The Rays have been received in Cuba the same way Channing Tatum would be greeted by a group of teenage girls.

All the photos out of Havana are incredible. (Check out the RaysInCuba hashtag, if you haven’t.) Some of the most-stunning images came from a scene Monday at the famed La Esquina Caliente in Parque Central, where baseball superfans gather and exchange hot takes.

Chris Archer, James Loney and Steven Souza Jr. dropped by the site, and onlookers swarmed them like bees on honey.

Everybody wants a piece of @ChrisArcher22 at La Esquina Caliente in Havana. pic.twitter.com/1WIB6FY5Bq

— Baseball Tonight (@BBTN) March 21, 2016

Amazing to see @ChrisArcher22 at the Hot Corner of Old Havana. #RaysUp #RaysinCuba @RaysBaseball pic.twitter.com/j8srSVQQiI

— Brian Richeson (@bricheson08) March 21, 2016

Joe can’t imagine what it must have been like to see this sight live. Simply amazing. If you need proof of how big this Rays visit must be for some Cuban baseball fans, this was the best example yet. The players were treated like rockstars in a mosh pit.

Joe admits parts of this trip evoke uneasy feelings. Dan Le Batard penned a quality column in the Miami Herald voicing his reservations about President Obama (and the Rays) helping to warm relations with an oppressive government that robbed its citizens and denied them civil rights. Those concerns are understood.

There are so, so many skeletons in Commy Cuba’s closet. Don’t kid yourself, an exhibition between Tampa Bay and the Cuban National Team won’t transport everyone to a fantasy land where everything will be peachy come tonight. Many steps remain on a path toward a different tomorrow.

Still, do yourself a favor and catch some of the action from Estadio Latinoamericano this afternoon at 1:50 p.m. So much about baseball can become a blur: the grind, the routine, the string of seemingly endless games. Much of it is forgettable.

This day will be worth remembering. Let the faces of Cuban baseball fans tell the story.