Can a baseball game improve U.S.-Cuba relations? RELATED VIDEO CNN's Bruce Morton takes a historical look at the times when sports has transcended politics Windows Media 28K 80K  ALSO Baseball MLB - Protesters rally in Baltimore against Cuba game

(CNN) -- From Ping-Pong with the Chinese in the 1970s to baseball with the Cubans in the 1990s, sport has often served as a bridge between the United States and countries with whom it has a prickly relationship.

As the Cuban All-Stars meet the Orioles in the United States, Correspondent Bruce Morton takes a look at the phenomenon of diplomacy through sport.

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