{"id":116658,"date":"2026-04-16T04:58:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T08:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/felix-neon-debuts-in-mlb-dominican-umpire-makes-history-in-major-leagues-2\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T04:58:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T08:58:47","slug":"felix-neon-debuts-in-mlb-dominican-umpire-makes-history-in-major-leagues-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/felix-neon-debuts-in-mlb-dominican-umpire-makes-history-in-major-leagues-2\/","title":{"rendered":"F\u00e9lix Ne\u00f3n Debuts in MLB: Dominican Umpire Makes History in Major Leagues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">F\u00e9lix Ne\u00f3n Makes History: Will Debut in MLB this Weekend<\/h2>\n\n\nSanto Domingo \u2013 Dominican umpire F\u00e9lix Ne\u00f3n is about to make history in national baseball. This weekend, Ne\u00f3n will become the country&#8217;s most recent representative to debut in the Major Leagues.\n\nIts anticipated premiere will take place this Friday in Boston, during the match between the Boston Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers, at the iconic Fenway Park.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>&#8220;F\u00e9lix Ne\u00f3n is an example of discipline and perseverance. His arrival in the Major Leagues confirms the quality of umpire development in our country.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<cite>Vitelio Mej\u00eda Ortiz, President of the Dominican Republic Professional Baseball League<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nThe president of the Dominican Republic Professional Baseball League, Vitelio Mej\u00eda Ortiz, expressed his pride in this achievement, highlighting the importance of Neon for Dominican baseball.\n\nNeon is a product of the LIDOM training system, forged in the Baseball Umpire Development Academy (ADAB) and with experience in the Dominican Summer League. In 2019, he participated in an MLB camp in Myrtle Beach and, a year later, joined the Umpire Training Academy in Vero Beach, Florida.\n\nAlthough his debut in minor leagues was scheduled for 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic delayed its start. In 2021, he finally began his professional career in Class A Short Season, progressing gradually thanks to his performance until reaching higher levels.\n\nOriginally from Barahona and 29 years old, Ne\u00f3n has been part of the LIDOM arbitration team since 2018, establishing himself as one of the most outstanding talents in Dominican arbitration.\n\nWith his debut, Ne\u00f3n joins Ram\u00f3n Ferrer as the only Dominican umpires to reach the top of professional baseball.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>F\u00e9lix Ne\u00f3n Makes History: Will Debut in MLB this Weekend Santo Domingo \u2013 Dominican umpire F\u00e9lix Ne\u00f3n is about to make history in national baseball. This weekend, Ne\u00f3n will become the country&#8217;s most recent representative to debut in the Major Leagues. Its anticipated premiere will take place this Friday in Boston, during the match between [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":116659,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[88,12530,344,2500],"class_list":{"0":"post-116658","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-felix-neon","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-referee"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116658","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=116658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}