An extraordinary collection of baseball cards went to auction this past Thursday featuring superstars of the storied Negro and Cuban leagues. Host Guy Raz speaks with Cuban baseball historian Peter ...

The island has a rich pool of baseball talent and history of success in the sport. Cuba's baseball team won Olympic gold medals in 1992, 1996 and 2004, but mass defections by players have limited the ...

In 1996, Michel Rodriguez had to make the decision of a lifetime. The 18-year-old infielder for Cuba’s junior national team had a choice: Should he sneak out of his team’s hotel in the Boston area in ...

EXCLUSIVE: A drama series about one of the figures involved in a high-stakes operation to smuggle Cuban baseball players into the U.S. is in the works. Julio Estrada is the figure in question. The ...

Cristobal "Minnie" Mendoza played only 16 major league games for the Minnesota Twins in 1970, a 35-year-old "rookie" in a game he'd played all his life. By the time he debuted, Mendoza had toiled ...

The Cuban Giants left their mark on the world of baseball. Now the storied team is getting a marker of their own that celebrates their contributions to history. The Cuban Giants were the first ...

The next step in restoring diplomatic relations with Cuba? Baseball. Major League Baseball is intent on playing at least one exhibition game in Cuba, which may be likely as early as 2016. “To the ...

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Marloon Herrera was crying. Happy tears. With Cuba trailing in the fifth inning of its Little League World Series opener on Thursday, Marloon lined a two-run double to give ...

The SF Giants were among several teams at a showcase for top Cuban outfielder prospect Yandro Hernández earlier this month, according to a report by independent reporter Francys Romero. Per Romero, ...

Vilela, now 68, paced Sunday afternoon outside loanDepot Park, the Miami Marlins' home stadium, where the Cuban national baseball team later lost to the United States 14-2 in the World Baseball ...