Photos: MLB's Rays play Cuba in Havana

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Photos: MLB's Rays play Cuba in Havana

U.S. President Obama is on hand as the Tampa Bay Rays play Cuba's national team Tuesday, March 22, 2016, in Havana, Cuba.

Tampa Bay Rays players stand with children as they are introduced before the start of their game against the Cuban national team at the Estado Latinoamericano March 22, 2016 in Havana, Cuba. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Cuban President Raul Castro, right, and U.S. President Barack Obama enjoy the game. (Ismael Francisco/Cubadebate via AP)

Cuban-Born Tampa Bay Rays Outfielder Dayron Varona is greeted by Cuban catcher Frank Camilo Morejon Reyes at the plate. (Al Diaz/Miami Herald/TNS)

Tampa Bay Rays' Dayron Varona, who defected from Cuba in 2013, is hugged by members of the Cuban National team after the game at the Estado Latinoamericano March 22, 2016 in Havana, Cuba. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Cuban fans show their team support during the game. (Al Diaz/Miami Herald/TNS)

Children wait in the dugout to escort players onto the field before the game. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Tampa Bay Rays players stand together during a moment of silence for the victims of the terror attack in Belgium. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Tampa Bay Rays players and the Cuban national team line up on the field as they are introduced. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Tampa Bay Rays player Dayron Varona, who defected from Cuba in 2013, is hugged by his teamates as he comes into the dugout. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

A Tampa Bay players hits in the game against Cuba. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Cuban fans cheer during the game in Havana, Cuba. It's the first game featuring an MLB team in Cuba since the Baltimore Orioles played in the country in 1999. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Former baseball player, hall-of-famer Dave Winfield takes his seat for the game. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

President Barack Obama speaks with Rachel Robinson, the widow of hall of fame baseball player Jackie Robinson, before the game. (Stephen Crowley/The New York Times)

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry attends the game. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

U.S. Rep Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) attends the game. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

The Tampa Bay Rays' Evan Longoria (left) with baseball great Luis Tiant (middle) and Pedro Lazo after the ceremonial first pitch. (Al Diaz/Miami Herald/TNS)

Tampa Bay's bats are ready. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

The Tampa Bay Rays' Dayron Varona, who defected from Cuba in 2013, runs off the field in the first inning after an at-bat. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Members of the Tampa Bay Rays carry children and flowers before an exhibition baseball game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cuban National team at the Estadio Latinoamericano, Tuesday, March 22, 2016, in Havana, Cuba, that President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro attended.

President Obama, Cuban President Raul Castro and members of the first family pause during a moment of silence before the start of an exhibition baseball game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cuban National team at the Estadio Latinoamericano, Tuesday, March 22, 2016, in Havana, Cuba.

Tampa Bay Rays Steve Pearce dives safely into third base. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

People sit in stands marked with the slogan, "Sport, a conquest of the revolution," as they await the start of the l game. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro greet players from the Tampa Bay Rays before an exposition game between the Cuban national team and the Major League Baseball at the Estado Latinoamericano March 22, 2016 in Havana, Cuba. This is the first time a sittng president has visited Cuba in 88 years.

U.S. President Barack Obama (L) and Cuban President Raul Castro arrive for an exposition game between the Cuban national team and the Major League Baseball team Tampa Bay Devil Rays at the Estado Latinoamericano March 22, 2016 in Havana, Cuba. This is the first time a sittng president has visited Cuba in 88 years.

Jorge Luis applies a vinyl decal along the padding of the dugout at Estadio Latinoamericano in Havana, Cuba, Monday, March 21, 2016, as preparations take place before the Tampa Bay Rays play Cuba's national team Tuesday.

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Tampa Bay Rays players stand with children as they are introduced before the start of their game against the Cuban national team at the Estado Latinoamericano March 22, 2016 in Havana, Cuba. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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