Necromedia

If not for the botched Bay of Pigs invasion, Minnesota might never have known one of its most popular baseball players, Twins three-time batting champion and eight-time All-Star Tony Oliva. In April 1961, the twenty-two-year-old Cuban prospect failed to impress the Twins in a tryout, but the sudden rupture in U.S.-Cuba relations made a return visa

Daca nu ar fi invazia batuta a Golfului Porcilor, Minnesota ar fi putut sa nu fi cunoscut niciodata unul dintre cei mai populari jucatori de baseball, gemenii de trei ori campion la batai si de opt ori All-Star Tony Oliva. In aprilie 1961, perspectiva cubaneza de douazeci si doi de ani nu a reusit sa-i impresioneze pe gemeni intr-o incercare, dar ruptura brusca a relatiilor SUA-Cuba a facut o viza de intoarcere