History of baseball in Cuba
Baseball was popularized in
Cuba
by
Nemesio Guillot
, who founded the first major baseball club in the country. It became the most played sport in the country in the 1870s, before the period of American intervention.
Despite its American origin, baseball is strongly associated with Cuban nationalism, as it effectively replaced colonial Spanish sports such as bullfighting. Since the
Cuban Revolution
, the league system in Cuba has been nominally amateur. Top players are placed on the national team, earning money for training and playing in international competitions.
History
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The early years (1864?1874)
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Baseball was introduced to Cuba in the 1860s by Cuban students returning from U.S. colleges and American sailors who ported in the country. The sport spread quickly across the
island nation
after its introduction, with student
Nemesio Guillot
receiving popular credit for the game's growth in the mid-19th century. Nemesio attended
Spring Hill College
in
Mobile, Alabama
, with his brother Ernesto. The two returned to Cuba, and in 1868 they founded the first baseball team in Cuba, the
Habana Base Ball Club
.
Soon after this, the
first Cuban War of Independence
spurred Spanish authorities in 1869 to ban the sport in Cuba. They were concerned that Cubans had begun to prefer baseball to
bullfights
, which Cubans were expected to dutifully attend as homage to their Spanish rulers in an informal cultural mandate. As such, baseball became symbolic of freedom and
egalitarianism
to the Cuban people. The ban may have also prompted
Esteban Bellan
, an early Cuban player, to remain in the United States and become the first Latin American player to appear in the
major leagues
. Bellan played baseball for the Fordham Rose Hill Baseball Club while attending
Fordham University
(1863?1868). After that he joined the professional Unions of Morrisania, a
New York City
team, followed by the
Troy Haymakers
. In 1871 the Haymakers joined the
National Association of Professional Base Ball Players
, which is regarded by many historians as a major league. Bellan played for them in 1871 and 1872, then moved to the
New York Mutuals
, another NA team, in 1873.
[1]
The first organized match in Cuba took place in Pueblo Nuevo, Matanzas, at the Palmar del Junco, December 27, 1874.
[2]
: 86
It was between Club Matanzas and
Club Habana
, the latter winning 51 to 9.
[2]
: 86
[3]
Bellan played for Habana and hit two home runs.
[2]
: 86
Cuban baseball is organized (1878?1898)
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In late 1878 the professional
Cuban League
was founded.
[3]
At its inception the league consisted of three teams:
Almendares
, Havana, and Matanzas. Every team played the other two teams four times each. The first game was played on December 29, 1878, with Havana defeating Almendares 21 to 20. Havana, under
team captain
Bellan, went undefeated in the inaugural season and won the championship. The teams were composed of amateurs and were all-white, however professionalism gradually took hold as teams bid on players to pry them from their rivals.
Cuban baseball becomes international (1898?1933)
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The
Spanish?American War
brought increased opportunities to play against top teams from the United States. Also, the Cuban League admitted black players beginning in 1900. Soon many of the best players from the Northern American
[
clarification needed
]
Negro leagues
were playing on integrated teams in Cuba. Beginning in 1908, Cuban teams scored a number of successes in competition against major league baseball teams, behind outstanding players such as pitcher
Jose Mendez
and outfielder
Cristobal Torriente
(who were both enshrined in the United States'
National Baseball Hall of Fame
in 2006). By the 1920s, the level of play in the Cuban League was superb, as Negro league stars like
Oscar Charleston
and
John Henry Lloyd
spent their winters playing in Cuba. Furthermore, Cuban teams began flocking to the United States, and with it, intertwining Latino and African American baseball cultures. Defeats at the hand of colored teams in Cuba posed a threat to some Americans, one being the American Baseball League head, Ban Johnson, who had said, "We want no makeshift club calling themselves the Athletics to go to Cuba to be beaten by colored teams". This might have limited some opportunities but overall, baseball in Cuba was thriving and incorporating its own twists backed by the multi ethical ties of those who were playing it. It is often said that the United States is to thank for the spreading of baseball across the country, but it is really the citizens of Cuba, who were the ones who had a deep love and passion for the sport, so much so, that they can even be attributed with helping baseball spread to places like the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela.
[4]
In 1899, the
All Cubans
, consisting of Cuban League professional players, were the first
Latin American
team to tour the United States. The team returned in 1902?1905, exposing white Cuban players to U.S.
major league
and
minor league
scouts, and introducing black Cuban players to competition against the Negro leagues. Later Negro league teams included the
Cuban Stars
and the
New York Cubans
, which were stocked mostly with Cuban or other Latin American players.
Amateur baseball in Cuba (1933?1960)
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Amateur baseball in
Cuba
was thriving in the 1940s and deepened the organization and maturity of the league. There were several amateur leagues in Cuba, referred to as
los amateurs
. Many of the leagues were composed of factory or business workers who represented their individual companies. Originally, amateur teams represented exclusive social clubs in the
Havana
area, such as the
Vedado Tennis Club
.
