{"id":170029,"date":"2026-10-14T17:47:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T21:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/acd-relaunches-the-star-player-of-the-week-in-lidom\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T17:47:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T21:47:59","slug":"acd-relaunches-the-star-player-of-the-week-in-lidom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/national\/acd-relaunches-the-star-player-of-the-week-in-lidom\/","title":{"rendered":"ACD relaunches The Star Player of the Week in Lidom"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The ACD relaunches the historic El Pelotero Estrella de la Semana awards<\/h2>\n\n<p>The Association of Sports Journalists of Santo Domingo (ACD) has confirmed the return of one of the most traditional awards in our winter ball: The Star Player of the Week. This recognition seeks to highlight the outstanding performance of the players who shine in each day of the Dominican professional baseball tournament.<\/p>\n\n<p>The announcement was made by Am\u00e9rico Celado, president of the entity, who detailed that the awards dynamic will take place every Monday at noon. The meetings will be hosted at the S\u00faper Bets facilities, located at the intersection of 27 de Febrero Avenue and Tiradentes, in Plaza Merengue. The event will be coordinated by experienced sports journalists Franklin N\u00fa\u00f1ez and Frank de la Cruz.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A tribute to sports editors<\/h2>\n\n<p>In this renewed edition, the ACD has decided to dedicate the space to sports editors of national media outlets, valuing their constant work in the growth and promotion of baseball in the Dominican Republic. During the opening day, a special tribute will be paid to key figures in the sector:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Williams Aish, sports editor.<\/li><li>Andr\u00e9s Vanderhorst, visionary creator of this awards ceremony.<\/li><li>Carlos P\u00e9rez, former professional baseball player.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>We want to restore the shine to an awards ceremony that for decades has been a benchmark for local baseball. Every Monday, the sports family will gather at S\u00faper Bets to award the best and share with the press.<\/p><cite>Am\u00e9rico Celado, president of the ACD<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Scope and transmission<\/h2>\n\n<p>To ensure that fans inside and outside the national territory do not miss a detail, the event will have extensive media coverage. The awards ceremony will be broadcast through channels 48 on Claro and 52 on Altice, as well as TV Quisqueya for the audience in the United States and the digital signal of BEBETOHD.COM.<\/p>\n\n<p>The ACD extends a cordial invitation to all its members, media representatives, and the sports community in general to attend the opening ceremony, scheduled for Monday, October 19 at 12:00 p.m. This effort reaffirms the association&#8217;s commitment to keeping alive the spaces for meeting and recognition that strengthen the baseball culture in our country.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ACD relaunches the historic El Pelotero Estrella de la Semana awards The Association of Sports Journalists of Santo Domingo (ACD) has confirmed the return of one of the most traditional awards in our winter ball: The Star Player of the Week. This recognition seeks to highlight the outstanding performance of the players who shine [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":170030,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12809],"tags":[12190,15481,88,1279],"class_list":{"0":"post-170029","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-acd","9":"tag-awards-ceremony","10":"tag-baseball","11":"tag-lidom"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170029","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=170029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}