Baseball - Dominican Style!

I was fascinated by these boys playing baseball in Campo Cano Piedra in the Dominican Republic. When I first walked up to them, I just saw a bunch of boys playing baseball and started snapping away with my camera. As I got closer I realized they didn't have a bat - they were using a skinny sugar cane. And as a missed ball rolled towards me, I realized it wasn't a ball at all - it was a doll's head. A couple of the boys had mitts, but most of them were playing bare-handed. And none of them were wearing shoes. I was amazed at their talent and their ability to hit and catch and throw with their makeshift equipment. And I was touched by their exuberance for the game and their genuine love of baseball.