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You may be interested in: <\/a><\/strong>Ohtani reaches five consecutive seasons with at least 30 home runs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nThis was confirmed by the league president, Vitelio Mej\u00eda<\/strong>, in an interview for the List\u00edn Diario<\/em>, where he revealed that valid games for the standings will be played in both New York<\/strong> and Miami<\/strong>, as part of the effort to expand the LIDOM brand and connect with the Dominican diaspora.\n\n\n “This time the games will count, and that totally changes the competitive focus of the event,” Mej\u00eda stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nThe Gigantes del Cibao<\/strong> and the \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as<\/strong> will be the protagonists of the series in New York, which will be played at Citi Field<\/strong>, home of the Mets, as part of the already known “Titanes del Caribe” series. Unlike previous editions, in which the matches were exhibition games, this third version will feature games valid for the official LIDOM calendar.\n\nRegarding Miami<\/strong>, Mej\u00eda announced that at least two rounds of the Round Robin<\/strong> will be played at LoanDepot Park<\/strong>, home of the Marlins, regardless of which teams qualify for that stage. The proposal was promoted by the Major League Baseball organization itself, reaffirming the commercial and competitive value of Dominican baseball in South Florida.\n\n\n \u201cMiami is already a natural market for us. This helps to continue projecting Dominican talent,\u201d added the league president.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Santo Domingo. \u2014 The Dominican Republic Professional Baseball League (LIDOM) is preparing to mark a new chapter in its history by playing, for the first time, official regular season games on U.S. soil. You may be interested in: Ohtani reaches five consecutive seasons with at least 30 home runs This was confirmed by the league […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":473806,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[611,40231,9098,41186,23229],"class_list":{"0":"post-473805","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-deultimominuto","9":"tag-dominican-republic","10":"tag-lidom","11":"tag-theperiodicodelatruth","12":"tag-vitelio-mejia"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/ac6eb3f8-6ae4-4793-9004-ae3a4ba553a1-728x486-1.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-1Zg1","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/ac6eb3f8-6ae4-4793-9004-ae3a4ba553a1-728x486-1.webp"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=473805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=473805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=473805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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<\/h3>\n\n\nOn another front, Mej\u00eda also confirmed that there are advanced conversations for the New York Yankees<\/strong> to play an exhibition game against the Dominican Republic national team<\/strong> that will participate in the 2026 World Baseball Classic. The game would be played at the Quisqueya Juan Marichal Stadium<\/strong>, in Santo Domingo.\n\nAlthough the national team manager, Nelson Cruz<\/strong>, was cautious in his statements, sources close to the matter indicated that MLB and commissioner Rob Manfred are already working on setting up the event<\/strong>, pending official confirmation.\n\nIf it materializes, it would be the first time in history<\/strong> that a Major League franchise faces the Dominican selection on Dominican soil, a milestone that would put the country at the center of the world baseball map.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"