By Ismael Nunez

There was no Alex Rodriguez, David Ortiz, Juan Marichal (the first Dominican elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983). Yet this team went home with their 18th title defeating team Venezuela in their home turf in the Caribbean World Series 2010. With good pitching, solid defense, and consistent hitting the team put on a good team performance throughout the week of the series.

What’s interesting team DR only lost one game: That was to team Puerto Rico. Who started poorly losing their first two games then went on win the last three games to finish with the second best record of the series. Mexico and Venezuela put up good fight yet the errors, leaving men on base, hurt them.

Next year the series will be in Puerto Rico.

Fans Encouraged to Post Questions to Oakland’s Veteran Radio Play-by-Play Man

OAKLAND, Calif. – For the second consecutive season, the Oakland A’s Spanish language web site, www.losatleticos.com, will feature the insightful and entertaining blog entitled “En El Aire,” which is written by the club’s veteran Spanish radio play-by-play broadcaster Amaury Pi-González.

A’s fans are encouraged to post questions about the 2010 A’s on the blog, which Pi-González will personally answer.  Entering his 32nd season of broadcasting Major League Baseball, Pi-González will again serve as the “Spanish Voice of the A’s” for all Oakland games aired over the Spanish Beisbol Network on radio stations KDIA (1640 AM) and KDYA (1190 AM) this season.  The Cuban native was inducted into the Cuban Sports Hall of Fame and into the Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum in 2004.

Pi-González is again joined in the broadcast booth by Manolo Hernández-Douen, one of the leading sportswriters among Spanish media in the United States.

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Contact: Bob Rose, Oakland A’s Director of Public Relations
(510) 563-2380, brose@oaklandathletics.com

Oakland, Calif-- Por segunda temporada consecutiva, el website en Español de los Oakland A's
www.losatleticos.com tendrá el entretenido y perspicaz blog titulado "En El Aire", el cual es escrito por Amaury Pi‐González veterano narrador en Español del equipo.

Los aficionados de los A'S estan invitados a que envien sus preguntas durante la temporada 2010 a dicho blog en el cual Pi‐González les contesta individualmente. Iniciando su 32da temporada como narrador de béisbol en las Grandes Ligas, Pi‐González regresa como "La Voz en Español de los A'S"para todos los juegos de Oakland através de Spanish Béisbol Network, en las estaciones de radio KDIA (1640 AM)y KDYA (1190 AM)esta temporada. El nativo de Cuba fue exaltado al Salón de la Fama del Deporte Cubano y al Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum en 2004.

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Contact: Bob Rose, Oakland A’s Director of Public Relations
(510) 563-2380, brose@oaklandathletics.com