And quite a remarkable man at that. Here's Conrado Marrero at age 100--blind, wheel-chair-bound but still enjoying cigars, listening to games and being sharp as a whip:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/14/sport ... -past.htmlThe author runs a Website on baseball in Cuba:
http://www.baseballdecuba.com << The Chrome/Comodo browser offers to translate into English and does it well
Incidentally, ponder the alternate future of Latin America if Fidel had become a pitcher for the Yankees. Pure urban myth as this excellent Snopes.com article shows but fascinating to think about:
http://www.snopes.com/sports/baseball/castro.asp