{"id":113411,"date":"2026-03-13T19:38:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T23:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/dominican-republic-vs-korea-capital-city-fans-are-thrilled-with-the-world-baseball-classic\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T19:38:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T23:38:33","slug":"dominican-republic-vs-korea-capital-city-fans-are-thrilled-with-the-world-baseball-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/dominican-republic-vs-korea-capital-city-fans-are-thrilled-with-the-world-baseball-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominican Republic vs. Korea: Capital city fans are thrilled with the World Baseball Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"Santo Domingo \u2013 The World Baseball Classic fever is being intensely felt in the Dominican Republic, with fans on fire ahead of the match between the Dominican team and South Korea.\n\nDuring a tour of various areas of the capital, the passion that this sporting event awakens was noted. Neighbors and friends gathered in front of televisions in shops, sidewalks, and small businesses, creating an atmosphere of camaraderie and celebration.\n\nThe enthusiasm was palpable in the air, with each play generating reactions and comments. The typical opinions and jokes of the baseball atmosphere were not long in coming.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;In Korea, what is eaten is dog&#8230; I don&#8217;t eat dog, I&#8217;m going for Dominican,&#8221; expressed a fan, sharing his support for the team.<\/p><cite>Fan<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nThe energy of the Dominican team was also a recurring theme among the fans.\n\n&#8220;Dominican champion. The good vibes in that team&#8230; we are champions,&#8221; said another follower.\n\nFurthermore, the country&#8217;s rich baseball tradition was highlighted.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;We are the machine and the factory of ballplayers. Like here in the Dominican Republic there isn&#8217;t&#8221;, commented another citizen.<\/p><cite>Citizen<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nSo far, the score favors the Dominican Republic with four runs, while the fans remain attentive to the development of the game, confident in their team&#8217;s victory.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo \u2013 The World Baseball Classic fever is being intensely felt in the Dominican Republic, with fans on fire ahead of the match between the Dominican team and South Korea. During a tour of various areas of the capital, the passion that this sporting event awakens was noted. Neighbors and friends gathered in front [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":113412,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[88,1271,9301,807],"class_list":{"0":"post-113411","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-fanatics","11":"tag-korea"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113411","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=113411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}