"It is no secret that Dominicans have baseball in their blood," said Junior Pepén, the Spanish-language radio broadcaster for the Red Sox. The sport is part of the fabric of the country. But for the hundreds of thousands of Dominicans who call Massachusetts home, their adopted team didn't always seem like a natural fit."
"Prior to Pedro's welcome, we didn't feel like we arrived," said Amaury Arias, who was at Martinez's Fenway Park debut on April 11, 1998 - a nine-inning shutout win over the Mariners. Ramirez quickly followed in 2001, and Ortiz in 2003."
"Their presence brought a new life to Fenway Park, with legions of fans making the pilgrimage to watch their countrymen play. And the Red Sox' success in 2004 - led in large part by the three men - birthed a generation of Dominican Red Sox fans not just in New England, but around the country."
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