Negro Leagues DB Update: 1922-23 Cuban League

July 23, 2013 by Gary Ashwill · Leave a Comment

We’re making a small but important addition to the DB today—the 1922/23 Cuban winter league, plus a few additional games for 1916, 1919, and 1922. After a few seasons of turbulence in the Cuban game, the 1922/23 season marked a new beginning. The league added two new teams, Santa Clara and Marianao, to the Habana-Almendares […]

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Vamos: Let’s Play Beisbol

January 21, 2013 by Matt Nadel · Leave a Comment

Hey baseball fans! I decided to put up a blog in tribute to when baseball used to be played in the Olympics. Baseball is currently not an Olympic sport (it was last played in 2008), but I wanted to tell you guys about a pitcher from Cuba who dominated the Olympics every time he was […]

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