<blockquote>Some of the greatest baseball players the world has never seen are in Cuba, where their talent is government property, and their only chance of turning pro is the risky boat ride to Florida. Gus Dominguez, an L.A. sports agent, has done more than anyone to help escaped players join major-league U.S. teams, but now he sits in a California jail, convicted of smuggling athletes. The author flies to Havana for an unprecedented scouting of the island’s stars as he reports on the twisted dynamics behind the Dominguez case.</blockquote>
via <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2008/07/cuban_baseball200807?printable=true&amp;currentPage=all#">Commie Ball: A Journey to the End of a Revolution | Vanity Fair</a>.