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Chicago White Sox Pitcher Jose Contreras, who defected from Cuba three years ago, said he want to pitch for Cuba in inaugural World Baseball Classic next spring.
Contreras has played seven years with the Cuban national team; include 7-0 with a 0.59 ERA in the last three major international tournaments, also compiling a 117-50 with a 2.82 ERA in Cuban League. When asked about play for Cuba, Contreras said ”Certainly.”
However, even his four-year $32 million contract (signed in 2002 with New York Yankees) inserted a clause to free him to pitch for Cuba when its national team plays off the island. Politics might figures to prevent that happen.
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January 17th, 2006 at 12:59 am
this is the most good information that i ever read in years about the cuban baseball players in the usa.in my opinion if he wants to play for our team im agree with that and i give him a lot of aplassus for the way he thinks,its true that he right now if rich but its nice when you think that this is your country and your life and that you still want to play for it.thanx contreras as we call you here in cuba i think you should write to the committe here and im sure that they will acept you here.
soy fanatico de industriales y no de pinar del rio pero para mi ahora eres como si fueras de industriales.chaoooo hermano y cuidate.ok
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