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Journalist, Cuban baseball historian, published author who's keeping his day job at USA TODAY Sports. Author of "Havana Hardball: Spring Training, Jackie Robinson and the Cuban League" and "Last Seasons in Havana: The Castro Revolution and the End of Professional Baseball in Cuba." BLOG ARCHIVE HALL OF FAME CUBAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS CHAMPION BATTERS CHAMPION PITCHERS

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RIP Brooks Robinson, shown here in a rare photo with Cienfuegos of the Cuban League back during the 1957-58 winter season. Read about the Hall of Famer

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Josh Gibson (left) with Santa Clara.

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Oscar Charleston

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With Almendares in the Cuban League.

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Sam Bankhead

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With Santa Clara in the Cuban League.

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CESAR BRIOSO, Author of "Last Seasons in Havana" and "Havana Hardball"

Listen to this episode from Watch the Media with John Shrader on Spotify. CESAR BRIOSO is a digital journalist for USA Today, and the author of two books on Cuban baseball, including the 2019 book “Last Seasons in Havana” and “Havana Hardball," published in 2015. In this conversation we talk about the history of Cuban baseball, its relationship to American baseball and MLB, and the lasting impact of Fidel Castro. It has historical and contemporary context.

Thanks to John Shrader for having me on his Watch The Media podcast to talk about baseball, Cuba and my two books on the subject: “Havana Hardball” and “Last Seasons in Havana.”

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Martín Dihigo

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Cocaina Garcia

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Ray Dandridge

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Josh Gibson

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