With a special dedication to Hall of Famer Juan Marichal on the 25th anniversary of his election to Cooperstown, an exhibit titled "See you at the Park! Baseball and Culture in the Dominican Republic" officially opened Friday in the Centro Le?n museum.
Centro Le?n's general director Rafael Emilio Yun?n described the exhibit as a journey through the history and organization of baseball in the Dominican Republic and a look at how the native population has adopted the sport as one of its most signature cultural expressions.
Baseball, said Yunen, is more than a game in the Dominican and has become a vital element in daily life on the island which was the impetus for putting together the exhibition.
Also on hand for the event was Dale Petroskey, President of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, and Rub Ruck, a professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh who has written several books on Dominican and Caribbean baseball and helped with the creation of the exhibit.
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