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Apr 24, 2024 | latinobaseball.com | Latino Baseball |Robert Dominguez |Beto Villa

The day Michael Pineda got into a sticky situationThe Yankees waited a long time to reap the fruits of their controversial 2012 trade for pitcher Michael Pineda, and when the strapping, 6’7” righty finally made his Yankee debut two years later after a raft of injuries, it looked like New York had itself a future ace in the making. That is, until Pineda got caught with his hand – and neck – in the pine tar jar.

Apr 24, 2024 | latinobaseball.com | Latino Baseball |Robert Dominguez |Beto Villa

PICTORIAL: Baseball in the Dominican Republican has a long and proud history The influx of players from the Dominican Republic in recent years has certainly changed the face of the Major Leagues, but professional ball goes back more than 100 years in the baseball-crazy country.

Apr 24, 2024 | latinobaseball.com | Beto Villa |Latino Baseball |Robert Dominguez

Dominican domination: D.R.’s Toros del Este are 2020 Caribbean Series championsBy Robert Dominguez The Dominican Republic added to its status as the Yankees of the Caribbean Series — with a little positive mojo from Red Sox icon Big Papi — by winning its 20th title in the tournament’s 62-year history with a dominating 9-3 victory over Venezuela.

Apr 23, 2024 | latinobaseball.com | Beto Villa

MLB’s Latino players since 1900To look at a Major League roster these days is to witness how far Latinos have come since the start of the 20th century, when only a handful of players (mostly white Cubans) were in the bigs. Now, nearly 30% were either born in Latin America or have Hispanic backgrounds. Here's a list, by country, of all Latino players since 1900 — 1,928 through the 2019 season.