[2]
: 189
(In writing about amateur baseball in Cuba, Professor
Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria
refers "specifically [to] the game played by social clubs who played in the Amateur League", as opposed to the semi-professional and sugarmill teams.
[2]
: 189
) The growth of amateur baseball can be attributed to the economic recovery in Cuba around 1934.
[2]
: 225
In 1934 there were only 6 teams, but by 1940, that number grew to 18.
[2]
: 225
In 1954, amateur
Dominican
baseball became better organized, respected abroad, and very structured which led professional clubs to draw young talent from the amateur leagues in cities throughout Cuba. The removal of some of the talented players in the league only slightly impacted the amateur leagues in Cuban cities. The young and talented team players who remained in the leagues gained physical strength by participating in the amateur games.
One major form of amateur baseball in Cuba was sugarmill baseball. Sugarmill baseball was popularized in the early 1950s.
[2]
: 191
This group of amateurs consisted mainly of players who were workers at the sugarmill. It was often loosely organized and regionally established. Each team represented a different sugarmill, and they would compete against one another. Games were generally played on Sunday and
holidays
in order to leave weekdays reserved for field work.
[5]
: 23
Players in the league used sugarmill ball as an escape from the harsh working conditions of the mill. During the Golden Age of Cuban League, sugarmill baseball was one of the most important producers of talent.
In Cuba's amateur baseball leagues, some of the greatest moments and players the game has ever produced on the island can be found, along with a high level of unconcealed iniquity. Until 1959 blacks were excluded from the amateur leagues.
[2]
: 190
Segregation
is traced back to the start of the 20th century when disagreement among players regarding the professionalization of the game led to a split. The amateur game was the origin of the segregation and remained a sport played among exclusive social clubs and factory workers.
[2]
: 191
Membership in these clubs were restricted to whites, therefore blacks were excluded from amateur baseball and had to play for the semiprofessional teams. Whether the whites-only policy was a direct consequence of American influence on upper-class Cubans, or was a retention from colonial times is difficult to determine.
[2]
: 190
The growth of education in Cuba led to the decline of amateur baseball. As the players became more educated, they attempted to bypass the amateur level of ball and head straight for the professional leagues.
[
citation needed
]
Fidel Castro
was a keen baseballer who pitched for the
University of Havana
in the 1940's and attended games at
El Gran Estadio del Cerro
in Havana. In 1959, Castro committed to financing the
Havana Sugar Kings
, which won the
Junior World Series
in that year.
[3]
As president, Castro implemented a system in which ball players could be locally sourced by state-sponsored programs. These programs allowed for young athletes to enhance their abilities. Every two to three years, players would be promoted to different levels based on skill. Parents were encouraged to place particularly talented children in the program at an early age. Children who participated in these programs were sometimes offered amenities such as more comfortable living, opportunities to travel and compete, pocket money, access to better food, etc. Placing a young generation in such state-controlled camps allowed for the regime to foster a new generation of loyalists.
[6]
In 1960s the government abolished all professional sports on the island.
[7]
: 29
Sports were viewed as opposing the principles of the
Cuban Revolution
. With this thought in mind, the ideas of sport were altered to better coincide with the ideology of the Revolution. To reshape baseball was a difficult task. The idea of tradition had to be demolished and rebuilt.
[7]
: 29
Rewriting Cuban baseball history by connecting the president to the glory years of the Amateur Leagues began to take shape and reflect revolutionary ideas. From then on, baseball and sports in Cuba were meant to encourage cooperation among nations, represent
national
pride, and promote fitness and
military
preparedness.
[8]
: 475
Through sports, Cubans were able to feel personally involved in the nation building, socialization, and political integration of the revolution.
[8]
: 475
Fidel Castro
said, "[w]e can say that our athletes are the children of our Revolution and, at the same time, the standard-bearers of that same Revolution."
[2]
: 368
In the 1960s, once amateur baseball became the main focus, there was a strong desire to play and participate in sports. Cuban baseball shed its commercial skin and sought out to advance the social and political aims of the revolution via sport. The organization of the game and role baseball led in society was transformed. Changes were revolutionary and discrimination in amateur baseball was abolished. The reorganization of baseball after 1961, the durability and expansion of the structure of baseball, construction of new stadiums, and the production of players are all significant results the Revolution had on Cuban sports.
[2]
: 367
The island has remained the powerhouse of world amateur baseball since this time.
Baseball in post-revolutionary Cuba (1961?present)
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In 1959, the
Cuban Revolution
ushered in fundamental changes in how
Cuban
baseball was organized. The revolutionary government made baseball a symbol of excellence and used it to encourage
nationalism
.
