baseball player
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“We had no choice to leave Cuba, we couldn’t take it anymore,” said Jorge Ruiz, a professional baseball player from Havana who emigrated eight months ago and recently joined Curitiba’s Latinos team.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Even the country’s athletes—once prized showcases of national prowess and beneficiaries of government support—are struggling to survive, said Yesenia Kindelán, a Cuban national judo champion and the wife of the baseball player, Jorge Ruiz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Song creator Stiteler, who's originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, told the BBC he's always appreciated Puerto Rican culture, referencing a statue of Puerto Rican baseball player Roberto Clemente in his hometown.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
He was a baseball player, with his focus on pitching.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
At one time he’d been a pro baseball player, although, except for eighteen days, he’d never made it out of the minor leagues.
From "Small Steps" by Louis Sachar
