And when Pedro Martinez stood on a stage in Cooperstown on Sunday holding a Dominican flag, I thought of the young man who'd happily walked a gringo through the sporadically lit streets of Santo Domingo for some Crest. Him, and the cab driver who talked me through the neighborhoods I'd heard of and never seen. Him, and the skinny little boys who waited out the cars to continue their games of beisbol.
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