The Dominican Baseball Team will face Venezuela and the Netherlands in search of their first trip to the Olympic Games since Barcelona 1992
The Dominican Republic is recognized as one of the largest producers of baseball talent in the Big leagues. The quantity and quality of figures that the Caribbean country has produced for MLB since 1956, when the first Dominican arrived in professional baseball from the USA has left an indelible mark on the history of the sport of bat and ball.
The Dominicans have already demonstrated their ability in international tournaments. Undefeated champions of the World Baseball Classic and top winners of the Caribbean Series With its 21 crowns, the country has demonstrated the quality of its human material, not only at the level of Big leagues, but in some of the most relevant sports competitions at an international level.
The olympic playoff is the next big event that could re-name the Dominican Republic in the elite of international baseball. The historical importance of having the possibility of competing for an Olympic spot and the dream of returning to the games for the first time in almost 30 years, put the country in a privileged position to which few have access.
The challenge will not be easy, Venezuela Y Netherlands They are two careful opponents, who have earned their place in the playoffs on their own merit and without being given any kind of opportunity. Dominicans and Venezuelans have a competitive relationship that is revealed year after year in the Caribbean Series and in own MLB. The rivalry between the Caribbeans and the Netherlands is less prolonged historically, but has had a significant weight, especially since Holland disqualify the Dominicans in the World Baseball Classic 2009.
That is why despite all the difficulties that the Dominicans have faced from the formation of the team to the trip to Mexico, the matches played on the road, the victories, the defeat against USA in the pre-Olympic, as well as the bad role that was performed during the tournament Premier 12 In 2019, the time has come for the national team to once again demonstrate its status as a world baseball powerhouse.
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