to Win » http://news.runtowin.com/2005/12/15/cuba-barred-from-world-baseball-classic.html/comment-page-1#comment-24279 This Week Last Year: No Smoking, Doping, and Shrugs « Run to Win » Sat, 16 Dec 2006 19:50:21 +0000 http://news.runtowin.com/2005/12/15/cuba-barred-from-wrold-baseball-classic.html#comment-24279 [...] The Red Sox decide not to hire a new general manager, and city counselor John Tobin wanted to bring a minor league team to Boston because Red Sox games cost too much to bring the family to. I have been lucky enough to always live near some minor league markets. In other baseball news, Cuba was barred from the World Baseball Classic (temporarily, at least). [...] [...] The Red Sox decide not to hire a new general manager, and city counselor John Tobin wanted to bring a minor league team to Boston because Red Sox games cost too much to bring the family to. I have been lucky enough to always live near some minor league markets. In other baseball news, Cuba was barred from the World Baseball Classic (temporarily, at least). [...]

]]> By: Blaine Moore http://news.runtowin.com/2005/12/15/cuba-barred-from-world-baseball-classic.html/comment-page-1#comment-168 Blaine Moore Fri, 16 Dec 2005 18:12:04 +0000 http://news.runtowin.com/2005/12/15/cuba-barred-from-wrold-baseball-classic.html#comment-168 Yes, we have. Cuba won 9 golds, 9 silvers, and 23 bronzes in Atlanta. (<small><a href="http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/table_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1996" title="International Olympic Committee » Olympic Games » Atlanta 1996 Medal Table">source</a></small>) Yes, we have. Cuba won 9 golds, 9 silvers, and 23 bronzes in Atlanta. (source)

]]> By: jank http://news.runtowin.com/2005/12/15/cuba-barred-from-world-baseball-classic.html/comment-page-1#comment-165 jank Fri, 16 Dec 2005 17:13:15 +0000 http://news.runtowin.com/2005/12/15/cuba-barred-from-wrold-baseball-classic.html#comment-165 Keeping Cuba out of the baseball classic is like keeping Brazil out of the World Cup. Not that I think we should go soft on the embargo, but playing the games in a neutral country (say Mexico or Venezuela) would be in the sporting interests of the world. Here's a question that should be asked on balance that I haven't seen addressed elsewhere - have we allowed the Cubans to come to the Olympics when they've been in the US? Atlanta '96 or SLC (don't know if they do any winter sports...) Keeping Cuba out of the baseball classic is like keeping Brazil out of the World Cup. Not that I think we should go soft on the embargo, but playing the games in a neutral country (say Mexico or Venezuela) would be in the sporting interests of the world.

Here’s a question that should be asked on balance that I haven’t seen addressed elsewhere – have we allowed the Cubans to come to the Olympics when they’ve been in the US? Atlanta ’96 or SLC (don’t know if they do any winter sports…)

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