This was the headline of an Associated Press report by Frederic J. Frommer this past weekend. American Amateur Softball teams traveled to Cuba last weekend for a series of games. The Baltimore Orioles with owner Peter Angelos hope to follow next spring. The Orioles already played exhibition games in Cuba in 1999. Still-reigning IBAF president Dr. Harvey Schiller also was quoted in the article:
“The basic question is, does baseball have the ability to transcend conflict, and the answer is yes,” said Harvey Schiller, the outgoing president of the International Baseball Federation, which spearheaded an unsuccessful attempt to make baseball an Olympic sport for the 2016 Summer Games. “Baseball has been a bridge between the two countries in a way that I don’t think you’ve seen in many other sports.”