as major league baseball continues its efforts to expand internationally, commissioner rob manfred said wednesday that donald trump <u+2019>s impending presidency and potential immigration policy changes shouldn<u+2019>t hinder the sport<u+2019>s progress. last march, the tampa bay rays played an exhibition game against the cuban national team, and mlb hopes to create a system that would allow cubans to easily sign with american clubs. meanwhile, manfred has spoken in the past about the possibility of putting a big-league organization in mexico city. <u+201c>haven<u+2019>t heard anything with respect to the cuba issue that would suggest that there<u+2019>s going to be any change, and i think we<u+2019>re all familiar with things he said about mexico,<u+201d> said manfred, speaking at the annual general managers meetings in scottsdale, ariz. <u+201c>i think we need to wait and see what actually happens.<u+201d> manfred added that while the league and the players<u+2019> association hoped to settle on a new collective bargaining agreement before the end of the world series, the two sides still expect to make a deal ahead of the dec. 1 expiration date. write to jared diamond at jared.diamond@wsj.com
mlb<u+2019>s international progress won<u+2019>t be hindered by trump, commissioner says - wsj
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