tarantino. give us the cliffs notes. michael, we have to remember there is no legitimate path for a ball player to get off that island and to the major leagues. there is no other nation in the world who a player has to put his life in the hands of a pipeline exploiting the kasm with the u.s. and cube a.puig has financiers in miami who put up $250,000 to get him out of cuba. in return, puig was going to repay them 20% of the future earnings. they did the work. they got him off the island. they brought him to mexico and the breakdown in finances. he found himself captive for 20 odd days. that sounds a little higher brow than the way in which i read it in your fine piece.