The article “The Lure of Baseball in the Dominican Republic” by Steve Knopper published in the New York travel section talked about his experiences while he was visiting the Dominican Republic in the baseball fields. In this article, he emphasis that the Dominican Republic is known for having most of the talented baseball players in the U.S. industry. Some of the talented baseball players that he mention in this article are Sammy Sosa, Pedro Martinez, Albert Pujols, Miguel Tejada and many others. He also talked about the poverty that surround the country and how many young players look baseball as a way of escaping from poverty by becoming rich and famous in the U.S baseball industry. Mr. Knopper, Also talked about the poverty, the electricity problem that shut off for hours making the country more dangerous in the darkness for traveling and to be safe. He also talked about others writers that criticized how the academic system work in the Dominican Republic by taking advantages of naïve families that sign a contract at young boy turn with the manipulation of bonus and a 30% when they sign a big contract in the U.S industry. But it how the writer end the article is all about the American Dream that young baseball players want one day to achieve no matter the sacrifices that they need to face in life for them to be able to escape from poverty and provide a better future to their families.