The Baseball Federation of Cuba (Federación Cubana de Béisbol) is the governing body of the sport of
baseball within Cuba. In 2018 a deal was struck between
MLB
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...
and the Baseball Federation of Cuba was struck so that cuban baseball players no longer had to defect to play
professional baseball
Professional baseball is organized baseball in which players are selected for their talents and are paid to play for a specific team or club system. It is played in leagues and associated farm teams throughout the world.
Modern professional ...
., given the ban on all professional baseball in the country.
History
Baseball Federation of Cuba was established in 1938.
When the professional
Cuban League
The Cuban League was one of the earliest and longest lasting professional baseball leagues outside the United States, operating in Cuba from 1878 to 1961. The schedule usually operated during the winter months, so the league was sometimes known a ...
was dismantled in 1961 after the dictatorship of
Fidel Castro was established
, to be replaced by the amateur
Cuban national baseball system
The Cuban baseball league system is not a single baseball league; rather it is a structure of leagues and series that are governed by the Baseball Federation of Cuba and culminate in national championships and the selection of the Cuba national ba ...
administered by the Baseball Federation of Cuba.
See also
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Baseball in Cuba
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Cuba national baseball team
The Cuba national baseball team (Spanish: ''Selección de béisbol de Cuba'') represents Cuba at regional and international levels. The team is made up from the most professional players from the Cuban national baseball system. Cuba has been de ...
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Cuban baseball league system
The Cuban baseball league system is not a single baseball league; rather it is a structure of leagues and series that are governed by the Baseball Federation of Cuba and culminate in national championships and the selection of the Cuba national bas ...
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Cuban National Series
The Cuban National Series (, SNB) is the primary domestic professional baseball competition in Cuba. Formed after the dissolution of the Cuban League in the wake of the Cuban Revolution, the Series is a part of the Cuban baseball league system. ...
References
External links
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1938 establishments in Cuba
Sports organizations established in 1938
Baseball in Cuba
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding t ...
Organizations based in Havana
Baseball governing bodies
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