The game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cuban national team in Havana on Tuesday was a television spectacle, presented by ESPN as a game entwined in international politics. The visuals were clear from the frequent cuts between the on-field action and President Obama and President Raúl Castro, who were sitting together at Estadio Latinoamericano. Economic policy was laid out in Obama’s remarks about how business from America will help give the United States leverage in Cuba.
Obama got even more of a star turn in Havana than he gets when he fills out his men’s and women’s N.