Pages

▼
Friday, April 27, 2012

›
An Associated Press video interview on YouTube with Cuban baseball legend Conrado Marrero, who turned 101 on Wednesday.
1 comment:
Thursday, April 19, 2012

Pedro Formental tied Cuban League record for RBI in a season -- 57 in 1952-53

›
April 19: On this day in 1915, Cuban League star Pedro Formental was born in Baguanos, Oriente, Cuba. Elected to the Cuban Baseball Hall...
Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Agapito Mayor handed Cardinals their only defeat during 1940 American Series

›
Program for the St. Louis Cardinals' "American Series" tour of Cuba in 1940 that went up for auction Wednesday at Hake's ...
Wednesday, February 22, 2012

New York Giants prepared for 1937 season by holding spring training in Cuba

›
Members of the New York Giants at La Tropical Stadium during s spring training in 1937. The then-defending National League champions did...
Sunday, February 19, 2012

217-game winner Freddie Fitzsimmons played in Cuba with Marianao

›
Freddie Fitzsimmons in Cuba for spring training in 1941 as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers. It wasn't the first time Fitzsimmons, wh...
Saturday, February 18, 2012

Pirates held spring training in Cuba in 1953 under Branch Rickey's direction

›
Members of the Pittsburgh Pirates during spring training in Cuba in 1953. Information on the back of the photo -- which was part of a lot...
Thursday, February 16, 2012

Habana dominated 1928-29 Cuban League

›
  The 1928-29 Cuban League champion Habana B.B.C. Habana won the pennant by 10 1/2 games over Almendares (Cuba and Cienfuegos withdrew fr...