Octavio Antonio “Tony” Fernandez Castro began his life in San Pedro de Macoris, a cloistered municipality nestled along the southern shores of the Dominican Republic, founded in the 19th century by Cuban exiles and transformed into a bustling city. It became renowned for pioneering massive social and industrial changes across the country – and in particular, the sport of baseball.
It was also home to their first ever national baseball championship and gave birth to a glorious generation of supremely skilled athletes – Robinson Cano, Pedro Guerrero, Juan Samuel, Alfonso Soriano, to name but a few.