Time For MLB To Play Hardball

ByCharles S. Farrell Volume II, Issue 16: A Publication For Your Reading Enjoyment Major League Baseball recently held its annual midsummer celebration of the game of hardball and, as usual, Dominicans were well represented on the All Star teams selected as the best of the best. The numbers are testament to the contribution the Dominican Republic has made to baseball, providing it with many of the top stars today. Dominicans In 2009 All-Star Festivities Albert Pujols Carlos Pena Nelson Cruz But amidst the All-Star hoopla, the dark side of Dominican baseball continues to fester. Around the same time baseball was celebrating in St. Louis, the Yankees were voiding the contract of a young Dominican prospect who lied about both his age and his identity, and no fewer than 10 Dominican Summer League players were suspended for using performance enhancing drugs. Even Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig took note of the age falsifications during an All-Star...