Jose Abreu returns to Cuba with fellow MLB stars

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Jose Abreu was one of four Cuban-born baseball players to return to the island Tuesday as part of MLB's plan to smooth over relations with the country.

It's the first MLB-related trip since 1999, as Abreu, who was born in Cruces, joined Yasiel Puig, Brayan Pena and Alexei Ramirez on the three-day mission that MLB's executive VP of baseball operations Joe Torre said players working one-on-one with kids in baseball clinics has been instrumental.

"Watching Jose Abreu, he's got a quiet dignity about him. Amd when you see him so giving with fans and youngsters is the fact that he understands the responsibility part of being someone famous," Torre said. He appreciates the adulation and yet he's one of the people. And to make you can't teach that; that has to come from within."

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It's Abreu's first time back in the country since he defected 28 months ago.

See the rest of our Sierra Santos' report from Cuba in the video above,.

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