Monday, March 2, 2009

From Reuters India:

Cubans indulge baseball mania at Havana's "Hot Corner"

Mon Mar 2, 2009 5:41am IST
By Jeff Franks

Every day, all day, dozens of baseball fans, mostly men, gather in the tree-shaded park in central Havana to talk about their beloved "pelota," as baseball is called here, in animated conversations that usually appear more heated than they are.

The verbal jousting may be about the worth of a particular player or a comparison of the participants' favorite teams, or whether Cuba can win the World Baseball Classic this month.

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