经济学人:拉美棒球员勇敢去选秀
Summary:
多米尼加共和国能否避免重蹈波多黎各的覆辙？
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Puerto Rico
America's Major League Baseball (MLB)
Baseball Hall of Fame
SanJuan
Puerto Rican
Puerto Rico
reggaetón
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Seen from the air, much of Puerto Rico's northern coast is a mosaic of rooftops and treetops dotted with countless baseball diamonds. The island of 4 million has sent a total of 234 players to America's Major League Baseball (MLB), twice as many as Mexico. Its Baseball Hall of Fame, just outside SanJuan, features a salon full of life-size statues of Puerto Rico's athletic pantheon. It even includes a famous broadcaster seated at his microphone.
Today, however, the fields are mostly used for football. Just 2.6% of MLB players are Puerto Rican, down from 4.3% in 2001. The island's renowned winter baseball league cancelled its season in 2007. A typical game now draws fewer spectators than nearby women's volleyball matches. Its four teams are on the block for around $750,000 each. No one is buying.
Several factors account for this decline. They include better job opportunities outside sports and competition from basketball, reggaetón music, multiplexes and malls. But the biggest was MLB's inclusion of the island in its amateur draft in 1990.鸟瞰波多黎各的北部海岸线，马赛红的屋顶和绿树点缀这无数棒球的球星。这个总共只有400万人口的小岛，共为美国棒球大联盟MLB输送了234名选手，是墨西哥的两倍多。波多黎各的棒球名人堂坐落在圣胡安市郊外，其中一间大厅摆满了明星球员的雕像，其中甚至还有一个是著名广播员坐在麦克风的雕像。
但如今，这些球场中的大部分已经被用来踢足球了。美国棒球大联盟中的波多黎各籍球员比例从2001年的4.3%降到现在的2.6%，原本该岛国的冬季棒球联赛也在2007年取消了。现在观众们宁愿去隔壁的场地看女子排球比赛也不愿来给棒球捧场。有四支棒球队试图以75万美元的价格来转卖自己队伍，可是没人来买。
有许多的原因导致棒球的衰落。他们包括在除体育外比较好的机会，和一些篮球比赛，雷鬼乐，多放映场影剧院和购物中心的机会。但是最大的原因还是美国棒球大联盟在1990年将波多黎各纳入其选秀之中。
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