Dominican Republic: Batter Up!

Written by Natalie Grant, USA, October 2011

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The Dominican Republic‘s first baseball league was founded in 1890, and although it wasn’t until 1956 that the first Dominican played in Major League Baseball (Osvaldo/Ozzie Virgil Sr. with the New York Giants, for sports fans), over four hundred players in MLB have come from the country since then. The Dominican Summer League, a Rookie Academy for MLB, has often come under criticism for exploiting teenage Dominican players, but this has in no way quelled the nation’s passion for the sport – if anything it has made it stronger, since every MLB team has representation in the Dominican to keep an eye out for future stars.

Editor’s Note: This recommendation was taken from our Caribbean Things To Do blog. Visit the original post to continue reading the full post and to learn more about things to do in the Caribbean.

Photo courtesy of Parker Harrington via Wikimedia Commons.

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