How Renewed US-Cuba Talks Could Impact MLB

 

Puig could play an MLB game in Cuba one day.Photo Credit: USA Today Sports

  
In the wake of the renewed commitment to the U.S-Cuba diplomatic relationship by both sides, this could have a significant impact on MLB's role in Cuban baseball.

By: Michael Hanley

MLB: Jose Fernandez, The Incredible Story

Jose Fernandez

March 20, 2008. That was the day Jose Fernandez's life changed forever.

Three unsuccessful attempts at fleeing Cuba had left Fernandez, his mother and his sister without much hope of joining their father in the United States.

"The first time I couldn't get [To America]." Fernandez said, not long after he'd been drafted. "The second time, they caught me 10 miles away from Miami. When they sent me back, they took me out of school and didn't let me play baseball."