
The Trump administration threw a foreign-policy curveball earlier this week by nixing an agreement that would have allowed Cuban baseball players to play in the US without fleeing their home country. It's part of a broader shift in US policy towards Cuba, but it's also meant as a strong message to another rival in the region . . .
Come for thefull story, and stay for a few words from a former Cuban intelligence agent who is now the island's chief baseball historian.