1.   Among the four players are three who played on the Cuban national team, according to Guim.

2.   Another member of the group was also a player, Alberto Hernandez, no relation, formerly a catcher on the Cuban national team.

3.   At length the Americans were joined by the Cuban team and one of its sprinters was asked a question.

4.   Baseball people were impressed with the Cuban team that nearly sent the Orioles home in shame.

5.   Both boys rose quickly in the Cuban baseball world, becoming aces on the Cuban national team.

6.   A week earlier, Castro told United States newspaper editors in Havana that he was not opposed to Cuban teams competing in the United States.

7.   All the while, as his brother was becoming a hero, El Duque was living with family members in a shack, banned from the Cuban national team.

8.   Both defected six weeks ago when they slipped into the United States from Guadalajara, Mexico, where they had been training with the Cuban Olympic team.

9.   But the best baseball player on the Cuban team, which is expected to win another gold medal, is still there.

10.   But the entire Cuban team has taken over where Stevenson left off, making life tough for amateur fighters in the rest of the world.