that is los angeles dodgers superstar yas yeiel puig who d d dropped the ball, but later redeemed himself with the spectacular over-the-shoulder catch, and after the game, puig responded to questions about a stunning report in a los angeles magazine that he was smuggled out of cuba almost two years ago with a help of a mexican drug cartel and a shady miami businessman and it says how he promised the give 20% of the future baseball salary to escape from cuba but then held captive and the story lays out claims of torture and death threats and the smugglers getting desperate
and others will follow that journey? well, yasiel s story is not unique to him, and there are 20 cuban players in the minor leagues and dozens before him, and there is probably a cuban ball player on a boat right now on his way to a third country hoping to get a agent and sign a contract. and unfortunately baseball is a business and they are in the entertainment business and they need talent. this pipeline feeds the talent, and also exploits the players along the way. it is incredible story, and we really appreciate your joining us, and people should read it. it is stunning. it is absolutely stunning. thank you, tamron. and coming up, fashion police for parents? one school board member in florida wants to extend the dress code to moms and dads and saying that wearing short shorts, and aka daisy dukes and saggy pants set a bad example for children.
114-93 there. and it might be wearing retro jordan sneak ners the playoffs maybe. 31 styles of jordans on sale april 19th. and these are originals, not remakes. they don t got any sizes for you, though. mostly large sizes will be available. maybe we can cut them in half for you. it was a home run derby between cincinnati and pittsburgh. combined ten homers in just six innings. heavy rain suspended play, so they have lee ihave three innin when play resumes. and puig s amazing story, sources saying smugglers held puig for a quarter million dollar ransom for getting him out of cuba. then miami financiers payed a crew to save puig from his captors later. and as we know, puig signed a $42 million contract at the end of this amazing story. soundslike a movie.
midtown manhattan, it s the tuesday fox and friends 8:00 eastern he had dedition. and you know what happens once a puig. we go down to our nation s capital, laura ingram joins us life. did you hear the trumpets? i love the trumpet. do you like the new colors on usa today ? what are these big dots some i don t understand these dots. this is what fascinates me this morning. have you got an explanation for that? no. very strange. and then we move to the green dots for the money section. it s really strange. red dot is sports and you re not the a big sports fan. you re a big athlete. watch it. she loves sports. and obviously she stayed at a hotel last night if she has usa today . laura, we want to talk to you about the new fox polls that came out two hours ago. it shows american s confidence
cardinals and dodgers. gonzalez at the plate, man on third. rbi double, gondodger he is on . puig thought he went yard, but he didn t. and this is how good he is. he still gets all the way to third for a triple. cooperate really do better. a standup triple. 2-0. how about ryu, outpitching wainwright. 3-5 the final. check this out, a domger f edod fan in a bear costume gets on the dugout firing up the fans.d a bear costume gets on the dugout firing up the fans. security says we ll take you to the clink and you re done. but in terms of it s better than