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Why MLB Teams Are Fleeing Venezuela
Wall Street Journal ^
| May 4, 2015
| Brian Costa and Ezequiel Maya
Posted on 05/05/2015 11:37:34 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan; AuH2ORepublican; GOPsterinMA; hockeyfan44; dfwgator; campaignPete R-CT
Looks their are gonna be fewer Venezuelan players in MLB in the future.
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posted on
05/06/2015 12:02:57 AM PDT
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Impy
(They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
To: Impy
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posted on
05/06/2015 8:22:50 AM PDT
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campaignPete R-CT
(-Connecticut Republicanism is a mental disorder. - Ann C.)
To: Impy; AuH2ORepublican; hockeyfan44
It sure looks Ike it. Cuba should make up for it though.
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posted on
05/06/2015 2:21:45 PM PDT
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GOPsterinMA
(I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
To: GOPsterinMA; Impy; hockeyfan44
Wait, so you think that MLB teams will be able to run baseball academies in Cuba without risk of corruption or crime? LOL!
Borderline prospects in Cuba will have an even smaller chance of making it than would those in Venezuela. As the scout said, if the young, untested players are comparable in talent, you’ll take the Dominican over the Venezuelan (or Cuban) every time.
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05/06/2015 3:12:33 PM PDT
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AuH2ORepublican
(If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll defend your rights?)
To: AuH2ORepublican; Impy; hockeyfan44
I’m positive anything done in Cuba will be as crooked as a barrel of snakes.
But Cuba will be another farm from which MLB can pick from.
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05/06/2015 3:17:31 PM PDT
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GOPsterinMA
(I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
To: GOPsterinMA; Impy; hockeyfan44
True, same as Venezuela (although less so for the foreseeable future). The issue is whether teams will run baseball academies in those countries to try to develop their own (cheap) talent instead of signing already developed (and thus more expensive) players; the answer is, increasingly, “no” in Venezuela, and it will be “hell no!” in Cuba for quite some time.
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05/06/2015 3:54:44 PM PDT
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AuH2ORepublican
(If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll defend your rights?)
To: Impy
alert to NL Central fans ... Allen Craig is about to be optioned to AAA by the BoSox. How far they fall ...
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05/09/2015 3:46:26 PM PDT
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campaignPete R-CT
(-Connecticut Republicanism is a mental disorder. - Ann C.)
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