Two Texas Rangers executives testified Tuesday they never discussed bringing Cuban ballplayers to the U.S. illegally with a Florida sports agent on trial for allegedly smuggling players from the communist-governed island.
Rangers General Manager Jon Daniels and assistant GM Mike Daly told a jury they never knew that outfielder Leonys Martin planned to cross the U.S. border in Texas illegally and never talked about it with Martin's agent, Bartolo Hernandez.
"Absolutely not," Daly said under questioning from Hernandez attorney Daniel Rashbaum.
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Tuesday, March 07, 2017
Baseball case moves to defense case
The government has rested after 6 weeks. Now it's to the defense. From the AP:
Time to stand up and stretch while Judge Moreno makes a guest appearance to sing take me out to the courtroom
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