An update from previous stories on this blog where I reported about Cuba being banned from playing in the world baseball classic....

Cuba is 1-0 after beating Panama in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
USA is 1-1 after losing to Canada today.

More to come...

Pierre Cutler
The Sacramento Executive

Cuba is reported not to have sent their best team. Cuba says that many of the stars were left home because they don't have international experience. US experts say that there was a fear they might want to have permanent international experience aka defection. Whatever the strength of the team, they are through their first game with a win and without a defection.

Gillian Parrillo
The Sacramento Executive