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Remembering the Orioles' trip to Havana and what's happened since

March 24, 2016, 9:09am

Pete Kerzel

Orioles

This week's exhibition game in Havana between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cuban National Team is another example of baseball being used as a positive step forward in the thaw of diplomatic relations between the United States and the island nation. During much of the media coverage of Tuesday's game, it was noted that the last Major League Baseball team to play in Cuba was the Orioles, who traveled to Havana for the first game in a home-and-home series with the Cuban National Team 17 year...

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MASN's Mike Bordick recalls O's 1999 exhibition in Cuba

February 12, 2015, 8:16am

Josh Land

Orioles

MASN's Mike Bordick recalls O's 1999 exhibition in Cuba

When President Barack Obama announced plans to normalize U.S. relations with Cuba in December, news broke less than two months later that the Orioles are among the teams interested in playing an exhibition game there this spring. This might all sound familiar for a reason. Sixteen years ago, after the United States lifted travel restrictions to Cuba, the Orioles played a home-and-home exhibition series with the Cuban national team, becoming the first major league team to play a game in the...

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Orioles notes, games against Cuban team and Davis' highway heroics

February 09, 2015, 6:19pm

Roch Kubatko

Orioles

The Orioles are expected to announce their minor league coaching staffs this week, much later than in previous winters. Most of the holdup was attributed to the hiring of Keith Bodie as hitting coach at Double-A Bowie. Bodie spent the past three seasons as manager at Double-A Corpus Christi in the Astros organization. One more coach could be added at the lower level of the system. Otherwise, the Orioles finally are done. Executive vice president Dan Duquette said he's still working on the...

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Orioles discussing exhibition game in Cuba

February 09, 2015, 8:00am

Roch Kubatko

Orioles

An Orioles official confirmed today that the club is interested in playing an exhibition game in Cuba this spring. "The club is looking at the possibility," said executive vice president Dan Duquette. "Peter (Angelos) has contacts there and it's something we're looking at." Duquette wouldn't qualify the chances of a game being held in Cuba this spring, though it may be more realistic in 2016 with pitchers and catchers reporting to the Sarasota complex next week. "It's something we've...