#andy-pages

#andy-pages

Just 90 miles of open ocean separate Andy Pages' boyhood home in Mantua, Cuba, from the southern tip of the Florida Keys. Yet the short distance between those two points is unbridgeable. Politics has separated Cuba and the U.S. for most of the last 65 years, the last vestiges of a Cold War policy that has divided families and hurt people on both sides of the Straits of Florida far more than it has punished the Cuban government.

But both stepped up when they were needed most Thursday, with Edman singling to start the game-winning rally and Pages' soft comebacker to the mound starting the strange play that gave the Dodgers a 2-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 4 of the National League Division Series. The victory sends the team on to next week's NL Championship Series against the Chicago Cubs or Milwaukee Brewers.

Dave Roberts believes that showing faith in a young player like Andy Pages can boost their confidence and performance, critical in their development.'