Viva Baseball!!!

The US Government reversed an earlier decision yesterday and decided to allow Cuba to play in the World Baseball Classic being sponsored by Major League Baseball. This is a good decision as what could be better than for more Cuban baseball players to defect around a big international event. Also, this adds more legitimacy to the competition. Having an international baseball competition without Cuba would be like having a figure skating competition without the Russians. Yeah, you would still have god competition, but you wouldn't have one of the major powers in the sport there competing.

Also from a self interested standpoint, this will allow major league baseball teams to really be able to scout the Cuban players playing against high levels of competition.