June 22, 2004

Contreras reunites with family: After over a year and a half apart (a separation that is blamed for some of his troubles on the mound) Jose Contreras' wife and 2 daughters defect from Cuba. (see Jugwine's previous post for some background on the story.)

posted by goddam to baseball at 09:21 PM - 2 comments

This is great news for Jose! I won't speculate on how it might effect his pitching, but it's certainly a happy ending for his family.

posted by Jugwine at 09:53 PM on June 22, 2004

Slightly off-topic, i've been reading Waiting For Snow In Havana- it's a great evocation of the Cuban exile experience, for those interested in understanding it. The author is of my father's generation, and he captures perfectly what I've heard them talk about all my life, with the added bonus of being more honest about the quality of life pre-Castro.

posted by tieguy at 07:41 AM on June 23, 2004

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