{"id":114020,"date":"2026-03-17T04:57:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T08:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/dominicans-change-their-tune-they-support-venezuela-after-farewell-in-the-world-baseball-classic\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T04:57:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T08:57:12","slug":"dominicans-change-their-tune-they-support-venezuela-after-farewell-in-the-world-baseball-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/dominicans-change-their-tune-they-support-venezuela-after-farewell-in-the-world-baseball-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominicans change their tune: They support Venezuela after farewell in the World Baseball Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Dominican Fans Divide Loyalties After Defeat in the World Baseball Classic<\/h2>\n\nSanto Domingo \u2013 The recent elimination of the Dominican Republic team in the World Baseball Classic has sparked a debate among fans about which team to support for the remainder of the tournament.\n\nA tour of various sectors of the capital revealed mixed opinions. Some fans expressed their desire for Venezuela to win, arguing that the championship should remain in Latin America.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>\u201cMay Venezuela win. If it were up to me, I am not Venezuelan, but I am not American either. They beat us and now I am going to support them,\u201d said Marcos Jim\u00e9nez.<\/p>\n\n<cite>Marcos Jim\u00e9nez<\/cite>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nOther Dominicans shared this stance, expressing their hope for a Venezuelan victory in their next match against Italy.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>&#8220;I hope Venezuela wins to get back at them for what they did to us&#8230; now they have to beat Italy,&#8221; expressed another fan.<\/p>\n\n<cite>Fanatic<\/cite>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nHowever, not all fans share the same opinion. Some, despite the elimination of the Dominican team, have expressed their support for the United States, highlighting the strength and competitiveness of their team.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m going to the United States because those people know about that,\u201d said another citizen consulted.<\/p>\n\n<cite>Citizen<\/cite>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nThis Monday, Italy and Venezuela will face each other in a crucial match that will determine which of the two teams will advance to the final of the World Baseball Classic to face the United States.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dominican Fans Divide Loyalties After Defeat in the World Baseball Classic Santo Domingo \u2013 The recent elimination of the Dominican Republic team in the World Baseball Classic has sparked a debate among fans about which team to support for the remainder of the tournament. A tour of various sectors of the capital revealed mixed opinions. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":114021,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[1271,641,2182,2010],"class_list":{"0":"post-114020","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-dominican-republic","9":"tag-united-states","10":"tag-venezuela","11":"tag-world-baseball-classic"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114020","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=114020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}