Episode 17-From Cuba with Love of the Game

Sep 28, 2021 · 1h 2m 14s
Episode 17-From Cuba with Love of the Game
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This program is a conversation with Kansas City Museum’s resident historian, Dr. Gene T. Chávez, and Pedro Sierra who left Cuba in 1954 at the age of 16 to pursue...

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This program is a conversation with Kansas City Museum’s resident historian, Dr. Gene T. Chávez, and Pedro Sierra who left Cuba in 1954 at the age of 16 to pursue his dream, which he describes as “the only thing he’d ever dreamed of—to play professional baseball”,

Much like Kansas City well-known local MLB celebrity, Diego Seguí who also left Cuba during the regime change there. After playing in minor leagues club, Seguí broke into the big leagues at age 24 on April 12, 1962, with the Kansas City Athletics. Sierra’s path to accomplishing his dream led him to Negro Leagues and eventually to the MLB. Both players baseball stories will be discussed.
This virtual event is part of the educational programming associated with ¡Pleibol! In the Barrios and the Big Leagues / En los barrios y las grandes ligas. Organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service in collaboration with the National Museum of American History.
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