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Estadio Quisqueya, home to two Dominican Professional Baseball League teams in Santo Domingo Christopher Gregory-Rivera for ProPublica Major League Baseball teams sign more players from the Dominican Republic each year than any nation besides the U. S. Almost every neighborhood is home to a baseball field where kids as young as 4 begin learning to play. In our months of reporting, we’ve rarely come across anyone in the Dominican who doesn’t have some connection to the sport: a sibling or uncle or son who aspires to be a professional player, or who once did. As beloved and important as baseball is in the Dominican, industry practices can hurt young players and their families.