An autographed pic of Juan Marichal playing for Escogido, one of the teams in Santo Domingo,...

An autographed pic of Juan Marichal playing for Escogido, one of the teams in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in 1957. He was 20 years old here. The sig is for dictator Rafael Trujillo. El Jefe loved baseball and recruited Satchel Paige for an all-star team in Santo Domingo (then called Ciudad Trujillo), even though he hated black people.

I found this pic while researching my final project for my history class. Great stuff.

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Great find and interesting story!

Where have you gone John Johnstone?

by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Nov 30, 2011 10:08 AM PST reply actions

I heard Marichal say in an interview that Trujillo threw the whole team in jail after they lost a doubleheader!

Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.

by rxmeister on Dec 1, 2011 11:15 AM PST via mobile reply actions

I read that in the book about him and Spahn. He also said jail wasn’t so bad. He was there for five days and fined $2, although the text is unclear if it’s US dollars or pesos. He made 57 pesos a month in the Air Force. Ramfis, Trujillo’s son, ran the baseball leagues and he was the one who put them in jail.

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Dec 1, 2011 3:06 PM PST up reply actions

By the way, the Escogido team has strong ties to the Giants. The Alous are affiliated with them, and Moises is their present GM. It’s also where they sent Brandon Belt to play this winter.

Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.

by rxmeister on Dec 1, 2011 11:18 AM PST via mobile reply actions

Escogido is also mentioned in the Marichal/Spahn book. The NY Giants were the parent company of Escogido. That’s cool about Moises. I saw Belt play here in October, too. :)

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Dec 1, 2011 3:07 PM PST up reply actions