The prestigious Cuba National Baseball Series, which has been the launch-pad for many stellar international sports careers, is available to a global audience for the first time.

Major League Baseball on Monday scuttled a landmark deal enabling Cuban baseball players like 22-year-old pitcher Raidel Martinez, pictured here, to play on Major League Baseball teams.

This year, Ryan wants to send 600 hand-crafted bats to the 16 teams competing in Cuba’s national baseball series, a key stepping stone to the Olympic Games for the country’s best players.

REUTERS Published Feb 08, 2016 • Last updated Feb 08, 2016 • 2 minute read ...

Yasiel Puig, who fled Cuba 2012 to play Major League Baseball, holds his nephew in 2015 after returning to his home country for the first time as part of a MLB delegation. (Yamil Lage/AFP/Getty ...

HAVANA (AP) — Cuban state sports officials on Tuesday denounced a plan by baseball players who left the island to play in the Major Leagues to field their own team in the next World Baseball ...

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HAVANA (AP) — The United States will permit Major League Baseball players from Cuba to represent their home country in the World Baseball Classic next year. The decision announced Dec. 24 in a ...