Havana is scheduled to host a meeting of the executive committee of the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) on Feb. 5, to which Major League Baseball (MLB) officials are invited.The meeting will make decisions about international tournaments, including the Major League-led Baseball Classic 2012, and a strategy to bring baseball back to the Olympics, IBAF President Riccardo Fraccari said on Cuban radio, according to the correspondent of Mexico’s Por Esto.">Havana is scheduled to host a meeting of the executive committee of the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) on Feb. 5, to which Major League Baseball (MLB) officials are invited.The meeting will make decisions about international tournaments, including the Major League-led Baseball Classic 2012, and a strategy to bring baseball back to the Olympics, IBAF President Riccardo Fraccari said on Cuban radio, according to the correspondent of Mexico’s Por Esto.">

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U.S. baseball officials may visit Havana

  • Submitted by: manso
  • 12 / 15 / 2010

Havana is scheduled to host a meeting of the executive committee of the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) on Feb. 5, to which Major League Baseball (MLB) officials are invited.

The meeting will make decisions about international tournaments, including the Major League-led Baseball Classic 2012, and a strategy to bring baseball back to the Olympics, IBAF President Riccardo Fraccari said on Cuban radio, according to the correspondent of Mexico’s Por Esto.

Cuba is represented by third vice president Antonio Castro Soto del Valle on the committee; Paul Seller is an at-large member representing the United States. Castro, a traumatologist and medical director of the Cuban national team, is the son of Fidel Castro.

MLB is proposing a qualification system similar to the soccer World Cup for the 2012 Baseball Classic. MLB would also like to replace the Baseball World Cup with the Baseball Classic.

Source: www.cubastandard.com/2010/12/14/u-s-baseball-officials-may-visit-havana/

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