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> Subject: Baseball Diplomacy Cuba
> Date sent: Thu, 11 May 2000 16:14:45 -0700
> Organization: Veterans For Peace, Chapter 22
>
> PRESS RELEASE
>
> YOUTH BASEBALL TEAM TOURS CUBA FOR SERIES OF GAMES
>
> Press Release - Baseball Diplomacy - 5/11/2000
>
> A youth baseball team from Humboldt County, California has been invited to
> play ball in Cuba. The Lost Coast Pirates, at team of
> ten-to-twelve-year-old boys, will caravan through Cuba from July 22 through
> 29 playing games with three Cuban teams at their hometowns along the tour.
>
> The invitation was extended to the Pirates through the international
> organization Pastors For Peace, ( http://www.ifconews.org/) based in New
> York City. The local Veterans for Peace
> ( http://www.humboldt.net/~veterans/Chapter22/) of
> Garberville, California, will sponsor the team as part of their annual
> humanitarian mission to Cuba.
>
> The Lost Coast Pirates' interest in the mission dates back to 1998, when
> the team collected good used baseball equipment and sent it to Cuba with the
> Pastors for Peace mission that year. The Pirates included a team photo
> and a letter describing the small communities in which they live, in the
> remote mountains of the "Lost Coast" of California. They signed off with
> the wish that, one day, they might share a game with their counterparts in
> Cuba.
>
> The invitation to accompany Pastors for Peace to play baseball in Cuba was
> a joyous surprise to the team, and was met with enthusiastic and unanimous
> support by their parents. While the grown-ups work out the logistics, the
> boys of the Lost Coast Pirates have only one thing to say:
>
> "Juguemos a beisbol con nuestros amigos cubanos!"
>
> "Let's play baseball with our Cuban friends!"
>
> The team has already met part of the expense for the trip, but additional
> support is needed. If you would like to help, send your tax-deductible
> donation to: Baseball Diplomacy, p.o. box 84, Whitethorn, CA 95589, or
> deposit directly into the Baseball Diplomacy account at the Community Credit
> Union of Southern Humboldt, account #9346.
>
> For more information, visit baseballdiplomacy.org, or call Rob Then at
> (707-986-7831).
>
> Friends and Companeros: Please distribute this press release far and wide,
> to all corners of the planet. Forward to all e-mail serve lists.
