{"id":112113,"date":"2026-03-08T14:53:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T18:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/santiago-matias-historic-launch-and-dominican-unity-in-the-world-baseball-classic-2\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T14:53:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T18:53:12","slug":"santiago-matias-historic-launch-and-dominican-unity-in-the-world-baseball-classic-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/santiago-matias-historic-launch-and-dominican-unity-in-the-world-baseball-classic-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Santiago Mat\u00edas: Historic Launch and Dominican Unity in the World Baseball Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"Miami \u2013 The renowned businessman and CEO of Alofoke Media Group, Santiago Mat\u00edas, described his participation in the launch of the first ball in the match between the baseball teams of the Dominican Republic and the Netherlands as a significant milestone, during the World Baseball Classic held at LoanDepot Park.\n\nMat\u00edas, visibly moved, expressed his gratitude for being part of an event of such magnitude, highlighting the ability of these moments to bring together the Dominican community, both inside and outside their country.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>This 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.<\/p><cite>Santiago Mat\u00edas, CEO of Alofoke Media Group<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nThe content creator extended his gratitude to Major League Baseball and the event organizers for including Dominican figures in the pre-game ceremony, emphasizing the pride this generates in the Dominican diaspora.\n\nIn his statements, Mat\u00edas also reflected on the importance of unity among Dominicans, especially in the migratory context faced by the community in various parts of the world.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>This was the opportunity we needed to unite Dominicans under God&#8217;s blessing and our flag.<\/p><cite>Santiago Mat\u00edas, CEO of Alofoke Media Group<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nThe CEO of Alofoke Media Group emphasized that baseball continues to be a vital meeting point for the Dominican diaspora, where national pride is intensely manifested each time the national team competes.\n\nThe game is part of the World Baseball Classic, a tournament that brings together the world&#8217;s top national teams and attracts the attention of millions of fans, especially the Dominican community.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miami \u2013 The renowned businessman and CEO of Alofoke Media Group, Santiago Mat\u00edas, described his participation in the launch of the first ball in the match between the baseball teams of the Dominican Republic and the Netherlands as a significant milestone, during the World Baseball Classic held at LoanDepot Park. Mat\u00edas, visibly moved, expressed his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":112114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[88,1271,7576,5529],"class_list":{"0":"post-112113","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\/112113","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=112113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}