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Friday afternoon was warm and muggy in the Bronx, and the mood on the street was desultory, depressed. Hours earlier, Dominican officials had declared local hero Danny Almonte to be 14 years old, and in a few more hours, Little League officials would declare that, therefore, all games played by Danny's Rolando Paulino All-Star team--known as the Baby Bombers after their Big League neighbors at Yankee Stadium--were forfeit. The team's founder, Rolando Paulino, and Danny's father Felipe de Jesus Almonte were barred from Little League for life. "We were so proud these kids were...
Those actions were: Felipe Almonte reportedly brought Danny to the U.S. from the Dominican Republic in June 2000 on a 12-month tourist visa, which would mean that for most of this season of his greatest baseball success, Danny was in the country illegally. His father held a birth certificate indicating his boy was born on April 7, 1989, and was therefore eligible for 12-and-under Little League play. Danny pitched for the Paulino team in the summer of 2000, and his performance--he had a real curveball to go along with his nasty heater--as well...
...then there is the enigma inside a batting helmet that is Bonds. It was easy to get behind Big Mac, a big man who couldn't wait to share his vulnerability, or Slammin' Sammy, the Dominican kid who overcame all the odds. But Brooding Barry? The closest Bonds gets to pathos is admitting that he has felt intimidated by the expectations of his storied baseball lineage. His father Bobby was a three-time All-Star; his godfather Willie Mays is a baseball god. Not exactly a relatable problem for most bleacher bums. Bonds can alienate fans with his aloofness...
...years later (and much to my family's chagrin at first), I married an artist from the Dominican Republic. In 1996 my son was born. Raul Ariel Jesus de Todos los Santos Perez-Hinojosa, we joked, would be the first Domini-Mex New Yorker. My boy is now 5 years old, and my daughter Maria Yurema Guadalupe de los Indios Perez-Hinojosa just turned 3 this past Cinco de Mayo (and, no, it wasn't a scheduled C-section...
...church belfry and on the hospital roof and announced they had taken 200 more hostages. "We are part of an Abu Sayyaf suicide squad," fighter Abu Sulaiman told local radio. "If you do not stop the military action, we will execute the hostages." A group of six Dominican nuns found themselves among the new captives...