The Dominican Republic

The first hints started trickling back to the Yankees’ analytics department, although it didn’t require any special grasp of sabermetrics to know what was going on with Miguel Andújar. His shoulder was bothering him again – to the point where every at-bat

By Johnny Flores Jr. ANAHEIM – Now that he’s with the Angels, Hansel Robles is attempting to morph into the relief pitcher many hoped he would become when he was with the Mets organization. The righthanded native of the Dominican Republic has at least cap

Miguel Castro slipped his shiny, black Dr. Dre Beats headphones off his blonde-tipped dreadlocks and walked toward his locker stall in the visitors’ clubhouse at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago. He tiptoed around a matching Louis Vuitton backpack and sui

By Hal McCoy The first time Luis Castillo walked into the Cincinnati Reds clubhouse, he dropped his bag on the floor and began to sit in a chair in front of his dressing cubicle. Before he hit the chair, a voice next to him said, “Well, La Piedra is here.

With a ground rule double off San Diego’s Cal Quantrill in the first inning on Tuesday night, Mets second baseman Robinson Canó became the sixth Dominican-born player in major league history to reach 2,500 career regular season hits. View this post on Ins

Angels’ first baseman Albert Pujols has reached notable milestones the past few seasons by collecting his 3,000th hit and 600th home run. He’ll join ever more exclusive company soon on baseball’s all-time list for most runs batted in.

By Roberto Salvador Klapisch The year was 1985, which Dave Valle remembers so vividly the images still come to him instantly. He had been playing winter ball in the Dominican Republic after suffering a severe injury the past season in a home plate collisi

Family is everything for Latinos. That is certainly the case with Los Angeles Angels first baseman Albert Pujols. His family crossed the plate with him on the night he accomplished one of his greatest milestones. Related Albert Pujols: A 3,000 hitting hum

When you meet Nilson “Junior” Pepén, you immediately feel his passion for the Red Sox and everything Dominican. He arrived in Boston in 1998, which coincided with Hall of Famer Pedro Martínez’s first season with the Red Sox. He has covered the greatest er

It’s all about the pageantry. This image of dancers was taken during the Caribbean Series in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Jean Fruth loves the dresses, which are in the traditional colors of the Dominican flag. Every Friday we will feature a new vid

Feb. 6 is National Girls and Women in Sports Day. Today we celebrate the legacy of one woman who impacted hundreds of lives in the big leagues over the past three decades: Altagracia Alvino, the mother of Vladimir Guerrero. We spoke with her before her so

Manny's 500th home run was inspired by Big Papi. How? The story includes a dirty helmet on display at the National Baseball Hall of Fame.