Season 1 · Episode 18
Episode 18: How Negro League Baseball Solved the Cuban Missile Crisis
Baseball created strong ties between the U.S. and Cuba, specifically the negro leagues and the Cu...
Tracing The Path: The Connected 20th Century · Dan R. Morris - 20th Century Historian
March 20, 202130m 24s
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Show Notes
Baseball created strong ties between the U.S. and Cuba, specifically the negro leagues and the Cuban league. For both countries baseball had become the national past time . . . until Fidel Castro stepped in. Today we look at the how baseball impacted the Cuban Missile Crisis along with some of the major traditions surrounding it.