The Dominican Republic has some traditional games.
The Dominican Republic has some traditional games.
El juego del pañuelo is a game similar to steal the bacon. [1]
Plaquita is a game with similarities to street cricket. [3] [4]
Vitilla is a type of street baseball in which a plastic water bottle cap and a broomstick replace the baseball and bat respectively. [5]
Santiago de los Caballeros, often shortened to Santiago, is the second-largest city in the Dominican Republic and the fourth-largest city in the Caribbean by population. It is the capital of Santiago Province and the largest major metropolis in the Cibao region of the country. Santiago is the largest Caribbean city that is not a capital city, and it is also the largest non-coastal metropolis in the Caribbean islands. The city has a total population of 771,748 inhabitants (2022). Santiago is located approximately 155 km (96 mi) northwest of the capital Santo Domingo with an average altitude of 178 m (584 ft).
The World Baseball Classic (WBC), also referred to as the Classic, is an international baseball tournament sanctioned by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), the sport's global governing body, and organized in partnership with Major League Baseball (MLB) and Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA). The winning team is awarded the World Baseball Classic Championship Trophy. It is one of the two main senior baseball tournaments sanctioned by the WBSC, alongside the WBSC Premier12, but is the only one to grant the winner the title of "world champion".
Estadio Quisqueya Juan Marichal is a baseball stadium in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. It is the only stadium in the Caribbean region to host two different baseball teams, Tigres del Licey and Leones del Escogido. Its field dimensions are 335 feet (102 m) at the foul poles, 383 feet (117 m) at the power alleys, and 411 feet (125 m) at center field. The seating capacity is 14,469. The Dominican League of Baseball Authority is in charge of its management.
The Puerto Rico national baseball team, also known as Team Rubio is the national baseball team of Puerto Rico. The men's senior team is currently ranked 13th in the world. Puerto Rico is the incumbent Pan American and Central American/Caribbean champion, as well as the 2017 World Baseball Classic runner-up. The team will compete against Israel, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela and Nicaragua in the 2023 World Baseball Classic in March 2023 in Miami, Florida.
The Bolivarian Games are a regional multi-sport event held in honor of Simón Bolívar, and organized by the Bolivarian Sports Organization. The event is open to athletes from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. In 2010, the ODEBO decided to include Chile as the seventh member of ODEBO. Except Panama, all other participating countries are Andean states.
Yunesky Maya Mendizula is a Cuban-born professional baseball pitcher for the Piratas de Campeche of the Mexican League. He has previously pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Washington Nationals of and Pinar del Río of the Cuban National Series. He was part of the Cuban national baseball team at the 2006 and 2009 World Baseball Classic.
Annerys Victoria Vargas Valdez is a retired female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic who won four consecutive gold medals at the Central American and Caribbean Games.
Prisilla Altagracia Rivera Brens is a volleyball player from the Dominican Republic.
The Liga Nacional de Baloncesto (LNB) is the top men's professional basketball league in the Dominican Republic. Established in 2005, six teams compete annually between September and October.
Yamilet Peña Abreu is an elite artistic gymnast from the Dominican Republic who won a gold medal at the 2014 World Challenge Cup and the 2012 Pan American Championship in vault and a bronze medal at the 2012 World Cup. She is known for her execution of the Produnova—a handspring double front on vault. She qualified for the vault finals at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2011 and the 2013 World Championships.
American singer Romeo Santos has released five studio albums and two live albums since the start of his solo career.
Vitilla is a popular variation of stickball played primarily in the Dominican Republic and areas in the United States with large Dominican populations.
Dominican Republic competed in the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019.
Marileidy Paulino is a Dominican athlete sprinter specializing in the 400 meters. She won the silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, becoming the first woman from the Dominican Republic to earn an individual Olympic medal in athletics. At the subsequent Summer Olympics in Paris, she won the gold medal in the 400 metres event, becoming only the third person from the Dominican Republic to win an Olympic gold medal. Paulino also took silver at the 2022 World Athletics Championships. At these competitions, she also earned silver and gold in the mixed 4×400 m relay respectively, running legs of 48.7 s in 2021 and 48.47 s in 2022. Since May 2023, Paulino is the 400 m ranked world No. 1.
The People's Force is a political party in the Dominican Republic led by former President Leonel Fernández.
La plaquita or la placa is a bat-and-ball game played in the Dominican Republic with many similarities to cricket.
Cristopher Crisostomo Mercedes, also known as C. C. Mercedes, is a Dominican professional baseball starting pitcher for the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He was signed by the Tampa Bay Rays as an international free agent in 2011 and pitched for the Yomiuri Giants of NPB from 2017 to 2022. Crisostomo is listed at 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) and 180 pounds (82 kg) and throws left handed. He is a switch hitter.
Roldani Baldwin is a Dominican professional baseball catcher for the York Revolution of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He signed with the Boston Red Sox as an international free agent in 2013 and played for their organization until 2022. He won the bronze medal with the Dominican Republic national baseball team in the 2020 Summer Olympics.
"El Pañuelo" is a song recorded by American singer Romeo Santos alongside Spanish singer and songwriter Rosalía. It was released on 2 September 2022 through Sony Latin as the third single of Santos' fifth studio album Formula, Vol. 3 (2022). The song, a bachata, was written and produced by both performers alongside Diego el Cigala, Alexander Caba, Joaquín Díaz and Ramón Jiménez. It samples and interpolates the 1985 track "No Sé Qué Hacer", performed by Carlos Manuel "El Zafiro".
Cuba has several traditional games.