Tony Peña, manager of the Aguilas Cibaeñas, winners of the Dominican Winter Baseball League, said that strong pitching staff will be the key element to the winning of the Caribbean Series. The Dominicans will vie for the championship from 4-10 February in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela. Pitching staff was reinforced with players from other Dominican teams. The Aguilas have won the Dominican league pennant 14 times, but the team has won the Caribbean title only once, last year. The game schedule that begins on Wednesday in Venezuela is as follows: Wednesday, 4 February, Puerto Rico-D.R. Thursday, 5 February, Mexico-Venezuela Friday, 6 February, Puerto Rico-Mexico; D.R.-Venezuela Saturday, 7 February, D.R.-Mexico; Venezuela-Puerto Rico Sunday, 8 February, D.R.-Puerto Rico, Venezuela-Mexico Monday, 9 February, Mexico-Puerto Rico, Venezuela-D.R. Tuesday, 10 February, Mexico-D.R., Puerto Rico-Venezuela Playing for the D.R. will be: Alberto Castillo, Melvin Rosario, Guillermo Garcia, Miguel Tejada, Alex Arias, Fernando Tatis, Nelfi Perez, Felix Fermín, Tony Batista, Luis Polonia, Micah Franklin, Patricio Claudio, José Guillén, Héctor Ramírez, Benito Báez, Todd Rizzo, Máximo de la Rosa, Julián Tavares, Carlos Pérez, José Cabrera, Efraín Valdes, Jesús Sánchez, Arturo Peña, José García, Fernando Hernández.
