{"id":113420,"date":"2026-03-13T20:32:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T00:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/ortiz-beltre-and-martinez-dominican-legends-in-classic-ceremonial-pitching\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T20:32:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T00:32:24","slug":"ortiz-beltre-and-martinez-dominican-legends-in-classic-ceremonial-pitching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/ortiz-beltre-and-martinez-dominican-legends-in-classic-ceremonial-pitching\/","title":{"rendered":"Ortiz, Beltr\u00e9, and Mart\u00ednez: Dominican Legends in Classic Ceremonial Pitching"},"content":{"rendered":"Miami, Florida \u2013 The atmosphere at loanDepot park electrified before the crucial quarter-final game of the World Baseball Classic between the Dominican Republic and South Korea. Three icons of Dominican baseball came together for a memorable moment.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Legends on the Mont\u00edculo<\/h2>\n\n\nDavid Ortiz, Adri\u00e1n Beltr\u00e9 and Pedro Mart\u00ednez, all baseball immortals, were in charge of throwing the ceremonial first pitch. This gesture, loaded with symbolism and pride, provoked a deafening ovation from the Dominican fans present.\n\nThe participation of these legends is part of the continuous support that historical figures of Dominican baseball have offered to the team during the tournament.\n\nDays before, Juan Marichal, another Hall of Fame member, also honored the team with his presence at a ceremonial first pitch.\n\nWith these participations, four of the five Dominicans who have been immortalized in the Cooperstown Hall of Fame have played a prominent role in the protocol events of the recent national team games.\n\nVladimir Guerrero is the only one who has not yet participated in the ceremonial launch.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miami, Florida \u2013 The atmosphere at loanDepot park electrified before the crucial quarter-final game of the World Baseball Classic between the Dominican Republic and South Korea. Three icons of Dominican baseball came together for a memorable moment. Legends on the Mont\u00edculo David Ortiz, Adri\u00e1n Beltr\u00e9 and Pedro Mart\u00ednez, all baseball immortals, were in charge of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":113421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[88,1271,477,5529],"class_list":{"0":"post-113420","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-hall-of-fame","11":"tag-world-classic"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113420","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=113420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}