baseball season???? - Page 2

Cleef · #11 02-27-2008, 01:32 AM

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Originally Posted by meanmike

i want to experience all of that. i think for 1 or maybe 2 days we will travel to santiago or to santo domingo to see some more organized ball, but i want to see the kids playing with the broom stick and bottle cap- i have heard about that before. no wonder its so easy for some of these guys to hit a baseball if they can hit those things with a broom stick. somebody mentioned to me that i could hire a driver/tour guide to check out the island. is this a good idea, or should i rent a car?

Right on. I was amazed to see them make solid contact on something less than a half inch in thickness, with a round stick barely an inch in thickness - and hit it consistently and hard.

I used to save up a handful of those pucks, and on my bikerides I'd just find kids to give them too. On my way back, I'd stop and watch. Further, they didn't give me much notice, barely a thank you. Their excitement for the pucks was all focused on the game, they really didn't notice me.

I'm unsure of what to recommend, but I'm sure a driver could make things a bit easier. Renting a car would mean you'd have to drive it. I'd recommend a honeymoon in Baghdad before I'd encourage driving in the DR.

Steve Pindar · #12 02-27-2008, 06:29 AM

Aw come on Cleef - they don't drive that bad there (snicker)

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Originally Posted by Cleef

I'd recommend a honeymoon in Baghdad before I'd encourage driving in the DR.

meanmike · #13 02-27-2008, 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Steve Pindar

Aw come on Cleef - they don't drive that bad there (snicker)

how much would it cost to hire somebody to drive us (my wife's 5 months pregnant so maybe we should forget about it and lay by the pool?) from puerto plata to the capitol for the day? or maybe santiago, but i would love to visit the red sox baseball academy in SD

Kyle · #14 02-27-2008, 07:41 AM

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Originally Posted by mamielizabeth

I brought school supplies when i came to the DR ,,,maybe sports equiptment would be well appreciated also????

i'm sure it would be appreciated but for us tourists Customs is an issue. gloves and balls are cool for carry luggage on but bats need to be out in your stored luggage. i only say this because i had some baseball items taken from my stored luggage (airport unnamed).
or simply buy some items in the DR and take them to any ball field....

mountainfrog · #15 02-27-2008, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by meanmike

.... from puerto plata to the capitol for the day?

Not possible.

m'frog

Cleef · #16 02-27-2008, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by meanmike

how much would it cost to hire somebody to drive us (my wife's 5 months pregnant so maybe we should forget about it and lay by the pool?) from puerto plata to the capitol for the day? or maybe santiago, but i would love to visit the red sox baseball academy in SD

Santiago maybe.
SD, no no no!
Lay by the pool.

The World Champion's academy is in El Toro, another 40 minutes east of SD. I can almost assure you that will be a disappointment. It's not a tourist facility at all. I went to the opening back in 03 and it's more of a baseball factory than a baseball facility.

Perhaps things have changed, but this is not a tourist sector at all. Email me and I can send you pictures of it (you can tell your friends you took the shots).

There should be ample opportunity to find some ball in PP vs. the rigors of driving across that pile of coral.

Cleef · #17 02-27-2008, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve Pindar

Aw come on Cleef - they don't drive that bad there (snicker)

I beg to differ.

Steve Pindar · #18 02-27-2008, 03:38 PM

Cleef buddy - I was kidding. I thought the word "snicker" would tip everyone off.

I have driven in and around San Pedro for 11 years, but did my first "real" driving in Santo Domingo last June. Driving on John F. Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill, etc - WOW!. All I can say is that I certainly enjoyed my Presidente afterwards. The taxi drivers in SDO make their counterparts in NYC look like rookies!

Cleef · #19 02-27-2008, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve Pindar

All I can say is that I certainly enjoyed my Presidente afterwards. The taxi drivers in SDO make their counterparts in NYC look like rookies!

Do you mean you couldn't enjoy the Presidente while driving?

That was my only favorite part of driving - the drive-thru at "Drinks to Go".

Is that place still going strong? On Churchill?

What a country!!

meanmike · #20 02-27-2008, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Cleef

Santiago maybe.
SD, no no no!
Lay by the pool.

The World Champion's academy is in El Toro, another 40 minutes east of SD. I can almost assure you that will be a disappointment. It's not a tourist facility at all. I went to the opening back in 03 and it's more of a baseball factory than a baseball facility.

Perhaps things have changed, but this is not a tourist sector at all. Email me and I can send you pictures of it (you can tell your friends you took the shots).

There should be ample opportunity to find some ball in PP vs. the rigors of driving across that pile of coral.

thanks for the help cleef. it is good advice. i will stay by the pool and look for some baseball locally. i wouldn't mind driving myself - i like a little adventure - but with my wife along, we are better off just relaxing where we are staying.