Carlos Estevez was born in December of 1992 and hails from Santo Domingo, the city where David Ortiz was shot on Sunday night. Raimel Tapia was born in February of 1994 in San Pedro de Macoris, roughly a 90-minute drive from Santo Domingo. Both were in grade school when Ortiz, born in November of 1975 in Santo Domingo, played in more than 100 games for the first time in his career (with the Minnesota Twins in 2000).
Ortiz, most well known for his years with the Boston Red Sox, was a player who was looked up to within the Dominican baseball community, especially by the younger players, Tapia told me in an exclusive chat before Monday’s home game against the Chicago Cubs.