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International Pastime: Agent Smuggled Cubans to America

4/13/2007 5:45 PM ET By PostmanR

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"Seinfeld" has some off-the-wall storylines. You know, George wanting to be called "T-Bone", Mr. Pit getting addicted to Magic Eye, so on and so forth. Then there was the episode where Kramer smuggled in Cubans Dominicans to roll cigars for him.

Um, I just read this, and I can't help but think this guy totally pulled a Kramer here.
A sports agent was convicted Thursday of smuggling potential major league-caliber baseball players out of Cuba and harboring them in the United States for profit.

Gustavo "Gus" Dominguez, a co-founder of California-based Total Sports International Inc., was charged in October in what was thought to be the first indictment accusing a prominent sports agent of smuggling big-league baseball prospects out of Cuba.

The Cuban-born Dominguez, who has represented dozens of Cuban defectors and other major league players, denied any wrongdoing during his seven-day trial.
I can only assume these dudes worked at the Magic Pan for spending money.

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