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The game is alive and well

By Ian Gordon
ESPN The Magazine

Friday, January 27, 2006

In Cuba, the Hot Corner isn't so much a location as it is an institution. It can be any group of men yelling about baseball, blowing off steam in the absence of all-sports radio. One contentious crew convenes daily in Parque Central, down the street from the Capitolio, a near duplicate of the U.S. Capitol built to celebrate the cozy relationship between Washington and Havana 76 years ago. Today's topic, lucky for us, is the World Baseball Classic. It's 11:30 on a bright December morning when w ...

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