Baseball game, research!

4.9.12
Siesta
House of people I am staying with

Some Dominican Republic players in the MLB

I am very excited because in a couple hours, we are going to a baseball game! We are watching the Sandino play––the Sandino are a pretty dominant team from Santo Domingo. This is one of the first games of the season, and the family I am staying with is really excited they could get tickets. I played baseball in middle school and high school. In the MLB in America, there are a lot of Dominican-born players, which is really cool as well. Some of them come back to the Dominican Republic to play winter baseball as well.

Pesos come in bills and coins

I've also been doing some research on the economy and jobs around here. You wouldn't be able to tell it very well if all you had seen of the Dominican Republic was downtown Santo Domingo, but out in the country, people are very poor. Education can be hard, and many people are hungry or starving. The only really wealthy people here are shopowners or people who work in town. Most other country folk work on the sugar cane farms or selling little trinkets. Besides shop owning or farming, a few other people work in offices. Overall, the Dominican Republic is a pretty poor country, and I think I am lucky to be living with a well economized family. The father owns a shop in town.