HAVANA — Fidel Castro thinks the Bush administration was wrong to prohibit Cuba from sending a team to next year's World Baseball Classic.

"He is very much a fool," the Cuban president said of Bush during the second day of regular sessions of the island's National Assembly.

The U.S. Treasury Department last week rejected the application for Cuba to play in the 16-team tournament scheduled for March 3-20, evidently because of concerns that Castro's government could enjoy financial gain by participating.

Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association, which are organizing the tournament, reapplied Thursday to the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control.

In an attempt to eliminate a major concern of the U.S. government, the Cuban Baseball Federation announced Thursday night that any money gained by the national team would be donated to Hurricane Katrina victims.

ST. LOUIS — Outfielder Juan Encarnacion and second baseman Junior Spivey agreed to contracts with the St. Louis Cardinals, two more parts of the team's offseason rebuilding.Encarnacion, who turns 30 in March, gets a $15 million, three-year deal. Spivey, 30, gets a $1.2 million, one-year contract. Both agreements are contingent on the players passing physicals.

PHOENIX — The Arizona Diamondbacks have been speaking with several clubs about trading slugger Troy Glaus in an attempt to strengthen their pitching and fill several holes in the infield, a person close to the team told The Associated Press.Arizona general manager Josh Burns said the team has spoken about Glaus with Toronto, which reportedly would give up for right-hander Miguel Batista, who won a World Series game for Arizona in 2001, and second baseman Orlando Hudson.

LONDON — A senior Olympic official says a misplaced vote might have helped London win the 2012 Olympics.Alex Gilady said a fellow International Olympic Committee member mistakenly voted for Paris rather than Madrid in July for the right to host the games. Another vote for Madrid might have stopped London from winning.In an earlier interview with Israeli Army Radio, Gilady said the unidentified delegate wanted to change his vote after apparently forgetting which city he chose. The delegate apparently was Lambis Nikolaou, president of the Greek Olympic Committee, who complained after the third round of voting he did not have time to register his choice, but his objection was dismissed and it was shown all votes had been cast.

BRISTOL, Conn. — Roy Jones Jr. and Bernard Hopkins have agreed to a March 11 fight, representatives of both fighters told ESPN.com.The fight would be a rematch of a 1993 bout, which Jones won by unanimous decision. The 12-round light heavyweight fight is scheduled to be shown on HBO pay-per-view, though no site has been selected.