When you think about baseball, you know it is America's pastime. However, close to 30% of all of today's Major Leaguers come from Latin countries. The greatest number of those players come from the Dominican Republic, followed by Venezuela and Puerto Rico. The rest hail from Cuba, Mexico, Panama, Nicaragua, and Columbia. History documents that the first Latino ball player to make it to the big leagues was an infielder named Luis Castro, who made his debut in 1902 with the Philadelphia Athletics. Latinos' tremendous history in baseball was evident at the Third Annual Latino Future Magazine Beisbol Awards Festival, held recently at the Phoenix Art Museum. Photos at the museum were prominently displayed of this rich baseball history.
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