Seattle/Sports Diplomacy/Latin America

If I had a Google news alert set for the above, this would probably be the only story that ever popped up. Former Mariners pitcher Miguel Batista has been distributing M's baseball equipment and goods to needy Latin American communities. Interesting to see how he dismisses the Colombia/Venezuela intransingence as "just talking crap," which while maybe an oversimplification, is more or less the academic concensus. Read the story here