This really created a firestorm. This was just a case of power politics with the exile community versus the baseball league and baseball won.

It created its own firestorm, it got so hot,

The international community knows how to organize elections. But it's not good at sticking around to build functioning democratic institutions.

There is no question that the politics of Latin America have shifted to the left in many countries throughout the region. Still, most countries in Latin America remain very wary of joining Cuba and Venezuela in any kind of explicit anti-US alliance.

The baseball community was probably feeling how I did three years ago.

There are only five things you can do in baseball - run, throw, catch, hit and hit with power.