MLB Network Presents: Cuba, Island of Baseball

I think you can have all the money in the world, but if you don’t have happiness, it is nothing. There are a lot of people who think they give us millions, and everything is simple and easy. They don’t know you have to adapt completely, 360 degrees. — Yasmany TomasIt’s complicated.

That’s probably what I’d take away from the documentary, which covers the relationship between major-league baseball and Cuba since the ascent of Fidel Castro in 1959. Particularly timely given the recent death of Fidel, this travels from the first wave of players to come from the island, beginning with Rene Arocha, then Tony Oliva and Luis Tiant, through the Hernandez brothers, up to the explosion of talent and…