The great exodus from Cuban athletics continues as the pitching coach for Cuba's national baseball team escapes slavery and defects in Puerto Rico, joining three other players who did the same last week (see HERE and HERE). The Castro dictatorship is labeling Andres Garcia as a deserter after he disappeared after the 5th Caribbean Baseball
Franky Quintana, a pitcher for the Cuban national team, has escaped communism and slavery to the Castro dictatorship, defecting during the Fifth Caribbean Baseball Cup in Puerto Rico. Quintana adds to the mass exodus of Cuban sports competitors, becoming the 51st Cuban athlete to defect this year. Via CubaNet (my translation): Baseball player Franky Quintana