Major League Baseball's "World" Series ought now to include a professional team from Havana, then we'd have a true World competition.

Wow...maybe now they will change the World Series name to National Series. Go Cuba!

Forget Cuba. If the DR ever was able to assemble a team of its major leaguers it would be lights out for everyone else.

"Major League Baseball's "World" Series ought now to include a professional team from Havana..."

What???? This would endanger the US by allowing terrorists to threaten our national security (least that's why Bush banned the late 70+-year-old singer Ibrahim Ferrer from coming to the US to collect his Grammy).

But yes, we should allow a team, professional or otherwise from Havana to compete for the World Series...except that would increase our national insecurity.

We should let Cuba field as many Major League teams as they want, as long as they honor the MLB Player's contract, and the same goes for any other country that is generally in the worlds good standing. Sadly, Japan is so far away, it would be very hard for them to field a team in a US Division, but Cuba no worst than Miami for travel.

Cuba proves that it is the Baseball power - again, again and again...

This embargo against Cuba is silly and even its proponents admit it is grotesquely unsuccessful at causing change.

Cuba again proves itself a small place where baseball is king and folks love to play and play well. Perhaps some still consider this part of the axis of evil, but I support the proposal to allow Cuba to compete in MLB...if Canada can...

I guess its still too much of an idea from "left field".

Play ball.

Asian Baseball teams are getting stronger and stronger also. I hope that U.S. can beat Japan in the Bronze medal game. It will be very interesting to see who wins the Gold. Does anybody broadcast the final game live?

Amazing that a group of Cuban elites can beat up on some US minor leaguers and everyone's falling over themselves to compliment the products of a totalitarian regime. Sigh.

You people really make no sense, the world series is a "World" series because the MLB has the best league in the world, with the best players. If they put a team in Havana Cuba players would not be the only players on the team. Last time I checked the Nationals roster is not just full of people from DC.

Seriously.. Cuba beat some American minor league players. What an amazing accomplishment. Ha!

I doubt a whole bunch of USA collegiate rookies can compete against all those old cuban profesional players. It is completely inmoral and unethical to play college boys against profesional men.

The Cuban team has come first or second in every major tournament since 1951. They came second in the World Baseball Classic in 2006 (They actually beat a team from the Dominican Republic stacked with stars from the Major Leagues). They have also beaten teams from the Dominican Republic - stacked with ex-Major Leaguers in other tournaments. They have also beaten the Dragons from Japan and the Baltimore Orioles. Please take into account that they do not take players from the Major Leagues because the cuban government does not allow it. Before 1959 most of the Foreign players in the Major Leagues were cubans. What do these guys have to do to get some recognition. The best baseball in the world is played in the Major Leagues, but that does not make the american team the best in the world. The Japanese perhaps should be considered the best after winning the first World Baseball Classic. By the way, the Caribbean Professional series used to be dominated by cuban teams before Castro's revolution. Baseball has been played in Cuba for more than 100 years. They are used to winning tournaments, not just talk about winning like every american team that takes part in tournaments!