CLICK ON THE TEAM MEMBER TO VIEW THEIR BIO (Pics are there but still under construction) A youth baseball team from Humboldt County, California has been invited to play ball in Cuba.  The Lost Coast Pirates, a   team of ten-to-twelve-year-old boys, will caravan through Cuba from July 22 through 29 playing games with three Cuban teams at their hometowns along the tour. The invitation was extended to the Pirates through the international organization Pastors For Peace, and the local Veterans for Peace of Garberville, California, as part of their annual humanitarian mission to Cuba.  The Pirates' interest in the mission dates back to 1998, when the team collected good used baseball equipment and sent it to Cuba with the Pastors for Peace mission of that year.  The Pirates included a team photo and a letter describing the small communities in which they live, in the remote mountains of the "Lost Coast" of California.  They signed off with the wish that, one day, they might share a game with their counterparts in Cuba. The invitation to accompany Pastors for Peace to play baseball in Cuba was a joyous surprise to the team, and was met with enthusiastic and unanimous support by their parents.  While the grown-ups work out the logistics, the boys of the Lost Coast Pirates have only one thing to say: "¡Juguemos a béisbol con nuestros amigos cubanos!" "Let's play baseball with our Cuban friends!" The team has already met part of the expense for the trip, but additional support is needed.  If you would like to help, send your tax-deductible donation to:  Baseball Diplomacy, p.o. box 84, Whitethorn, CA  95589, or deposit directly into the Baseball Diplomacy account at the Community Credit Union of Southern Humboldt, account #9346.