[9]
: xii?xiii
Shortly after the revolution, victorious guerrilla leaders demonstrated their Cuban spirit by engaging in exhibition baseball games that included symbolic gestures reinforcing the notion that baseball would be an integral component of post-revolution Cuba.
[10]
: 200
In 1961, the Cuban government replaced the former professional baseball system with new amateur baseball leagues, most prominent among them the
Cuban National Series
. The reorganization aimed to organize the sport based on a socialist model of sports driven by national ideals rather than money.
[11]
: 169
Revolutionary officials believed that under
capitalism
, sport is corrupted by profit motive. The perversion of sport was believed to result in the exploitation of the masses.
[12]
: 125
The shift from a professional to amateur system was preceded by the introduction of the Institute for Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (INDER).
[13]
: 28
The Cuban government made success in sports competitions a primary goal in the hopes that international sports triumphs could draw positive attention to the
Cuban Revolution
. In addition to displaying Cuba's leadership to Third World countries, this would give Cubans themselves a sense of pride and feelings of nationalism for the Revolution. It was seen as a way of enhancing the revolutionary government's legitimacy.
[14]
: 2
Much of Castro's vision towards establishing baseball as a prime means of nationalism was the state and government involvement in the sport. Local militia had a large role in monitoring the games. Many athletes were restricted to playing in their respective provinces. In many instances, it was up to the political authorities to decide important management decisions as well as salaries for each player.
[
citation needed
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Sports participation in Cuba was also universalized and thus made an essential component of revolutionary activity. The term coined to describe such a process was
masividad
, and sports served the purpose to educate and train the Cuban people, and another opportunity to fit in an egalitarian society that conformed to the very principles of the revolution. The Cuban people also became healthier due to their participation in sporting related activities, especially those that promoted physical education. Most Cuban sports facilities and the equipment they possess are adequate and meet the needs of the people as thoroughly as possible. INDER has branches at the municipal, provincial and community level and is ultimately responsible for the delivery of all sport and physical education functions; and the coordination of all sport related systems, structures and services delivered by political, health, cultural, community development, education and sports agencies and institutions that traditionally function independently of each other.
[15]
: 5
Although sport in general underwent a huge transformation after the revolution, it is still imperative to note that baseball continued to play a pivotal role. After all it was Cuba's bloodline and was easy to pick up and play since it required less conditioning and more focus on the crafting skills of hitting, pitching, and strategy.
[16]
: 147
Sports other than baseball retain some popularity in Cuba, including
boxing
and
soccer
, and the government continues to consider an athlete in fulfillment his or her duty as a Cuban citizen regardless of the sport pursued.
[17]
: 475
As mentioned earlier, sport in post-revolutionary Cuba was utilized to not only improve health, but in doing so, citizens have become more prepared in-terms of self-defense in light of hostile policies at least in the early days of the revolution by the United States. Baseball, like all other sports in Cuba, was also utilized for political ends. For instance, Cuba has allowed for the Cuba National Baseball team to play in countries abroad such as
Nicaragua
to benefit flood victims and in
Japan
as a symbolic gesture to express goodwill for a strong trading partner.
[3]
: 109
Such assistance by Cuba underlies its commitment to
socialist
internationalism, which still to this day sees a bevy of Cuban sports specialists training and instructing abroad citizens of other nations.
[17]
: 479
Since the professional system was replaced by amateur leagues, players were not paid as extravagantly as they once were. Although members of the Cuba national team are nominally amateur, As of 1984
[update]
they were paid a
"
'sports leave
'
" wage determined by their principal occupation during the off-season?often less than
US$
2
000
annually.
[3]
: 109
The situation would get worse in the early 1990s after the
collapse of the Soviet Union
in 1991, which was Cuba's main trading partner. This led many
players to defect
to the United States due to deteriorating economic conditions. Amidst such action, even
Fidel Castro
admitted that it was hard to prevent the baseball stars from defecting. He would later proclaim, "If you have to compete against six million dollars versus three thousand Cuban pesos you cannot win."
[18]
: 639
Other problems included bribery scandals in which coaches and player alike would fix games, which subsequently led to them being banned from baseball in Cuba.
[3]
: 113
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, there were also instances in Cuba where baseball games would be canceled due to power outages and most people chose to watch games from their home since it seemed more feasible to do so. The situation was so bad that pitchers in-game, would often have to exchange cleats with the pitcher who would have to pitch in the next half-inning. Resources even as minute as baseball cleats were scarce during this very time. The Cuban government to this very day is also somewhat hostile in relation to the players that did defect in the 1990s.
[18]
: 639
In amateur baseball fields, the home plates are made of wood. The fields are often in poor shape. The grandstands present at amateur baseball fields are protected by chicken wire and rarely painted. The maximum occupancy for a grandstand is 300 fans. Generally the stands are full, and often fans will stand on the sidelines to watch the games. The stands at amateur games are filled with cane cutters and factory workers looking to enjoy life after a hard day's work in the fields.
