Obama to attend Rays-Cuba game in Havana on March 22
NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama plans to attend the Tampa Bay Rays' exhibition game in Cuba on March 22.
Ben Rhodes, representative national security consultant for key interchanges and speechwriting, tweeted the news Tuesday after Major League Baseball and the players' affiliation declared game plans had been concluded for the amusement against the Cuban National Team in Havana. "It adds an awesome measurement to the outing, and it will sparkle a much more prominent focus on the occasions and on Major League Baseball," Rays President of Baseball Operations Matt Silverman said. It will be MLB's first outing to the comrade island country since the Baltimore Orioles played there in 1999. The diversion will be broadcast by ESPN and ESPN Deportes.
"Amid a period of noteworthy change, we value the productive part managed by our common enthusiasm for the amusement, and we anticipate encountering Cuba's storied baseball custom and the energy of its numerous faithful fans," baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said in an announcement. Manfred drew the Rays on Nov. 13 from a canister of groups that needed to make the outing. U.S. groups played spring preparing amusements in Cuba before Fidel Castro's transformation, however none showed up there from March 1959 until the Orioles confronted Cuba's national group in Havana in March 1999.
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A specialist uses a jackhammer on the way outside the … A specialist uses a jackhammer on the way outside the Estadio Latinoamericano baseball stadium in Havana, … "We're to a great degree energized as a gathering to be a part of this procedure," Rays pitcher Chris Archer said. "As it were, we're a piece of something that is amazingly notable for both nations, and hoping to blend and experience the way of life of a spot where we haven't possessed the capacity to travel uninhibitedly for some time." Many specialists on Tuesday were at the Latin America Stadium, worked in 1946 and said to have a seating limit of 55,000. They are altering the rooftop, repairing harmed seating regions and prepping the field surface.
Specialists with jackhammers separated harmed asphalt outside, and painters lit up the stadium outside. "We're eager to be a piece of this trek. For us, it's about spreading goodwill through baseball," Silverman said on a telephone call. "We're energized for the open door and to encounter firsthand the baseball society of Cuba. "Logistically, there will be a few difficulties. In any case, the players' affiliation and Major League Baseball strived to minimize the interruptions. Our first need is getting prepared for opening day. What's more, we strived to ensure this outing won't meddle much, if by any means, with those arrangements," he included.
Less than 40 players will make the excursion, yet the Rays were yet to have top to bottom talks about the structure of the list, Silverman said. "We've been working with Major League Baseball and the State Department to make sense of the visas and the precise size. It hasn't been finished yet," he said. "It'll be a customary voyaging baseball gathering, and after that some of our front office will likewise be going to. There will be a couple of exceptional visitors. Yet, the unforeseen won't be that substantial. It can't be bigger than the two planes we're going to bring down there."
AP Sports Writer Fred Goodall in Port Charlotte, Florida, and independent essayist Desmond Boylan in Havana added to this report.
Ben Rhodes, representative national security consultant for key interchanges and speechwriting, tweeted the news Tuesday after Major League Baseball and the players' affiliation declared game plans had been concluded for the amusement against the Cuban National Team in Havana. "It adds an awesome measurement to the outing, and it will sparkle a much more prominent focus on the occasions and on Major League Baseball," Rays President of Baseball Operations Matt Silverman said. It will be MLB's first outing to the comrade island country since the Baltimore Orioles played there in 1999. The diversion will be broadcast by ESPN and ESPN Deportes.
"Amid a period of noteworthy change, we value the productive part managed by our common enthusiasm for the amusement, and we anticipate encountering Cuba's storied baseball custom and the energy of its numerous faithful fans," baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said in an announcement. Manfred drew the Rays on Nov. 13 from a canister of groups that needed to make the outing. U.S. groups played spring preparing amusements in Cuba before Fidel Castro's transformation, however none showed up there from March 1959 until the Orioles confronted Cuba's national group in Havana in March 1999.
View exhibition
A specialist uses a jackhammer on the way outside the … A specialist uses a jackhammer on the way outside the Estadio Latinoamericano baseball stadium in Havana, … "We're to a great degree energized as a gathering to be a part of this procedure," Rays pitcher Chris Archer said. "As it were, we're a piece of something that is amazingly notable for both nations, and hoping to blend and experience the way of life of a spot where we haven't possessed the capacity to travel uninhibitedly for some time." Many specialists on Tuesday were at the Latin America Stadium, worked in 1946 and said to have a seating limit of 55,000. They are altering the rooftop, repairing harmed seating regions and prepping the field surface.
Specialists with jackhammers separated harmed asphalt outside, and painters lit up the stadium outside. "We're eager to be a piece of this trek. For us, it's about spreading goodwill through baseball," Silverman said on a telephone call. "We're energized for the open door and to encounter firsthand the baseball society of Cuba. "Logistically, there will be a few difficulties. In any case, the players' affiliation and Major League Baseball strived to minimize the interruptions. Our first need is getting prepared for opening day. What's more, we strived to ensure this outing won't meddle much, if by any means, with those arrangements," he included.
Less than 40 players will make the excursion, yet the Rays were yet to have top to bottom talks about the structure of the list, Silverman said. "We've been working with Major League Baseball and the State Department to make sense of the visas and the precise size. It hasn't been finished yet," he said. "It'll be a customary voyaging baseball gathering, and after that some of our front office will likewise be going to. There will be a couple of exceptional visitors. Yet, the unforeseen won't be that substantial. It can't be bigger than the two planes we're going to bring down there."
AP Sports Writer Fred Goodall in Port Charlotte, Florida, and independent essayist Desmond Boylan in Havana added to this report.
Obama to attend Rays-Cuba game in Havana on March 22
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