Cuban Conrado Marrero, Oldest Living MLB Player, Turns 102

Cuban baseball great Conrado Marrero, known as Connie Marrero, turned 102 Thursday, making him the oldest living Major League Baseball retiree. A pitcher for the Washington Senators -- now the Minnesota Twins -- Connie Marrero played from 1950 to 1954. He had a winning percentage of .600, the sixth highest for pitchers with more than 40 wins.

The Cuban native still resides in the island nation off the coast of Florida. Some of his ancestors hail from the Canary Island, a Spanish-owned archipelago off the western coast of Africa.

However, his Cuban residency has caused a number of roadblocks in official correspondence between Marrero and entities in the United States, such as the MLB. Since the Cuban embargo began following Fidel Castro's rise to the dictatorship of Cuba, tensions have been terse with the geographically proximate nation.

Major League Baseball was finally able to hand-deliver an owed sum of $20,000 for veterans from the 1950s through the 1970s. FOX News reported that without the $20K, other than what Connie Marrero already has in the bank, his Cuban pension is a measly $20 per month; a repercussion likely linked to living in the communist country. "Thanks to this, we can buy him peach juice, which is his favorite," Conrado Marrero's grandson Rogelio said.

Marrero still reportedly enjoys listening to baseball on the radio, as the super senior is mostly blind. He reportedly is a fan of the Cuban team Cienfuegos, who is at the top of the Cuban League as of Thursday.