NewsWhore
02-08-2008, 04:00 PM
Dominican baseball legends Pedro Martinez and Juan Marichal have caused a stir this week after a video was released showing them at a cockfight at the Coliseo Gallisto de Santo Domingo. The video, which was posted on YouTube last Friday, shows Marichal and Martinez as 'soltadores' moments before the fight between the two cocks began. In a statement released by the New York Mets, Martinez defended his participation in the match saying that the video was more than two years old. "I understand that people are upset, but this is part of our Dominican culture and is legal in the Dominican Republic. I was invited by my idol, Juan Marichal, to attend the event as a spectator, not as a participant." The video was quickly removed from YouTube, but has made its way around the internet. PETA and the United States Humane Society have both called for sanctions against Martinez. Illegal in the US, cockfighting is legal and extremely popular in the DR.
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