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Major league baseball. there's a dark side of the mlb that most people don't know about -- how these cuban players got here. over the past few years, federal investigators have uncovered a vast and vicious human trafficking network. one that supplies the mlb with its cuban talent. federal prosecutors say lots of these cuban players came in this way, include something big names like jose abreu. they're lucky to be alive. at least six smugglers have pleaded guilty or been convicted. this is how they describe it -- it starts in cuba where players sneak on to a smuggler's boat. the criminals could...

>> reporter: an emotional end to this year's baseball draft, the d'backs picking cory hahn in the 45th round. a young man who hasn't played baseball in years. >> it was a very emotional selection for us to make. with ray montgomery and his staff to come up with the idea and presented it to me. it was a no-brainer. >> reporter: hahn was a top prospect when he passed on the pros to go to college. in only his third game for the asu sun devils, a freak accident ended his career. one moment he was sliding head-first into second. the next he would be paralyzed for life. we spoke to cory by phone fro...

League baseball star is, putting harrisburg on the map and just maybe on the road to recovery. steven strasburg is arguably the most talented pitching prospect of all time according to sports columnists. >> feature major leaguer. >> the 21-year-old is the first overall pick in the 2009 baseball draft by the washington nationals with a fast ball clocked as as high as 102 miles per hour. >> they say he comes around once in a lifetime. >> it seems to be a win-win for the owner of the harrisburg senators, the city, and fans, of course. >> knowing that he was a pick in the draft for the nationals a...