In the Dominican Republic, many young boys are eager to play baseball and dream of being a professional baseball player in the United States. Since Cuba brought this sport to the Dominican Republic, baseball has been considered most important thing for them. There are many reasons baseball became very popular and significant for their lives. Many Dominican baseball players have become succeed playing in Major League baseball (MLB) in the United States and earn much more money, which people can not earn in the Dominican Republic. On the other hand, young Dominican boys focus on playing only baseball instead of going to school to study. Also, there are baseball academies from every 30 MLB teams, which Dominicans boys want to go to process of
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Since Cuba was geography close to the Dominican Republic and both culture was similar, baseball was easy for Dominicans to adopt to play (Bjarkaman, 1994).
The first professional baseball was made in 1907. Both amateur and professional teams were developing in Santo Domingo. In around 1920, baseball was becoming more popular in Caribbean courtiers, so this era was the beginning of Caribbean competition. Dominican also identified the U.S as symbol of resistance in this era (Bjarkaman, 1994). From 1920, more Dominicans started playing in different Caribbean countries, such as Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Venezuela. Also, foreign players became more normal in Dominican baseball and Negro league players started coming to the Dominican Republic as well. Baseball was loved by Dominicans. On the other hand, there was no baseball relationship between the U.S and the Dominican Republic because of the racial segregation. In 1950s other Latino players started singing with major Leagues. Therefore, opportunities for Dominicans also became bigger and from the mid 195os, many Dominican players playing in major leagues increased in 1960s, then hundreds of Dominicans played in 1980s(Bjarkaman, …show more content…
When babies are born in the Dominican Republic, families put a baseball next to the baby (Bjarkaman, 1994). Many families in the Dominican Republic encourage children to play baseball. The other reason they play baseball is related to education system in the Dominican Republic as I mentioned. As a result, there is a lot of kids do not continue doing fundamental education rather than going to baseball field. Since the government spending on education is very low level in the world, ranked 139 out of 161 countries, many Dominican children spend only in baseball academies, where there is no education, instead of taking education at school (Hanlon. 2013). There are official and unofficial baseball academies, which influence on Dominican children to play baseball. There are 30 Major league academies, so there is an environment makes Dominicans feel that they can go to the U.S easily. Also, since Dominican baseball was poorly organized in the late 19th century, the U.S put effort to occupy and control Dominican baseball (Klein. 1995). As a result, MLB and MLB academies had big impact on Dominican
Since Cuba was geography close to the Dominican Republic and both culture was similar, baseball was easy for Dominicans to adopt to play (Bjarkaman, 1994).
The first professional baseball was made in 1907. Both amateur and professional teams were developing in Santo Domingo. In around 1920, baseball was becoming more popular in Caribbean courtiers, so this era was the beginning of Caribbean competition. Dominican also identified the U.S as symbol of resistance in this era (Bjarkaman, 1994). From 1920, more Dominicans started playing in different Caribbean countries, such as Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Venezuela. Also, foreign players became more normal in Dominican baseball and Negro league players started coming to the Dominican Republic as well. Baseball was loved by Dominicans. On the other hand, there was no baseball relationship between the U.S and the Dominican Republic because of the racial segregation. In 1950s other Latino players started singing with major Leagues. Therefore, opportunities for Dominicans also became bigger and from the mid 195os, many Dominican players playing in major leagues increased in 1960s, then hundreds of Dominicans played in 1980s(Bjarkaman, …show more content…
When babies are born in the Dominican Republic, families put a baseball next to the baby (Bjarkaman, 1994). Many families in the Dominican Republic encourage children to play baseball. The other reason they play baseball is related to education system in the Dominican Republic as I mentioned. As a result, there is a lot of kids do not continue doing fundamental education rather than going to baseball field. Since the government spending on education is very low level in the world, ranked 139 out of 161 countries, many Dominican children spend only in baseball academies, where there is no education, instead of taking education at school (Hanlon. 2013). There are official and unofficial baseball academies, which influence on Dominican children to play baseball. There are 30 Major league academies, so there is an environment makes Dominicans feel that they can go to the U.S easily. Also, since Dominican baseball was poorly organized in the late 19th century, the U.S put effort to occupy and control Dominican baseball (Klein. 1995). As a result, MLB and MLB academies had big impact on Dominican