DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

If you want a cap representing any of the six teams of the Dominican Professional Baseball League (Lidom) teams, you can get it in Washington Heights at the Peligro Sports physical or online stores. They have the baseball merchandise for the Tigres del Licey, Leones del Escogido, Aguilas Cibaeñas, Estrellas Orientales, Toros del Este and Gigantes del Cibao.

The NY Times story explains about how the Dominican Lidom tournament takes place in the late fall and winter, nestled between the final out of the World Series and pitchers and catchers reporting for MLB spring training and is followed by hundreds of thousands of expat Dominicans. New York is the second largest Dominican city anywhere.

NYTimes reports that Jose Matias, the owner of the shop, arrived in Washington Heights from his hometown of La Vega, Dominican Republic in 1989, bringing with him his love of...