Article: A SLICE OF BASEBALL HEAVEN; Dominican field of dreams; Young duo.(Sports)

MANOGUAYABO, Dominican Republic -- Practice was over now, and, one by one, the ballplayers were collecting their gear and making a slow, steady procession down the right-field line, toward home.

But the die-hards, those who simply can't get enough of baseball, game or no game, practice or no practice, remained on the field, doing what comes naturally to them. They were playing ball.

Some of them, such as 16-year-old Kelvin Alvarez, gobbled up grounder after endless grounder on the rocky infield, while others shagged balls in the outfield. Out behind the backstop, youthful sluggers were swinging taped bats at imaginary fastballs, sending them over ...

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