2001News

Preventing the signing of underage ball players

The Commissioner of Major League Baseball in the Dominican Republic Rafael Oscar Perez signed an agreement with the Junta Central Electoral to verify birth certificates of Major League baseball recruits. The agreement seeks to prevent talented but underage baseball players from using false birth certificates to get signed by Major League Baseball teams. Manuel Ramón Morel Cerda signed for the Junta Central Electoral, which issues identity cards in the DR to all those over 16 years.