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Unbeaten and never scored on in international play for Team Cuba, Piro Barreiro was paid one peso a day in the National Series and retired at 25 with a ruined arm.
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The Erased
Fidel asked for him, he lost one game and never returned to Team Cuba
The Erased
Kicked out of baseball at 25 for not being from Havana
The Erased
He posted a 0.00 ERA in the first World Baseball Classic. Today he delivers packages in Miami
The Erased
Cuba promised him a car in 1992 and never delivered. In the United States he has owned seven
The Defections
Pipe Torres: 94 mph, two boats and the signing a lawyer blocked
The Defections
The decision no one signs
The Defections
He took off his Team Cuba belt, handed it to a teammate and climbed a wall topped with broken glass
The Defections
Jorge Soler was thrown off the ballfield one block from his house
Forgotten Champions
Piro Barreiro: 44 scoreless innings for Cuba and a peso a day
Forgotten Champions
Braudilio Vinent turned down millions, stayed in Cuba, and this is what he got
Forgotten Champions
He has a place in Cooperstown. In Cuba, his pension buys a pack of chicken and an inhaler
Forgotten Champions
Lázaro Junco sat down with Recta Al Pecho before he died. This is what he wanted on the record
Myths & Analysis
“The old-timers were better”: the myth that mistakes an empty league for a lesser generation
Myths & Analysis
The aluminum myth: the “dead” ball that flew 400 feet
Myths & Analysis
Ohtani, Ruth and Bonds: the numbers that dismantle the “greatest ever” myth
Myths & Analysis
“He plays for the crowd”: the myth of Germán Mesa, the best shortstop Cuba never measured
Every full interview here has an English audio track on YouTube.
Players who reached Major League Baseball, in their own words.
1:27:25
Liván Hernández
Liván Hernández Tells All: The Escape, El Duque and Why He Won't Go Back to Cuba
21:08
Jorge Soler
"I Couldn't Say Goodbye to My Grandparents": Why Jorge Soler Said No to Castro's Cuba
2:57:52
Tito Fuentes
Tito Fuentes: The Cuban Giants Legend Fidel Castro Tried to Erase
36:36
Ariel Prieto
Canseco and McGwire's Teammate: From Cuba Straight to the Majors, No Minor Leagues
50:17
Rusney Castillo
The Price of Leaving Cuba: $72 Million and a Broken Heart
23:29
Dyan Jorge
From "Government Interest" to a Million-Dollar MLB Bonus: The Odyssey of Dyan Jorge
24:14
Lázaro Estrada
He Won His First Big League Game — and Says He Owes Cuba Nothing
1:15:05
Yusmeiro Petit
Yusmeiro Petit and the 46-Batters-in-a-Row Record Nobody Talks About
23:14
José Canseco
The Day My Father Met Canseco and Understood Cuban Baseball Never Died
Boats, hotels, third countries: how they got out of Cuba, and what it cost them.
41:21
Yadel Martí
A 0.00 ERA at the World Baseball Classic — and Cuba Still Threw Him Off the Team
53:50
Osvaldo Fernández
My Escape From Cuba and the Fear of Being Kidnapped by State Security
39:05
Lázaro Armenteros
He Went Around the World to Escape Cuba
35:47
Osbek Castillo
Cut From Team Cuba — and Nobody Ever Told Him to His Face
42:17
Denys Suárez
What I Saw Happen to Omar Linares Made Me Leave Cuba
52:16
José Méndez
Betrayal at Ciudad Deportiva: The Day He Was Thrown Out in Front of Everyone
46:18
Dayron Riera
Locked in a Military Hotel With 4 Cameras: Cuba's Trap
50:09
Yordanys Pérez
He Left by Boat Because of His Manager: 8 At-Bats in Triple-A and Out
57:47
Yadier "Pipe" Torres
He Threw 94 mph and Never Signed: "The Lawyer Killed It"
1:21:12
Geisbel Rodríguez
Pushed Out of Baseball at 25 for Not Being From Havana
33:02
The Defections, Part 2
"We Left": 8 Cuban Ballplayers Tell Why Cuba Pushed Them Out
The stars of the Serie Nacional and Team Cuba that the system pushed aside.
1:09:01
Luis Giraldo Casanova
The Cuban Regime Stole His Olympics and Cut Him at 33
55:03
Luis "Piro" Barreiro
Nobody Scored on Him for Team Cuba — and They Paid Him One Peso a Day
35:12
José Manuel Cortina
The Pitching Teacher Cuba Ignored and Mariano Rivera Recognized
39:14
Carlos Tabares
"I Never Had Cancer": Cuba Benched Him for 5 Years and Never Said Why
1:27:38
Hernán Valdés
"They Lied to Us": He Went Back to Cuba for Baseball and It Took Him 49 Years to Get Out
21:17
Braudilio Vinent
He Turned Down MLB Millions for Cuba — This Is What He Got Back
34:12
Antonio Scull
I Turned Down $20 Million and I Have No Regrets
53:55
Jorge Fumero
From Olympic Gold to the Sports Ministry's "Blackmail"
49:41
Evenecer Godínez
The Forced Retirement That Destroyed Generations of Cuban Players
59:06
Gaspar "El Curro" Pérez
"I Won't Ask for Anything": The Reality of Cuba's Baseball Greats
43:53
Enriquito Díaz
More Runs Than Omar Linares and Never Made Team Cuba: 26 Seasons of Enriquito Díaz
22:23
Eduardo Paret
"They Suspended Me for 4 Years Over a Phone Call": Eduardo Paret Breaks His Silence
38:57
Gabriel Pierre
I Hit Miguel Valdés in the Chest and He Erased Me From Team Cuba
24:52
Rey Vicente Anglada
He Could Have Stayed and Didn't — Betrayed for Being Loyal
38:16
Anglada & Azpillaga
He Won 4 Straight Titles With Industriales and Was Never Given Team Cuba
46:11
Papo Azpillaga
How Castro Manipulated Cuba's National Series
55:51
Eliú Torres
Repression at Industriales and Why Cuban Players Are "Victims of the System"
27:57
Danger Guerrero
Discrimination and Corruption in Cuban Baseball
42:03
Yunieski Gurriel
The Truth About the Gurriel Dynasty, the Criticism and the Secret of Hitting
21:32
Javier Caballero
From Team Cuba to Team USA: The Javier Caballero Story
44:44
Vladimir "Pipa" Dueñas
"It Was the Best Decision of My Life"
Documentaries, big games and the arguments fans never settle.
1:05:15
Omar Linares or Yulieski Gurriel
Linares or Gurriel? A Big League Agent Settles the Debate
45:04
Industriales in Miami
Lázaro Vargas, Tabares and René Arocha's First Pitch
1:23:25
Michel Contreras
"The Italian League Is Better Than Ours": Unfiltered on Cuban Baseball Today
1:14:10
Nené Ricardo
The Question Nobody Dared Ask Germán Mesa
Most of our interviews are recorded in Spanish. On YouTube, each one carries an English audio track, so you can watch the whole conversation in English. Interviews recorded in English are on the way.
