SANTO DOMINGO – Adonis García, Navegantes de Magallanes third baseman, had a special reason for joining Tigres de Aragua, the Venezuelan champions.
The Cuban-born García will have the unique and historic opportunity to play against his brother, José Adolis García, outfielder for Tigres de Ciego de Avila, the reigning Cuban baseball champions.
It would be the first time that two Cuban brothers have competed against each other in an international tournament. This has previously only occurred in Cuba's baseball league, when Carlos (Havana) and Camilo Pascual (Marianao and Cienfuegos) regularly faced each other professionally before 1962, or the twins Fernando and Juan Hernández from Pinar del Río lined up for the two local sides, Vegueros and Forestales, respectively.