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MLB returns to Cuba

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Emotional return for Dayron Varona (0:51)

Eduardo Perez details the return of Rays OF Dayron Varona, who defected from Cuba in 2013. (0:51)

In a landmark game, the first visit by a major league team to Cuba since 1999, the Tampa Bay Rays Rays beat the Cuban national team 4-1 on Tuesday. President Barack Obama's visit to Cuba was the first by a U.S. president in 88 years. His trip comes more than one year after normalized relations between the Obama administration and Cuban President Raul Castro were announced.

More coverage: One Nacion | ESPNdeportes.com

Stories

• Marly Rivera: Dayron Varona's return to Cuba was an emotional 'whirlwind'
• President Obama: MLB exhibition in Cuba 'something extraordinary'
• Jorge Sedano: MLB game must help unify all Cubans | En Espanol
• Rivera: In Cuba, information comes from conversation
• Enrique Rojas: Hay que darle voto de confianza a Obama y MLB
• Rays-Cuba by the Numbers
• Scott Lauber: Castillo hopes game will pave way
• Dan Le Batard: 'Historic' game in Cuba ignores exiles' pain
• Damián Delgado Averhoff: Luis Tiant y sus recuerdos de Cuba
• Pedro Gomez: MLB's goal is a safer pipeline from Cuba
• Eric Longenhagen: Profiling the top Cuban prospects
• Rivera: Rays eager to 'reward' passionate Cuban fan base
• Damián Delgado Averhoff: El último lanzamiento del 'Rascacielos' Pedro Luis Lazo
• Rivera: Rays OF Dayron Varona returns to Cuba | En Espanol
• Christina Kahrl: Legacy of Minnie Minoso lives on
• Jorge Morejón: Unidos por el béisbol Cuba y Estados Unidos
• Photo gallery: 10 Cuban baseball pioneers
• Carlos Nava: Cuban players making their mark in MLB | En Espanol
• Jorge Morejón: El día que Cuba cayó ante Javy López y los Senadore


Video

• President Obama: Engagement with Cuba will initiate spread of valuesVideo
• Derek Jeter greets President ObamaVideo
• Exclusiva con Dayron Varona •
• El impacto de la visita a la Habana
• Le Batard: I'm not against Cuba tripVideo
• Joe Torre: "Es muy especial estar en Cuba"
• President Obama arrives to standing ovationVideo
• Manfred: se necesita esfuerzo de ambos lados
• SC VIDEO: Manfred: 'Tremendously exciting day for baseball'Video
• Ravech, Kurkjian, Perez, Glanville preview gameVideo
• Cash: Decision to start Varona came from clubhouseVideo
• OTL: Improving path to MLB for Cuban playersVideo
• Le Batard emotional over U.S. visit to CubaVideo
• Archer hoping to lay foundation for CubaVideo
• Longoria: Baseball is common denominator between Cuba, U.S.Video
• Eduardo Perez details return of Rays OF Dayron VaronaVideo
• SC Featured: Jeremy Schaap on the Havana Sugar KingsVideo
• One Nacion: El Duque, Cuban baseball and the exileVideo
• OTL: U.S. relations with CubaVideo
• OTL: Pedro Gomez on Cuba's relations with defectorsVideo
• OTL: Eduardo Perez on Cuban baseball talentVideo
• OTL: Jose Abreu's reunion with his 5-year-old sonVideo
• An emotional return to Cuba for Eduardo PerezVideo
• OTL: Yulieski and Lourdes Gourriel: Relinquishing royaltyVideo
• OTL: U.S.-Cuba relations: How did we get here?Video


Podcasts

• OTL: Bob Ley on the atmosphere in Cuba, significance of the game
• Orestes Destrade on President Obama's trip to Cuba
• OTL: Tension caused by the defections of top Cuban baseball players
• Le Batard, Stugotz on the relationship between the U.S. and CubaListen
• Pedro Gomez discusses the Rays' game against the Cuban national teamListen