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PEOPLE, Page 92Fielding FidelBy Howard G. Chua-Eoan
If we'd known he wanted to be a dictator, we'd have made him
an umpire," says an observer from Fidel Castro's baseball days. The
Cuban leader's early career aspirations are featured in "Legends
of Minor League Baseball," a newly released deck of cards. A
promising young pitcher, Castro tried out with the now defunct
Washington Senators. But he was never signed. After the revolution,
he'd throw occasionally for a Cuban army team during exhibition
season. The card notes: "In those games, he was always clobbered
unmercifully but was never removed -- after all, what manager would
dare yank Fidel!" Ifthe Senators had signed him, they might still
be on top.