Angels infielder Escobar passes test to become US citizen (Yahoo Sports)

More than a decade after his harrowing escape from Cuba, Los Angeles Angels third baseman Yunel Escobar has passed his naturalization test to become a U.S. citizen. ''The greatest thing that can happen to you is to be a citizen of this great country,'' Escobar said Sunday through a translator. Escobar fled Cuba in 2004 at age 21, leaving on a boat.