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As Barack Obama watches Rays in Havana, Cuban baseball in crisis

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When President Barack Obama watches the Tampa Bay Rays play Cuba’s national team Tuesday, it will come at the deepest moment of crisis in more than 50 years for the island’s famed state-run baseball league. A flood of high-profile defections to the U.S. has gutted the country’s teams. Stadiums and fields are run down, and experts and fans say quality of play is too. The national team hasn’t won a major international tournament in nearly a decade. “It’s going through…

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Rays ready to play ball with Cuba as economic sanctions eased

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When nations place politics in the way of sports, the tricky thing isn’t knowing when to start. It’s knowing when to stop. For South Africa, that was not knowing when to boycott the Olympics. It was back in 1992, when the country decided to rejoin. No one much cared that the Soviet bloc boycotted in 1984 (or the U.S. In 1980). That just meant more medals for the home country. And so it has gone. This nation doesn’t want to…

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Love of baseball an eternal link between Tampa Bay, Cuba

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It isn’t that far, really. Unless, of course, you are traveling through politics. When the Tampa Bay Rays play Tuesday in Havana against the Cuban National team, it will be only 321 miles away from home. But it goes through old embargoes and the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Bay of Pigs and Fidel and Fredo betraying Michael and defectors and a lifetime of hard feelings. On the other hand, there is baseball. Cuba has always loved baseball, despite Fidel…

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Rays’ Matt Moore has another good outing in win over Yankees

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Matt Moore continues to take up where his 2015 season left off. Moore, the pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays, threw 3 2/3 innings of shutout ball against the New York Yankees Saturday in a 2-1 victory. He struck out three without walking a batter and retired the last nine batters he faced. “I just filled up the zone pretty well. And that kind of gets back to the relationship [catcher] Curt Casali and I have, as far as the visual…

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Rays’ Corey Dickerson hits a long one in spring training victory

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Corey Dickerson came a little closer to being embraced by Tampa Bay Rays’ fans Friday. In fact, he came 569 feet closer. Dickerson, acquired from Colorado in the off-season, drove a 3-2 pitch far over the right field wall in the second inning, led the way to a 10-3 victory. “He shortened up a little bit [swinging at that pitch],” manager Kevin Cash said. “I don’t think we’ll ever see the typical shortened-up swing, but if you looked at the…

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Florida State to sell beer at baseball games

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Florida State will sell beer at baseball games this season. The university announced the decision in a letter to season ticket holders on Friday. Florida State joins South Florida as the only schools that serve beer at baseball games. Athletic Director Stan Wilcox said the school has studied the possibility of beer sales at Dick Howser Stadium for the past two years and sought comment from Aramark and campus police. Wilcox said Aramark has lots of experience in on-campus alcohol…

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Email insights: Chamber continues long commitment to baseball in St. Pete

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St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce President Chris Steinocher was one of a handful of residents to speak in favor of the latest deal to let the Tampa Bay Rays look for alternative stadium sites outside of the city before council approved the agreement five to three. After the high-profile vote, Steinocher, along with current Chamber Chairman Bill Ulbricht and Chairman-elect Greg Holden, emailed members praising the latest action in the years-long debate. “Our Chamber of Commerce was at the forefront…

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