Baseball in Cuba
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title:
Baseball in Cuba
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Baseball was popularized in Cuba by Nemesio Guillot, who founded the first major baseball club in the country. It became the most played sport in the country in the 1870s, before the period of American intervention. Despite its American origin, baseball is strongly associated with Cuban nationalism, as it effectively replaced colonial Spanish sports such as bullfighting. Since the Cuban Revolution, the league system in Cuba has been nominally amateur. Top players are placed on the national team,
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_in_Cuba
date created:
2006-07-02T21:35:14Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T02:56:19Z
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