Juan Guzmán, Pedro Julio Astacio, Ramón Martínez, three successful Dominican Major League baseball players surprised Dodgers scout Elvio Jiménez with a brand new Mitsubishi Montero jeep last Tuesday. The players engaged him in conversation and tricked him into accompanying them to the Quisqueya Ball Park parking lot. There they presented him with a brand new jeep, a gift of the threesome and Pedro Martínez in appreciation. Pedro Martínez, the Major League’s best pitcher in 1999, spoke with him by cellular and told Jiménez, "Elvio, you deserve that and more, enjoy the jeep and God bless you." Jiménez discovered the players and recommended that the Dodgers sign them. Jiménez said that the jeep is a first from successful players. He praised the foursome, saying they were in a class by themselves, for their simplicity and humbleness, virtues he said came from their family’s upbringing. Up to now, Jiménez was driving a 1987 Mazda.