[18]
: 639
In 2008,
Joe Kehoskie
, a former
baseball agent
who represented several dozen Cuban players, told author
Michael Lewis
, "There's at least half a billion dollars of baseball players in Cuba right now and probably a lot more."
[19]
By the end of 2014, approximately 30 subsequent Cuban defectors had signed MLB contracts totaling just under $500 million.
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Resumed exhibitions (1999?present)
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In 1999, the
Cuba national baseball team
played a
two-game exhibition series
against the
Baltimore Orioles
of
Major League Baseball
. This marked the first time the Cuba national team played against an MLB team, and the first time an MLB team played in Cuba since 1959.
[23]
The Orioles won the first game, which was held in Havana, while the Cuba national team won the second game, which was held in Baltimore.
In December 2014, the United States and Cuba began to re-establish diplomatic relations. MLB Commissioner
Rob Manfred
entered into discussions to hold an exhibition game between an MLB team and the Cuba national team in 2016.
[24]
The
Tampa Bay Rays
played the
Cuba national baseball team
on March 22, 2016, in Havana's Estadio Latinoamericano. The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Cuba national baseball team, 4 to 1. The game was attended by U.S. President Barack Obama, Cuba President Raul Castro and
Rachel Robinson
, the widow of
Jackie Robinson
.
[25]
In January 2019, pitcher Matthew McLaughlin joined the Plaza club in Havana's provincial league, believing himself to be the first American to play in Cuba's national baseball system in over 60 years.
[26]
America's effect on baseball in Cuba
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Baseball was brought into Cuba by those returning from America in the late 1800s. While Americans may not have intended for baseball to become popular in Cuba, the sport had become a large part of the culture not just for the game but for what it represented to Cubans at the time. According to Rob Ruck in his article "Baseball's Global Diffusion", the meaning of the United States to the people of Cuba, "a fresh, democratic vision of [Cubans] future", was transferred to the sport (Ruck 200).
[27]
However, the racial segregation that was prevalent in the United States in the 1900s affected some people of Cubas ability to play baseball. While in Cuba, there was no racial segregation in the game, dark-skinned and black players were unable to play in any minor or major leagues in the United States. Eventually, this was changed through the influence of Caribbean countries and Mexico, the unavoidable skill of dark-skinned and black players, and the shift of racial segregation in the United States. The United States had more influence in the beginning of baseball's journey in the Caribbean but it does not take long for Cuba to take the lead in making changes in baseball from racial segregation to the wages of players.
[
citation needed
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National teams
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The Cuba national team represents Cuba in international baseball. There are also a number of other national teams from the Under-12 team to the
Under-18 team
. In addition, there is a
women's national team
that represents Cuba in international women's events.
Stadiums
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#
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Stadium
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Capacity
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City
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Tenants
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Image
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1
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Estadio Latinoamericano
|
55,000
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Havana
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Industriales
|
|
2
|
Calixto Garcia Iniguez Stadium
|
30,000
|
Holguin
|
Sabuesos de Holguin
|
|
3
|
Estadio Guillermon Moncada
|
25,000
|
Santiago de Cuba
|
Avispas de Santiago de Cuba
|
|
4
|
Victoria de Giron Stadium
|
22,000
|
Matanzas
|
Cocodrilos de Matanzas
|
|
5
|
Estadio Augusto Cesar Sandino
|
18,000
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Santa Clara
|
Naranjas de Villa Clara
|
|
6
|
Cinco de Septiembre Stadium
|
15,600
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Cienfuegos
|
Elefantes de Cienfuegos
|
|
7
|
Estadio Candido Gonzalez
|
14,000
|
Camaguey
|
Toros de Camaguey
|
|
8
|
Nguyen Van Troi Stadium
|
14,000
|
Guantanamo
|
Indios de Guantanamo
|
|
9
|
Jose Antonio Huelga Stadium
|
13,000
|
Sancti Spiritus
|
Gallos de Sancti Spiritus
|
|
10
|
Jose Ramon Cepero Stadium
|
13,000
|
Ciego de Avila
|
Tigres de Ciego de Avila
|
|
11
|
Martires de Barbados Stadium
|
10,000
|
Bayamo
|
Alazanes de Granma
|
|
12
|
Estadio Capitan San Luis
|
8,000
|
Pinar del Rio
|
Vegueros de Pinar del Rio
|
|
13
|
Estadio Nelson Fernandez
|
8,000
|
San Jose de las Lajas
|
La Habana
|
|
14
|
Estadio Cristobal Labra
|
5,000
|
Nueva Gerona
|
Piratas de Isla de la Juventud
|
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See also
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