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'Realization Of An Impossible Dream': MLB And Cuba Make Historic Deal

The agreement, negotiated over years, represents the first time since Cuba's revolution that baseball players can sign with U.S. teams without defecting.

A new inning has begun for Cuban baseball players, after a historic agreement will allow the athletes to sign with U.S. teams without needing to defect.

Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association announced Wednesday that they reached an agreement with the Cuban Baseball Federation after years of negotiating.

Under the , Cuba must release baseball players who are at least 25 or

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