tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post4814892310503546100..comments2023-06-17T08:53:42.643-04:00Comments on ShysterBall: CommieBallCraig Calcaterrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00190345915954808542noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-34497427745178249822008-06-17T16:39:00.000-04:002008-06-17T16:39:00.000-04:00Interesting article, thanks for the link. Curious ...Interesting article, thanks for the link. <BR/><BR/>Curious about your perspective as a lawyer--if everything related in the article is true, couldn't Gus get a retrial on the grounds that his lawyer(s) didn't properly represent him?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-19442037480694147022008-06-13T14:37:00.000-04:002008-06-13T14:37:00.000-04:00Again, a day late.I went to Cuba once and I ain't ...Again, a day late.<BR/><BR/>I went to Cuba once and I ain't goin back, but I digress. As much as I didn't particulary enjoy Cuba ( I can only complain so much given that I stayed at a resort for a week ) I question the impact of the poverty on the ability to produce raw talent for MLB. I won't argue that Cuba is more impoverished ( I honestly don't know, I've also been to DR but saw nothing but the resort ) than the DR but I think we're splitting hairs. We've all heard the tales of how impoverished Sammy & Pedro were. I recall reading that the first thing the Dodgers did for Pedro were fix all the cavities in his mouth and nourish him properly. I think he gained 20 -25 lbs or somethin in the first year. <BR/><BR/>I also think MLB ( the clubs, not at the league level ) will eagerly make investments in Cuba. One of the reasons ( even Jimmie Lee Solomon acknowledges this ) that more and more players come from outside North America is that the draft is inflationary. <BR/><BR/>Clubs are also pulling out of Venezuala for obvious reasons. Venezuala was producing more and more talent for MLB.Eric Tomshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00632341548970196518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-73021395721921708812008-06-12T20:05:00.000-04:002008-06-12T20:05:00.000-04:00I had the pleasure of catching an Industriales gam...I had the pleasure of catching an Industriales game in Havana and the whole experience had some interesting details (like meeting Mesa), but I definitely came away thinking these guys weren't that great. They weren't big or fast and none of them showed much power. <BR/><BR/>Now that's just one game, but also consider (1) most people there are malnourished, (2) baseball doesn't pay well so you don't see an organized effort to get good (an athlete can make more robbing tourist, which happened 3 times to our group of 12), and (3) there aren't (I was told) organized acadamies and coaching, just pick up games, at the younger level. <BR/><BR/>The dollar numbers Lewis throws around seem wildly exagerrated and probably come from that odd Canadian he accompanied. Plus, I bought 3 souvenir caps at that stadium, which he says wasn't possible.<BR/><BR/>The strangest thing was the old guy walking around selling sweet coffee in cups that he hand made by folding pieces of paper (like Oragami).$9,000,000,000 Write Offhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14455548811771787363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-64769477525579978882008-06-12T16:43:00.000-04:002008-06-12T16:43:00.000-04:00I don't mean to sound like a narrow-minded Xenopho...I don't mean to sound like a narrow-minded Xenophobe but when this happens it will continue to reduce the quantity of American-born players playing the national past time.<BR/><BR/>AmosAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com