Trujillo Stadum 1959 Dominican Republic
Trujillo Stadium, the ballpark named for the nation's not so beloved dictator, was nothing more than a band-box of concrete and steel, whitewashed and covered with red and black political posters.
Trujillo, "El Presidente" had built the stadium as a gesture of his everlasting goodwill to his exploited people: he knew they loved baseball...
excerpt from The End of Baseball, Peter Schilling Jr
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