A friend is curious about the DR's strength in the area of baseball, calling it "disproportionate to its size, etc." Wonder what explains that?, he asks and inquires as to where to read more about it.
He speculates it could be a dream machine for thousands of kids that once it gets going...
Could there be parallels to the DR in general. That baseball has succeeded because the resources and not obstacles were there to develop the innate talent of the Dominicans? The channels were open, Dominicans saw the opportunity and took it. The obstacles were less, for instance the government did not tax the earnings, for instance, and on the contrary has encouraged the academies.
In other areas, for instance, tourism succeeded in its first years because the government did not get involved, ditto free zones.
Could a parallel be made that if Dominicans are given minimum resources there is a better to not chance they will succeed and out best others because they have this innate competitiveness and instinct to survive instilled in them?
The questions remain... why have Dominicans done so well, out of proportion for the size of the island, in baseball?
He speculates it could be a dream machine for thousands of kids that once it gets going...
Could there be parallels to the DR in general. That baseball has succeeded because the resources and not obstacles were there to develop the innate talent of the Dominicans? The channels were open, Dominicans saw the opportunity and took it. The obstacles were less, for instance the government did not tax the earnings, for instance, and on the contrary has encouraged the academies.
In other areas, for instance, tourism succeeded in its first years because the government did not get involved, ditto free zones.
Could a parallel be made that if Dominicans are given minimum resources there is a better to not chance they will succeed and out best others because they have this innate competitiveness and instinct to survive instilled in them?
The questions remain... why have Dominicans done so well, out of proportion for the size of the island, in baseball?