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  • Fidel Castro loved baseball, but he never tried out for the New York Yankees in Havana

    Nov 30, 2016 11:30 am by NPRIllinois in the News
    Fidel Castro at the plate, batting in uniform. Keystone/Getty Images.

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    • Fidel Castro at the plate, batting in uniform. Keystone/Getty Images.

    NPR (Nov. 30) Illinois history professor and expert on Latinos in baseball Adrian Burgos says that was a myth. It never happened.