Obama: ‘Power of baseball’ to change attitudes

An American president visiting Cuba walked into a ballpark in Havana on Tuesday afternoon, and a unique chapter of history unfolded. With baseball as a fitting backdrop, two countries that long have considered the sport a vibrant part of their cultures shared moments that simply haven’t been possible for more than a half-century.

Send in the mimes: Cubs do light stretching

Cubs players never know what to expect at morning stretch, and on Tuesday, strength coach Tim Buss appeared wearing a gray T-shirt and black leggings with his face painted white similar to a mime. Then Buss was joined by another full-fledged mime, complete with a red beret, white gloves and bow tie.

With Frazier behind him, Abreu poised for big year

Jose Abreu won’t complain. He says he wasn’t pitched around much in his first two seasons in Major League Baseball. Instead, he praises Adam Dunn because “his career track was good” and says that Adam LaRoche did his best to help him even though “it was kind of a down year for him because he wasn’t accustomed to being a DH.”

Historic day in Cuba filled with thrills

On Tuesday, U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro made history. The two dignitaries exchanged pleasantries, joined the packed stadium for a moment of silence for the victims in Tuesday’s tragic terrorist attack in Belgium, and took in a ballgame between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cuban National Team at iconic Estadio Latinoamericano, Havana’s most famous stadium, as the world watched. No sitting U.S. president has visited Cuba since Calvin Coolidge 88 years ago, and the significance of this moment was lost on no one.