NewsWhore
05-21-2008, 05:30 PM
The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking into alleged irregularities surrounding the contract signing of several young Dominican baseball players by members of the Chicago White Sox organization. As a result of the investigation, so far the Sox have fired their director of scouting for the Caribbean, David Wilder and two Dominican scouts. The story dominates the front page of today's Listin Diario Sports Section. Basically, complaints were received from ballplayers from the Dominican Republic, Brazil and Florida about signing bonuses and the way they were distributed. Listin says that according to rumors, one player signed at the end of 2007 for a signing bonus of US$500,000 complained that he only received US$200,000. The White Sox operate Baseball City in Boca Chica, on the outskirts of Santo Domingo. The papers quote sources saying that the FBI is investigating more than just the White Sox scouts, and that the case will involve many more as it develops. Of the thirty major league teams, the Milwaukee Brewers is the only team that doesn't have a training and recruitment facility in the Dominican Republic.
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