The XXXIV Caribbean Baseball Series is a veritable big-leaguers’ fiesta. Oakland As Miguel Tejada, winner of the Most Valuable Player of the American League in 2002, David Ortiz (Boston Red Sox), Luis Castillo (Florida Marlins), and Rafael Furcal (Atlanta Braves) led the big-name Dominican players. Also playing is Venezuela’s Jose Miguel Cabrera, fourth bat for the Florida Marlins in the 2003 World Series, and Francisco Rodriguez, who was key to the Anaheim Angels winning the 2002 World Series. Also on hand was Magglio Ordonez, who plays with the Chicago White Sox and has batted a .300 average for the past six of seven years. For its part, Puerto Rico has produced Carlos Baerga, a former Major League superstar with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Leonardo Matos Berrido, in an interview with Diario Libre, highlighted that this is one of the best Caribbean Series ever. “What is most important in this series is the quality of the players on each team and the balance among competitors,” he said.