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Meet Puerto Rico Responds to MLB Cancellation ( http://www.meetingstoday.com/NewsEvents/IndustryNews/IndustryNewsDetails/tabid/138/RegionID/2433/ArticleID/28322/Default.aspx?topic=903,644 )

A planned two-game series between the Miami Marlins
and the Pittsburgh Pirates scheduled for Puerto Rico was
relocated to Miami, after players from both teams raised concerns
about the Zika virus.

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