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Pirates in the Caribbean: Mining for diamonds
post-gazette.com - 12/1/2008
Pirates in the Caribbean: Mining for diamonds
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Part 1: A young Dominican outduels peers who play baseball 'for food'

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Pirates of the Caribbean: Part scout, part savior
post-gazette.com - 12/2/2008
Pirates of the Caribbean: Part scout, part savior
— post-gazette.com — BOCA CHICA, Dominican Republic -- Rene Gayo is a mountain of a man in many ways, big as Santa Claus and, to some, no less generous. As the Pirates' director of Latin American scouting, he is empowered to dramatically change people's lives -- ... (more) Pirates of the Caribbean: Part scout, part savior

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Scouting in the Caribbean
East Windup Chronicle — ... Good article plus video on scouting in the Caribbean from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Dejan Kovacevic. The title, Pirates in the Caribbean: Mining for diamonds is a bit unfortunate, but that shouldn’t detract you from reading the piece and watching the video. ...

Baseball in the Dominican
Basement Dwellers — ... I've had an interest over the past few years in what MLB is doing in the Dominican Republic, good and bad. This article seems to highlight a bit of both, and tells the story of how a kid named Sadid Frias was recently signed by the Pirates. Here's one passage: ...

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