Baseball, he said, is part of the Dominican Republic’s religion. The Caribbean island of 11 million people has produced more baseball players than any country outside the United States.

Here's everything you need to know about the Dominican Republic vs. Puerto Rico All-Star baseball game and how to buy tickets.

As the Manhattan streets filled with Dominican pride for the big parade on Sunday, the Grand Marshal of the event and former ...

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Like so many children on this baseball-mad island, Fraidel Liriano wanted to sign with a Major League Baseball team and eventually play at the highest level.

World Baseball Classic: Four reasons why powerhouse Dominican Republic crashed out of WBC early The D.R. went 2-2 in pool play and a loss to Puerto Rico ended the squad's tournament on Wednesday ...

The Dominican Republic capping off its eight-game annihilation of the WBC with a 3-0 victory against Puerto Rico on Tuesday night wasn't simply the story of one country asserting itself over the ...

He alerted MLB and FBI officials of the very worst he saw in the Dominican Republic, most notably scouts and officials striking agreements with players as young as 12, only to leave them hanging ...

The Dominican Republic is 2-0, Team USA and Colombia 1-1, Canada 0-2. A tiebreaker, starting with fewest runs allowed, would be required if three teams finished 2-1 or 1-2.

Baseball's roots in the Dominican Republic date back to the 1870s, when sugar plantations dominated the Caribbean, according to cultural anthropologist Andrew Mitchel, who has studied the island's ...

The star-studded Dominican Republic squad will be out for vengeance, too. After reaching the WBC final for the first time in 2013 and winning it all, the D.R. failed to defend its title in 2017.