11.   Defense is very important in Cuban baseball.

12.   CUBA -- Why are Cuban baseball players getting preferential treatment to enter U.S.?

13.   Earlier this month, Cuban baseball player Francisco Santiesteban defected from the club during a series of exhibition games in Colombia.

14.   El Duque, on the other hand, was the best pitcher in the history of Cuban baseball when he left Cuba on a raft last December.

15.   Guim works with Joe Cubas, an agent in Miami who has helped several Cuban baseball players defect to the United States and sign lucrative contracts.

16.   Her husband, a pitcher on tour with the Cuban national baseball team, was supposed to be in Millington, Tenn.

17.   Hernandez has the best career winning percentage of any pitcher in the history of Cuban baseball, but he became a nonperson after he defected to the United States.

18.   Hernandez, once a great Cuban baseball player, has two sons in the U.S. pitching in the major leagues.

19.   In May, the Dodgers were charged with illegally scouting and signing two Cuban baseball players.

20.   In recent years, Cuban baseball players have been more likely to defect outside the United States.