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Posted on: January 30th, 2008
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Tags: Baseball, Dominican Republic, Film, film festival, sammy sosa
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Major League Baseball fans know the Pedro Martinez or Sammy Sosa story well. A young Dominican ballplayer claws his way through the minor league hierarchy, eventually finding his way to fame, fortune, and hero status. Baseball is so pervasive in the Dominican Republic, how could a young ballplayer not dream of finding his way to the hallowed grounds of Wrigley Field or Yankee Stadium?
But for every Big Papi, there are hundreds of thousands of young dreamers who never reach the top, either by lack of ability or shifting priorities. Scores of young Dominicans who come to cities across America with stars in their eyes struggle to fit in to new cultures. They are far more likely to end up living paycheck to paycheck in Washington Heights, Jamaica Plain or Hialeah than collecting a Major League pension.”*
*From: http://mlb.mlb.com
Traducido: usando Google o Altavista/Babel Fish
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