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Cuban baseball player Yasmani Tomas defects

By Washington Examiner
Published June 20, 2014 4:56pm ET
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Cuban baseball player Yasmani Tomas defects
FILE - In this March 6, 2013 file photo, Cuba's Yasmani Tomas hits a solo shot off Japan's starter Kenji Otonari in the third inning of their World Baseball Classic first round game in Fukuoka, Japan. Cuban authorities said Friday, June 20, 2014, that the hard-hitting outfielder has defected. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File) | Koji Sasahara

HAVANA (AP) — Hard-hitting outfielder Yasmani Tomas of Havana’s powerhouse ballclub Industriales has defected, Cuban authorities said Friday.

News of Tomas’ defection came in a single paragraph at the end of an article in Communist Party newspaper Granma, which interviewed national baseball director Higinil Velez Carrion about two games next month against a visiting U.S. collegian team.

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