MLB games to show plight of Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico is about to host its most significant sporting events since hurricane Maria ravaged the islands seven months ago. Major League Baseball returns Tuesday to San Juan, with the Cleveland Indians and Minnesota Twins opening a two-game series that many hope will remind the rest of the world recovery is far from over. “I hate to say it, but this is a great platform so people can see the reality,” Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora, a native Puerto Rican, said. Blue tarps still cover countless damaged roofs. Many electronic signs along major highways aren’t working and traffic lights remain out even in some of San Juan’s more upscale areas. In Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands alone, Maria is estimated to have caused up to US$115 billion in damage.