Key officers of Major League baseball will be in Santo Domingo next week for the signing of a baseball agreement with the Caribbean League that groups baseball league teams in the Caribbean. The Major Leagues will help modernize the winter baseball that is played in Venezuela, Mexico, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. It will make possible that Panama return to the Caribbean baseball league. Juan Francisco Puello Herrera, Baseball Commissioner for the Caribbean, said the agreement will be signed Tuesday, 21 at 5 pm at the Santo Domingo Meliá Hotel (former Sheraton). Puello explained that the agreement will bring about an overall improvement in the baseball played in the Caribbean. He also said that the Caribbean Series will be promoted to the North American public, making Caribbean baseball self-financing. This is the first time such a high level mission of Major League baseball visits the Dominican Republic. Coming for the event are: Paul Beeston, president and chief of operations of the Baseball Office of Major Leagues. Len Coleman, president of the National League. Gene Budig, president of the American League and provisional commissioner for the Major Leagues. Tim Brosman, chief of operations of the International Office of the Major Leagues. Bill Murray, executive director of the Commissioner’s Office. Roy Krasik, assistant to the executive director of the Commissioner’s Office. Miguel Rodríguez, Major League baseball office. The key officers of baseball in the Caribbean are also expected to attend the meetings, including Arturo León for Mexico, Carlos Cordigo Valerie, Venezuela; Elpidio Batista, Puerto Rico and Leonardo Matos Berrido for the Dominican Republic.
