J-BALL

For his close involvement in the Dominican League´s establishment and 

early development , Pedro Miguel Caratini has been called  The father of

Dominican Baseball. During the years 1930-1963, military dictator General

Rafael Trujillo can be credited with furthering the sport of baseball in

Dominican Republic.Trujillo encouraged many sugar refineries to create teams 

of cane cutting laborers to play baseball during the Idle months of cultivation .

Fostering high levels of competition the organization structure continued to

mature stimulating growth in the intensity and popularity of the game.