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    The Onion‏Verified account @TheOnion 30 May 2017

    Cuban Immigrant Can’t Believe He Risked Life Coming To America To Play For AA Birmingham Barons http://trib.al/bGFb7g0 pic.twitter.com/BKPK6iqFIQ

    2:55 PM - 30 May 2017
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      2. vagrantcow‏ @vagrantcow 30 May 2017
        Replying to @TheOnion

        .@BitterOldPunk the :-)

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      3. BitterOldPunk‏ @BitterOldPunk 30 May 2017
        Replying to @vagrantcow

        LOL! (There were more than 8,000 ppl at a Barons home game last week - they're a big deal here. I have the hat to prove it, too.)

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      1. Chris Wagner‏ @ChrisWagner8 30 May 2017
        Replying to @TheOnion

        Tell him it was a good path for a guy named Willie Mays.

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      1. Aaron Rusnak‏ @aaron_rusnak 30 May 2017
        Replying to @TheOnion

        Impressive they got the organization right @barstoolWSD

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      1. Henry‏ @thehardlyboy11 30 May 2017
        Replying to @TheOnion

        @c_cat12

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      2. Bob Barkerr‏ @realBobBarkerr 30 May 2017
        Replying to @TheOnion

        Yea making 75k+ in America really sucks compared to being poor in Cuba

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      3. Mr. Malala (malala husband)‏ @swimmer_gay 30 May 2017
        Replying to @realBobBarkerr @TheOnion

        lol, minor league ball players don't make that much, also communism is good

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      4. Bob Barkerr‏ @realBobBarkerr 30 May 2017
        Replying to @swimmer_gay @TheOnion

        Yes they do

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      5. WillT‏ @GladVuerreroJR 30 May 2017
        Replying to @realBobBarkerr

        They absolutely do not make 75K a year to play in AA. This is well known. C'mon.

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      6. Bob Barkerr‏ @realBobBarkerr 30 May 2017
        Replying to @GladVuerreroJR

        Yes they do. Especially a Cuba defect 20th round picks don't which is the majority of double a so that skews your view

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      7. WillT‏ @GladVuerreroJR 30 May 2017
        Replying to @realBobBarkerr

        The vast majority of minor league plyrs make $1700-$2,500 a mth, depending on service time. The players you refer to are in the minority.

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      8. Bob Barkerr‏ @realBobBarkerr 30 May 2017
        Replying to @GladVuerreroJR

        I know guys that made well over that and never made it above single

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      2. Manuel Luciano‏ @control325 30 May 2017
        Replying to @TheOnion

        @JLMendoza_ cuanta falta de humildad.

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      3. José Luis Mendoza‏ @JLMendoza_ 30 May 2017
        Replying to @control325 @TheOnion

        Que ponga una demanda...

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      4. Manuel Luciano‏ @control325 30 May 2017
        Replying to @JLMendoza_ @TheOnion

        Aparentemente cree que las papeletas de un dólar ruedan por los contenes.

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      1. jarek jest rekinem‏ @jarekyashu 5 Jun 2017
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        @fourfeeterkurwa

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      1. Derek Budde‏ @DBudde22 30 May 2017
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        @hendoo12 😂👌

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      2. Deuteronomy Jones‏ @Ol_Deuter 30 May 2017
        Replying to @TheOnion

        He'd actually love Birmingham. He'd be hanging out at Kool Korner eating Cuban sandwiches with Mr. Ildefonso Ramirez

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      3. Deuteronomy Jones‏ @Ol_Deuter 30 May 2017
        Replying to @Ol_Deuter @TheOnion

        pic.twitter.com/kwWJxXMcHt

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