Baseball update

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Dominican baseball officials have made it official, announcing that last night's game was forfeited by the Gigantes. This has been an odd post-season finale with controversy and bad play, and bad play calls by the umpires, marring what was expected to be a match up of two great teams. Last night the Gigantes refused to take the field at Quisqueya Stadium, and by 10pm Lidom officials called it a forfeit, giving Licey a three-games to none lead in the best of nine series. The whole ordeal started in Game 2 when Gigantes player Felix Martinez confronted umpire Jeff Macias. Martinez was suspended for the rest of the season. During Game 3 Martinez tried to take the field but officials wouldn't let him and the Gigantes refused to take the field in solidarity. Gigantes fans were enraged by the results and officials and the teams agreed to play Game 4 in Santo Domingo for security reasons. Though fans understand standing up for teammates, the forfeit now leaves the Gigantes with a 3-0 deficit. Fans who had tickets for last night's game will be relieved to hear that their tickets are valid for Sunday's match up. The Gigantes have also filed an appeal of behalf of player Felix Martinez who was suspended from the championship for "improprieties" during Game 2 of the series.

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