So this year’s standings are as follows with two teams tied
for second place.
Dom. Rep. 4 2 .667 -
Puerto Rico 3 3 .500 –
Venezuela 3 3 .500 –
Mexico 2 4 .333
Last year’s champions, Mexico, came last with a 2-4 record
beating only Puerto Rico and Venezuela for its two wins. Venezuela who began
with a 0-3 record won 3 straight to come up with a .500 record. Both Venezuela
and Puerto Rico wrested a victory from the Dominican Republic (4-2).
As noted in my earlier blog, Panama, Nicaragua and possibly
Columbia would be participants if it were not for economic woes that keep them
from competing and participating Caribbean Series.
Puerto Rico had a similar scenario when its winter baseball
was suspended in 2007. The formally named "Professional Baseball League of
Puerto Rico" (Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico) started with 6
teams in its inception. Now they only have 4.
So, it appears that democracy and capitalism falls short for
some countries in having competitive baseball in their winter baseball seasons
(winter-cold for us in the States, that is). The Dominican Republic, deemed as
a “poor” Caribbean nation does not show the same deficiency as the other
countries cited above given the possible correlation of how MLB has set up baseball
academies (farms) that churn out a large number of major league baseball
players over the years.
So now there is talk of Cuba’s possible comeback into the
Caribbean Series, and putting into context some of the above elements of the
issues mentioned above would be food for thought – con comida criolla, that is.
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