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Venezuela Baseball
Two baseball junkies considering travel to Venezuela in November to
see Venezuelan Professional Baseball League games. If anyone's done this, would appreciate information/experience. Is crime/safety in Venezuela such a big issue that this is not a good idea? Or, are there areas/places we can go in relative safety? I believe there are eight teams in the winter league. Are these (how) close to Caracas? |
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Venezuela Baseball
gus wrote:
Two baseball junkies considering travel to Venezuela in November to see Venezuelan Professional Baseball League games. Not a bad idea. I'm going to Nicaragua for the same reason in January (more on this below). Is crime/safety in Venezuela such a big issue that this is not a good idea? MLB teams send players that they have under contract to play there during the winter. It's unlikely that they would do this if there were safety or health issues. I've spent some time talking to Kit Krieger, who runs escorted baseball tours in Cuba. (Free plug: http://www.cubaballtours.com/ ) When I told him I was going to Nicaragua, he made some good (but unsuccessful) arguments for going to Cuba instead. He says that Cuba is a very unique environment for baseball. For example, imagine that Ebbets Field had never been torn down. It's only a matter of months before this comes to an end, and they start charging $6 for hot dogs. -- Bob Broughton http://broughton.ca/ Vancouver, BC, Canada "There is no rational, moral or economic argument for the continuation of the manufacture, sale or use of smoking tobacco." - Robert Starkey, http://smokefreerevolution.org/, 03/18/2007 |
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