Browsing W&L Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program by Subject "Dominican Republic"

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    • The Dominican Republic Major League Baseball Academies: Facilities of Opportunity 

      Rollo, Emily Katherine
      Nearly 30% of all Major League Baseball players today are from Latin America, and with the exception of the United States, the Dominican Republic is the most represented on all MLB rosters. The recent significant increase ...

    • Rethinking Baseball in the Dominican Republic 

      Ostrom, Reid A.
      This paper examines how the sport of baseball mediates the relationship between the United States and Dominican Republic. In part based on Walter Mignolo's idea of “decolonial thinking,” which undoes the power structures ...