Cuban All-Stars? Naturally
Shortstop German Mesa, pitcher Jose Contreras and third baseman Omar Linares are among 48 players being considered by Cuban officials for an all-star team that will visit the Baltimore Orioles on May 3.
The Cuban government does not intend to announce the exact 25-man roster until shortly before the exhibition at Camden Yards.
“Each plans their strategy to their goals and ours is to maintain our continental and world supremacy,” the Communist Party workers’ daily newspaper Trabajadores said Monday. “No one shows their cards and this is no exception.”
Contreras struck out 10 in eight scoreless innings against the Orioles on March 28 in Havana, a game the Cubans lost, 3-2, in 11 innings. Linares, one of the country’s greatest players, hit a key RBI single.
That Cuban team did not include some of the island’s top players, including Mesa, because of commitments in the national baseball series.
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