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Alfredo Despaigne Rodríguez (born June 17, 1986) is a Cuban professional baseball outfielder for the Alazanes de Granma of the Cuban National Series. He has previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Chiba Lotte Marines and the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.
Odrisamer Despaigne Orue (/ ˈ oʊ d r iː s ə m ɪər ˈ d ɛ s p ɑː n j eɪ / OH-dree-sə-meer DES-pahn-yay; [1] born 4 April 1987) is a Cuban professional baseball pitcher for the Leones de Yucatán of the Mexican League.
The Cuba national baseball team (Spanish: Selección de béisbol de Cuba) represents Cuba at regional and international levels. The team is generally made up of players from the domestic Cuban national baseball system , though it has at times included professional players who defected to the United States .
Alfredo Despaigne Rodriguez (Olympic medalist and player in Japanese and Mexican league baseball) said that the Series win was the greatest moment of his life in baseball. [5] See 2016-2017 Season - Granma (baseball) In 2023, Granma are going to the first Baseball Champions League. [6]
Prior to the Cuban Revolution, which saw Castro rise to power in 1959, Cuban-born players often played in the American Negro leagues and in Major League Baseball (MLB). Following the revolution, U.S.–Cuba relations became strained, and Castro ended professional baseball in Cuba (the Cuban League) [1] and forbade Cuban players to play abroad. [2]
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The following is a list of baseball players from Cuba who have played in Major League Baseball ... Odrisamer Despaigne; Orestes Destrade; Aledmys Díaz; Juan Díaz;