Pedro G. Briceño
The president of the Dominican Baseball League also considered that the Caribbean Series has been a deficient event for some time for this entity and for the teams that represented it in recent versions. Vitelio Mejía explained that the contributions made by the organizing committee to each competition ($ 110,000) do not replace the diversity of expenses incurred by the league and the champion team, which represents their nation in each competition. Expenses vary greatly from place to place, and he gave the example that if teams traveled to Puerto Rico, they would not spend as much money on transportation as on a recent trip to Mazatlán. “The flight to cities like Mazatlán or Guadalajara costs three times as much as Puerto Rico, the logistics to gather an entire team with the ample baggage of players costs a lot of money and it is mandatory to rent a charter flight,” he said. Vitelio also does not provide it at the level of the player’s salary, because teams are always looking to bring the best selections, and the staff is usually more expensive. He gave as an example that when a Dominican club wins a tournament, the president of that team already the next day has to go to a commercial bank to prepare to compensate for the deficit that will leave the Caribbean Series, which is set up by the Confederation. of Baseball in the Caribbean, chaired by Juan Puello Herrera.