The Dominican Baseball National Team will play its first game in almost three weeks, which they must use to get into the rhythm and make the place adjustments for the Olympic playoffs.
Dominican Republic is found in Mexico ready to start the Olympic repechage tournament in search of the last qualifying position at Tokyo Olympics in baseball. In the last step before Olympic Games, the Caribbean country will have to face two difficult rivals in the national teams of Venezuela Y Netherlands.
However, before the start of the Olympic playoffs, Dominican Republic will face the Mexico Baseball Team, which already has its place for the Olympic commitment that will be held in Tokyo along with selections from Israel, South Korea, USA and the hosts of the event, Japan. For the Mexicans, the game serves as part of the beginning of their preparation, for the Dominicans, a much-needed opportunity to get into the rhythm of the game.
Presenting our line-up today. #UpRD🇩🇴 #RoadToTokyo pic.twitter.com/5z9uuGwTL8
– ProbeisbolRD (@probeisbolrd) June 19, 2021
This is due, in the first order, to the fact that the Dominicans reach the Olympic playoffs with a different team than the one that participated in the pre-Olympic of the Americas at the beginning of the month. Figures like José Bautista, Raúl Valdés, Luis Liberato and José “Jumbo” Díaz, which played an important role in said tournament, will not repeat, so that several of the players who have been incorporated have more time playing outside the manager’s mandate Hector Borg.
Second, the Dominican Republic he will play against two solid teams. Venezuela It was one of the teams that the country faced in the pre-Olympic “super round” and although it could easily dominate them in that match, Venezuelans are always a tough nut to crack. In the case of Netherlands (Holland), the country has a history with them, since this team, which will be made up of players from the islands that make up territories of the European country, eliminated them in a World Baseball Classic, so there is a certain level of revenge in each confrontation between the two countries.
Defined our team for the last Olympic Qualifier. Let’s go for the ticket to Tokyo! #UpRD🇩🇴 #RoadToTokyo pic.twitter.com/toenJNyAss
– ProbeisbolRD (@probeisbolrd) June 18, 2021
Given what is at stake and the difficulty it represents for Dominican RepublicAs a country seeking its first representation in baseball during the Olympic Games in almost thirty years (the only experience was during Barcelona 1992), expectations could not be higher. The match against MexicoAlthough friendly, it can lay the groundwork for what the team will demonstrate against its rivals during the Olympic playoffs.
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