{"id":112097,"date":"2026-03-08T12:50:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T16:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/santiago-matias-historic-launch-and-dominican-unity-in-the-world-baseball-classic\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T12:50:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T16:50:30","slug":"santiago-matias-historic-launch-and-dominican-unity-in-the-world-baseball-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/santiago-matias-historic-launch-and-dominican-unity-in-the-world-baseball-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Santiago Mat\u00edas: Historic Launch and Dominican Unity in the World Baseball Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Santiago Mat\u00edas stars in historic moment at the World Baseball Classic<\/h2>\n\nThe CEO of Alofoke Media Group, Santiago Mat\u00edas, lived an unforgettable moment when throwing the first pitch in the game between the Dominican Republic and the Netherlands in the World Baseball Classic.\n\nThe event, held at LoanDepot Park, marked a milestone in the entrepreneur&#8217;s career, who expressed his gratitude for the opportunity to participate on a stage of such magnitude.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>\u201cThis is a feeling of a historic moment. Only President Luis Abinader and I have had the honor of throwing the first pitch on this stage,\u201d expressed Mat\u00edas.<\/p>\n\n<cite>Santiago Mat\u00edas, CEO of Alofoke Media Group<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nMat\u00edas thanked Major League Baseball and the event organizers for including Dominican figures in the pre-game ceremony, highlighting the pride this generates in the Dominican community.\n\nFurthermore, Mat\u00edas highlighted the importance of unity among Dominicans, especially in the current migratory context.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>\u201cThis was the opportunity we needed to unite Dominicans under God&#8217;s blessing and our flag,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n\n<cite>Santiago Mat\u00edas, CEO of Alofoke Media Group<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nThe CEO of Alofoke Media Group also pointed out that baseball continues to be a key meeting point for the Dominican diaspora.\n\nThe game is part of the World Baseball Classic, a tournament that attracts the attention of millions of fans, especially from the Dominican community.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santiago Mat\u00edas stars in historic moment at the World Baseball Classic The CEO of Alofoke Media Group, Santiago Mat\u00edas, lived an unforgettable moment when throwing the first pitch in the game between the Dominican Republic and the Netherlands in the World Baseball Classic. The event, held at LoanDepot Park, marked a milestone in the entrepreneur&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":112098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[88,1271,7576,5529],"class_list":{"0":"post-112097","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-dominican-republic","10":"tag-santiago-matias","11":"tag-world-classic"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112097","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=112097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}