HERE IS ENRIQUE'S WORD BY WORD ACCOUNT OF WHAT HAPPENED ON THURSDAY NIGHT AT THE STADIUM IN
SAN JUAN:
"I arrived at the park 3 hours before game time ... I had the opportunity to go down the right field side to
watch closely the Cuban players warming up....They were throwing , some were running and others in the
right field batting cage...This was about 1 hour before game time...... Some players were passing by me
very closely and I had the opportunity to open one side of the sign that reads BASEBALL PLAYERS YES ,
TYRANTS NO.... One of them gave me sarcastic laugh and then thumps up ... Other players did not show
any emotion but at least six of them read the sign.....
A few moments later , Tony Castro (Castro's son) walked by and I told him Tony , Tony , he looked around
and saw directly my open sing Baseball Players YES Tyrants No , he looked down and kept walking and I
shouted Eso es para tu papa (That is for your dad)...... I know he heard that.
In the meantime I was just standing there and here comes my first encounter with the authorities....A white
man walks to me and ask me what the signs said. I saw his badge clearly showing the words LAW ENFORCEMENT
at that point I felt safe and secure because I realized it was not a Cuban G2 Agent ... I said to him Buenas
noches first of all I am a professional, what can I do for you sir , why would you like to see my sign....he said
to me he could take it away from me but that he preferred if I showed it to him which I did gladly... I said sir
Here it is and if you think it is inappropriate you can take it .. He said to me , You are all right , you can keep
it....Victory # 1. Law enforcement in English ( probably Homeland Security)"
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