Baseball officials visit Cuba to go over logistics for tourney
Jan. 12, 2006
CBS SportsLine.com wire reports
NEW YORK -- Still waiting for the U.S. government to decide whether Cuba will be allowed to play in the World Baseball Classic, officials of the U.S. Major League Baseball commissioner's office and the American players association visited the island this week to go over logistics for the tournament.
Paul Archey, senior vice president of Major League Baseball International, went to the communist island nation along with union lawyer Doyle Pryor, according to Rich Levin, a spokesman for the MLB commissioner's office.
The U.S. Treasury Department last month denied MLB's application for Cuba to play in the United States. A permit is necessary because of laws governing certain transactions with Cuba, which generally is not allowed to receive U.S. currency.
The World Baseball Classic is sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation but is being run by Major League Baseball and the players association. Cuba is scheduled to play the first round on the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory. Later rounds are scheduled on the U.S. mainland.
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