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FROM
CUBA
Four baseball players banned for life,
probably because they were caught trying
to flee
HAVANA, January 7 (www.cubanet.org) -
Four members of the Cuban national baseball
team have been banned for life, probably
because they were caught attempting to flee
the island.
The National Baseball Commission announced
on Television Sunday the sanctions against
Kendry Morales, a 20-year-old switch hitter
who was batting .350, catcher Barbaro Cañizares,
right-hand pitcher José Ibar and
Juan Miguel Abat, whose position was not
given.
Baseball fans following the careers of
the players says Morales and Cañizares
were caught trying to board a boat in the
fishing port of Caibarien. Morales was recently
escorted back to Cuba from Panama, where
the team had been playing.
Righthander José Ibar was said to
have been detained in Havana's Villa Marista
on December 16 after being stopped earlier
while trying to board a flimsy boat.
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