Today will be a day of intense baseball action in the Dominican Republic. While fans gear up to root for their favorite team in the World Series that begins tomorrow night in Boston, tens of thousands of baseball enthusiasts will fill the local stadiums tonight as the Winter Baseball League gets underway. The six-team league will feature current Major League players and many, many future stars. Licey, Aguilas, Escogido, Azucareros, Estrellas and Gigantes at 8pm this evening as the fifty-first edition of Dominican professional baseball gets underway. The Tigres of Licey and the Aguilas del Cibao have each won 19 tournaments, while the Leones of Escogido have won 12 times, the Estrellas Orientals just twice, the Azucareros once and the Gigantes, the newest team, came close last year but finished second. Tonight’s games will take place in Santo Domingo’s Quisqueya Stadium, in San Francisco de Macoris’ Julian Javier Stadium and in the Tetelo Vargas Stadium in San Pedro de Macoris.