41.   The men were active members of the Cuban national team, sluggers much admired by Chavez, who happily watched as the Cuban team pulled ahead by one run.

42.   The Orioles fouled more pitches into the stands by the third inning Sunday than the Cuban teams had in the previous two games.

43.   The Orioles played two exhibition games against the Cuban team, one in Havana late in spring training, the other in Baltimore early in the season.

44.   The Pan Am baseball competition will feature the Cuban national team, this one even better than the bunch who trounced the Baltimore Orioles two months ago.

45.   The Orioles play a historic game on Sunday, meeting the Cuban national team on its home ground.

46.   The plan originally had been discussed weeks earlier, while the Cuban national team played an exhibition series in Millington, Tenn.

47.   They are talented pitchers who defected from the Cuban national team during the summer.

48.   Three years ago, a Sunday afternoon visit by Pope John Paul II required the same kind of coordinated effort that the Cuban team necessitated, Shirey said.

49.   Thus, as usual the world is dreaming about dethroning the powerful, experienced Cuban national team.

50.   Urquiola also said that Cuban officials were not leary of possible defections, which have wracked the Cuban national team in the past.