. >> reporter: roscoe bryant knows there's a lot that separates the u.s. and cuba. but in baseball, there's common ground. >> it's one big brotherhood. the cubans are passionate about their baseball. we here in the bay area are passionate about ours. >> reporter: that's why his youth team, the oakland royals, became the subject of a documentary. when they got special permission to travel to cuba and play baseball with the teams there. >> home run in cuban is home run. pitcher is peacher. >> they were pretty damn good. they were pretty special what they did. >> reporter: the end of trade restrictions will mean big changes in cuba. the oakland royals hope kid's baseball doesn't get swept up in those changes. coaching kids in cuba doesn't pay very well. the tourism industry just might. how are you going to keep a coach like nicholas coaching for $14 a month when a doorman can make $200 a week? the royals hope the love of the game keeps the teams going and they can't wait to play them again, maybe here in oakland. ♪ and the home of the brave in oakland, jonathan bloom,