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Hi, I am a student at The College of Wooster and I am going to be editing an article on the history of the relations between the United States and Latin America. I believe the article I chose to edit is important because sports are such a big part of the Dominican Republic's culture that it is necessary to know the history of the sports that are played there. In addition, the sport of baseball has been very helpful in improving relations between the U.S. and the Dominican Republic as there are thousands of players each year that play professional baseball in the United States. I plan to contribute more information on each sport, however specifically focusing on the sport of baseball because there is hardly any information on it when there should be because it plays such a big role in the culture of the Dominican Republic. In addition, the Dominican Baseball League and training academies there have been a prime spot for professional baseball organizations in the United States to look for players and this has vastly improved relations between the two countries.

Bibliography: Bjarkman, Peter C. Baseball with a latin beat: a history of the latin american game. Jefferson North Carolina: McFarland and Company, 1994.

Gems, Gerald R. Athletic crusade: sport and american cultural imperialism. Lincoln, NE: Univ Of Nebraska Press, 2012.

Klein, Alan M. "Culture, Politics, and Baseball in the Dominican Republic."Latin American Perspectives 22, no. 3 (1995): 111-30.

Klein, Alan M. Sugarball: the american game, the dominican dream. New Haven: Yale Univ Press, 1993.

Bjarkman, Peter C. Baseball with a latin beat: a history of the latin american game. Jefferson North Carolina: McFarland and Company, 1994.

Ruck, Rob. The tropic of baseball: baseball in the Dominican Republic. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1999.