The Dominican Republic is getting lots of free good press thanks to its award-winning baseball players. As noted in the Listin Diario today, Dominicans have won the Most Valuable Player awards in the National and American league playoffs (Albert Pujols and David Ortiz), the Major League Home Run Derby of the All Star Games (Miguel Tejada), in addition to the coveted The Most Voted and Most Value Player of the All Stars Game awards (Alfonso Soriano). Dominican players are also contenders for the Cy Young, Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player of the Major League awards.
Dominicans David Ortiz, Manny Ramirez and Pedro Martinez for the Boston Red Sox and Albert Pujols for the St. Louis Cardinals are stars in the Major League championship series that continues today as the series moves on to St. Louis Busch Stadium with the Cardinals down, 2-0 versus Boston.
To follow the action of Dominicans in the Major League championship games, see http://www.mlb.com