Joined by aspiring baseball prospects and grizzled retirees, they donned blue hats adorned with tiny Cuban flags and a rallying cry just above the red brim: “Patria y Vida,” they read.

Ivan Prieto Gonzalez, Team Cuba’s bullpen catcher for the World Baseball Classic, defected in Miami on Monday, a day after his team lost to Team USA in the semifinals at loanDepot Park.

But in non-baseball ways, the game was a symbolic moment ... As the Cuban team took batting practice Sunday afternoon, fans with Cuban flags and jerseys clung to the right field wall, hoping ...

and so Cuban baseball fans everywhere went on social media to fantasize about a dream roster. A logo, a vertical adaptation of Cuba's flag, was created. A name, The Cubanos, was announced.

Fans can express themselves — such as with instruments or boos or flags ... to allow Cuba’s inclusion and the “voluntary participation of certain Cuban origin baseball players ...

The Cuban baseball team is made up of players who defected ... In the sixth inning, a protester waved a flag that said, "Libertad Para Los Presos Cubanos Del 11 de Julio." According to the AP ...

A protester against the Cuban government runs on the field during the 2023 World Baseball Classic game between ... wore U.S. jerseys and waved the American flag, many others cheered for the ...

Hundreds gathered outside Miami Marlins' home ballpark in Little Havana on Sunday to protest for the Cuban national baseball team played the United States in the semifinals of the World ...

Sunday was the first time Team Cuba has played baseball in Miami, and that was met with a lot of protesters at loanDepot Park. One ran onto the field with a flag that read "Libertad Para Los ...

In the sixth inning, a demonstrator waved a flag that said “Libertad Para ... Some cheered when the Cuban baseball team scored in the first and fifth innings. “USA” chants broke out often.