{"id":102651,"date":"2026-01-10T04:59:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T08:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/baseball-clinic-in-bani-230-children-from-10-provinces-receive-training\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T04:59:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T08:59:18","slug":"baseball-clinic-in-bani-230-children-from-10-provinces-receive-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/baseball-clinic-in-bani-230-children-from-10-provinces-receive-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Baseball Clinic in Ban\u00ed: 230 Children from 10 Provinces Receive Training"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Regional Baseball Clinic Boosts Young Talent in Ban\u00ed<\/h2>\n\n\nBan\u00ed, Peravia province \u2013 The Municipal Stadium of Ban\u00ed was the setting for an outstanding regional baseball clinic, designed for children aged 8 to 10 years old. This training event brought together 230 young prospects from various provinces of the country, marking a milestone in local sports development.\n\nThe initiative, which is part of a comprehensive program, was organized by the Dominican Baseball Federation (FEDOM), the management of the Dominican team heading to the World Baseball Classic, and Major League Baseball (MLB). The main objective is to positively impact new generations, instilling essential values, discipline, and the fundamentals of the game.\n\nThis clinic is the first of four similar ones that will be held in different regions of the country.\n\nThe activity, which took place at the Luis Mar\u00eda Herrera stadium under the sun, was attended by important figures from the sport, leaders, and baseball legends. They shared their experiences and knowledge with the young athletes of the region.\n\nDuring the day, the children participated in technical stations, game dynamics, and an exciting Home Run Derby, all in an environment of learning, motivation, and healthy coexistence.\n\nThe event was led by Juan N\u00fa\u00f1ez, president of the Dominican Baseball Federation (FEDOBE); Kelvin Cruz, Minister of Sports; Nelson Cruz, the general manager of the Dominican team for the 2026 World Baseball Classic. Miguel Matos, director of the MLB office in the Dominican Republic and Henry Gonz\u00e1lez, director of International Operations for MLB.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>\u201cWith this activity we fulfill one of the purposes of our federation,\u201d said Nu\u00f1ez. \u201cI thank all the coaches and presidents of associations in the region for responding to this call.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<cite>Juan Nu\u00f1ez, President of FEDOBE<\/cite>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nThe outstanding Banilejo baseball players Rafael Landestoy, Miguel Tejada, and Cristian Guzm\u00e1n offered their support to this training initiative.\n\nAlso present were Vitelio Mej\u00eda Ortiz, president of LIDOM; Luis Mej\u00eda Oviedo, president of Centro Caribe Sports, and Jos\u00e9 Monegro, president of the Organizing Committee of the XXV Central American and Caribbean Games Santo Domingo 2026, along with the official mascot Col\u00ed.\n\nThe upcoming regional clinics will be held on the following dates and locations:\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Friday 16th at the Tetelo Vargas Stadium in San Pedro de Macor\u00eds.<\/li>\n<li>Saturday, January 24th at the Micalo Berm\u00fadez stadium in Santiago.<\/li>\n<li>Thursday 29th at the Quisqueya stadium.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regional Baseball Clinic Boosts Young Talent in Ban\u00ed Ban\u00ed, Peravia province \u2013 The Municipal Stadium of Ban\u00ed was the setting for an outstanding regional baseball clinic, designed for children aged 8 to 10 years old. This training event brought together 230 young prospects from various provinces of the country, marking a milestone in local sports [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":102652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[8490,88,5075,999],"class_list":{"0":"post-102651","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-bani","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-children","11":"tag-clinic"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102651","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=102651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}