The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum has honored Dominican baseball with a new permanent exhibit in Cooperstown, New York entitled ?Viva Baseball!<\/p>\n
The exhibit recognizes the Latin American impact on baseball through a celebration of Caribbean countries and players. The region has produced 29% of the players on Major League Baseball’s 2009 Opening Day rosters. <\/p>\n
Hall of Famers Orlando Cepeda of Puerto Rico and Juan Marichal of the Dominican Republic participated in the opening of the exhibit. <\/p>\n
Viva Baseball! features nearly 150 artifacts and a state-of-the-art multimedia presentation celebrating the Latin love affair with baseball that has spanned nearly 150 years of history. The exhibit focuses on the rich baseball traditions of the major baseball-playing areas of the region: Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Venezuela.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum has honored Dominican baseball with a new permanent exhibit in Cooperstown, New York entitled ?Viva Baseball! The exhibit recognizes the Latin American impact on baseball through a celebration of Caribbean countries and players. The region has produced 29% of the players on Major League Baseball’s 2009 Opening … <\/p>\n