{"id":100392,"date":"2026-01-03T04:58:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T08:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/chosen-honors-quisqueya-maintenance-team-for-their-work-3\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T04:58:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T08:58:19","slug":"chosen-honors-quisqueya-maintenance-team-for-their-work-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/chosen-honors-quisqueya-maintenance-team-for-their-work-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Chosen Honors Quisqueya Maintenance Team for Their Work"},"content":{"rendered":"Santo Domingo \u2013 Los Leones del Escogido paid a well-deserved tribute to the field maintenance staff of the Quisqueya Juan Marichal Stadium this Tuesday, before their game against the Gigantes del Cibao.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recognition to the Diamond Heroes<\/h2>\n\n\nThe act highlighted the dedication and hard work of this group, essential to keep the field in optimal conditions. Since the arrival of Vitelio Mej\u00eda to the presidency of the Dominican Republic Professional Baseball League (LIDOM) in 2017, the work of the maintenance staff has been fundamental.\n\nDuring the regular season, the team proved its worth by conditioning the field on multiple occasions, overcoming the challenges presented by storm Melissa. A notable example was the game between the Leones del Escogido and the Estrellas Orientales, last October 20th, which was able to be held thanks to their effort.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The maintenance staff is crucial to the baseball spectacle.<\/p><cite>Statement from a member of the Escogido Lions<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nJeudy Paula Capell\u00e1n, in charge of maintenance, threw the first ball, accompanied by his colleagues Oscar Guti\u00e9rrez, Concepci\u00f3n Rosario, Joscar Pineda, Juan Paulino, Marino Parra, Francisco N\u00fa\u00f1ez, Edwin Lara, Jonathan Vera, Daniel Feliciano, Jos\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez and Yon Rosario.\n\nThe ceremony was attended by the president of LIDOM, the general manager of the Leones, Carlos Pe\u00f1a, and the scarlet legend Wilkin Castillo.\n\nIn addition to recognition, the team received financial compensation as a token of appreciation for their contribution to Dominican baseball.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo \u2013 Los Leones del Escogido paid a well-deserved tribute to the field maintenance staff of the Quisqueya Juan Marichal Stadium this Tuesday, before their game against the Gigantes del Cibao. Recognition to the Diamond Heroes The act highlighted the dedication and hard work of this group, essential to keep the field in optimal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":100393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[88,1279,11186,1296],"class_list":{"0":"post-100392","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-lidom","10":"tag-maintenance","11":"tag-stadium"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}