{"id":501296,"date":"2026-03-02T17:26:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T21:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/minister-kelvin-cruz-welcomes-the-dominican-team-for-the-world-baseball-classic\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T17:26:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T21:26:25","slug":"minister-kelvin-cruz-welcomes-the-dominican-team-for-the-world-baseball-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/baseball\/minister-kelvin-cruz-welcomes-the-dominican-team-for-the-world-baseball-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister Kelvin Cruz welcomes the Dominican team for the World Baseball Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"SANTO DOMINGO, RD. \u2013 The Minister of Sports, Kelvin Cruz<\/strong>, offered a warm welcome to the team that will represent the Dominican Republic in the 2026 World Baseball Classic<\/strong>, in an emotional reception held on Monday afternoon after the delegation arrived in the country.\n\n\n

You may be interested in<\/strong>:Dominican team arrives in the country and will train this afternoon at the Quisqueya prior to preparation games<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nThe activity was marked by an atmosphere of joy and national pride. Upon arriving at the hotel, the players were greeted with typical music by the renowned merengue singer El Prodigio<\/strong>, whose orchestra brought the Dominican flavor to the celebration.\n\nThe event also featured the participation of the Ministry of Tourism of the Dominican Republic<\/strong>, which, through its folkloric ballet, contributed color and cultural tradition to the reception.\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\nDuring the meeting, Minister Cruz personally greeted the baseball players and expressed his support for the important international commitment.\n\n“We wanted to hold this reception to tell our stars that we are proud of the team we have and that their country supports them,” stated the head of the Ministry of Sports of the Dominican Republic<\/strong>.\n\nThe arrival of the players generated great enthusiasm in the hotel, where guests and collaborators took the opportunity to share with the figures of Dominican baseball, take photographs and experience the festive atmosphere up close.\n\nDuring the activity, several baseball players also joined the celebration, dancing and enjoying the atmosphere with their companions.\n\nThe hotel lobby was decorated with a “back panel” that highlighted messages such as “The best in the world”, “Dominican pride!” and “Welcome”<\/strong>, in honor of the national team.\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\nThe Dominican delegation arrived in the country through the Las Am\u00e9ricas International Airport Jos\u00e9 Francisco Pe\u00f1a G\u00f3mez<\/strong> on a charter flight from Miami. The team will play two preparation games against the Detroit Tigers<\/strong>, before their debut in the 2026 World Baseball Classic<\/strong> against the Nicaraguan national team. \u26be\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddf4","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SANTO DOMINGO, RD. \u2013 The Minister of Sports, Kelvin Cruz, offered a warm welcome to the team that will represent the Dominican Republic in the 2026 World Baseball Classic, in an emotional reception held on Monday afternoon after the delegation arrived in the country. You may be interested in:Dominican team arrives in the country and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[35481],"tags":[611,40231,40813,13766,41186,40230],"class_list":["post-501296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-baseball","tag-deultimominuto","tag-dominican-republic","tag-major-leagues","tag-mlb","tag-theperiodicodelatruth","tag-united-states"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-26pq","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Baseball"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501296\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}