NewsWhore
10-15-2009, 05:40 PM
It's the training tool for many of tomorrow's best baseball stars. A broomstick, a water bottle cap and a lot of time on your hands, and you get the Dominican street game of "Vitillas." A long time favorite of Dominican children and adults, vitillas is similar to baseball, in that the offensive player must hit the small bottle cap with the broomstick. But who would have ever dreamed that this activity would have it's own major tournament. This was the case during the Red Bull Vitilla Classic 2009, held in the Villa Duarte sector of Santo Domingo. More than one hundred teams participated in the event, with the "Bandoleros" team from Cristo Rey taking home this year's title.
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