Venezuela's baseball team mourns loss of Chavez
Venezuela's baseball team was taking pregame batting practice when players heard the news that president Hugo Chavez had died.
"He was a baseball man," manager Luis Sojo said after a 6-5 loss to the Miami Marlins in a warm up game for the World Baseball Classic. "At the World Baseball Classic in 2006 and 2009, the first call in the morning was his. And after the game, he used to call me, too. It's a very sad moment for our country. We wish the best to his family, we know they are going through a tough time right now." (AP)
