The 26-year-long term of Leonardo Matos Berrido at the helm of the Dominican Professional Baseball League (Lidom) is coming to an end. After the top officials of the Licey Tigers and the Escogido Lions expressed opinions that the time was ready for a new president, Matos Berrido has handed in his resignation letter. “I say farewell with the satisfaction of duty fulfilled,” he wrote. “I hope that those that replace me can carry out what I have not been able to.”
A report in El Día says that he resigned knowing that he would not be able to again win the election scheduled for 11 July 2017. While originally the Licey and the Escogido supported his departure, latter the Gigantes del Cibao and the Estrellas would join the bid for a change, meaning Matos Berrido would have lost the election 4-2. A source told El Día that only the Aguilas Cibaeñas and the Toros del Este were firm on their vote for Matos Berrido.
There are several candidates for the position. Among these are lawyer Vitelio Mejía Ortíz, who is at present the vice president for legal affairs of Lidom; Jorge Dargam and Arturo Gil.
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El Dia
7 Dias
27 June 2017
