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Wednesday, April 13, 2005
Don't hold your breath for Morales
How imminent is Kendry Morales arrival in the US? How about a year? At least. I suppose that would qualify as "imminent" when you consider the overall age of the universe.
Morales, the 21-year-old slugger who signed a six-year deal with the Angels on Dec. 1 and has been stuck in the Dominican Republic since defecting last August, needs a Dominican passport to travel to the U.S., and he can't obtain a passport without gaining Dominican citizenship, a process Angel General Manager Bill Stoneman acknowledged "can take up to a year."
It usually takes two to three years to gain Dominican citizenship, but Morales, Major League Baseball officials in the Dominican and the Angels have been trying to expedite the process, asking Dominican President Leonel Fernandez to prepare a decree granting immediate citizenship.
But Fernandez is said to be fond of Cuban President Fidel Castro and might may not be eager to do anything to antagonize him or encourage more Cubans to defect, another possible roadblock to Morales' gaining immediate citizenship.
Damn dirty pinko commie bastards.
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