So the United States has the MLB, but are the best player and the "World Champions" as they say really in the MLB? If you look back...waaaaay back untill now you can see that one country has stood out on top of all others. CUBA!!. could that be why the US didnt want cuba to play in the WBC. They said cuba was not used to play with "real" professionals but they took down The Dominican Team that was Favorite to win the whole thing due to its MLB stacked Ronster... Big Papi, Albert Pujols, Jose reyes, Miguel Tejada, Vladimir Guerrero, and still they got 2nd Place. check this out for yourself
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba_national_baseball_team
Olympic Record
1992 - Gold medal winner
1996 - Gold medal winner
2000 - Silver medal winner
2004 - Gold medal winner
World Cup record
Gold: 1939 1940 1942 1943 1950 1952 1953 1961 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1976 1978 1980 1984 1986 1988 1990 1994 1998 2001 2003 2005
Silver: 1941
Bronze: 1944 1951
2007-02-28 15:14:48 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
Cuba has always been extremely good at baseball. people just picked DR to win because of the huge names. Cuba on the other hand is a better team because they have been playing together a long time. Cuba is evidence that teamwork beats talent.
not that Cuba isn't talented but let's face it, DR's batting order was ridiculous.they should have scored 20 runs every game.
2007-02-28 15:20:50 · answer #1 · answered by m. e 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh yeah, Cuba has talent and it was a shame that politics got involved before Cuba was allowed to play. The Cubans have great players, but they play best as a complete team...they don't have the enormous talent like Pujols, for example. In my opinion of course...
2007-02-28 16:00:21 · answer #2 · answered by Superscoot52 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to realize that if if EVERY player from the US would play on the US team, The US team would be a better team. However it is remarkable that the the Dominican Republic and Cuba have so many great players for such small countries.
2007-02-28 16:17:45 · answer #3 · answered by dkj9002000 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe after castro's gone we will see some Cuban talent in the MLB
2007-03-01 02:07:52 · answer #4 · answered by Ricky Lee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Then why is it all the good players come to the US to play against the best?
2007-03-01 00:20:13 · answer #5 · answered by C_F_45 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