{"id":5084360,"date":"2019-09-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-22T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ctlatinonews.com\/hispanic-heritage-month-vitilla-style-baseball\/"},"modified":"2019-09-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-22T04:00:00","slug":"hispanic-heritage-month-vitilla-style-baseball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/ctln\/2019\/09\/22\/hispanic-heritage-month-vitilla-style-baseball\/","title":{"rendered":"Hispanic Heritage Month: Vitilla-Style Baseball"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vitilla&nbsp;is a popular variation of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stickball\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stickball<\/a>&nbsp;played primarily in the&nbsp;Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Vitilla is usually two plastic water jug caps that are pressed together.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hitting a vitilla is not an easy thing to do as Twins slugger Nelson Cruz showed kids in Minnesota recently.<\/p>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Vitilla with Nelson Cruz and the Minnesota Twins\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eZXmQRK7WE8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption> Vitilla-style baseball with Nelson Cruz and the Minnesota Twins <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavidabaseball.com\/nelson-cruz-vitilla-style-baseball-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">La Vida Baseball<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How To Play Vitilla:<\/h4>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li> <strong>General Play<\/strong>:&nbsp;The team with the most runs at the end of the game wins. The number of innings is agreed upon before the game begins, as is the number of fielders. Scoring and innings are similar to baseball: each team gets to bat once an inning, and three outs ends a team&#8217;s turn at bat.  <\/li><li> <strong>Batting<\/strong>:&nbsp;The&nbsp;<em>lanzador<\/em>&nbsp;throws the vitilla towards the strike target, the&nbsp;<em>bateador<\/em>&nbsp;stands in front of, but does not block, the target, and attempts to hit the vitilla. A strike is called if the vitilla hits the strike target, or the&nbsp;<em>bateador<\/em>&nbsp;swings and misses the vitilla, or the vitilla is hit foul with less than two strikes. There are no walks; hits and base running are similar to baseball, but there is no base leading or stealing.  <\/li><li> <strong>Fielding<\/strong>:&nbsp;Fielders include the&nbsp;<em>lanzador<\/em>&nbsp;and two or three&nbsp;<em>jardineros<\/em>. There is no catcher; the&nbsp;<em>lanzador<\/em>&nbsp;typically keeps a large supply of vitillas nearby. Gloves are not typically worn. As in baseball, field outs are made by catching a hit ball before it hits the ground, or by tagging a runner with vitilla in hand, or by tagging a base and forcing an out.  <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Publisher\u2019s Note:<a href=\"http:\/\/ctln.local\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&nbsp;CTLN<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavidabaseball.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">La Vida Baseball&nbsp;<\/a>are&nbsp;partners&nbsp;in providing users with the best baseball coverage of where the sport and Hispanic, Latino culture intersect.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Publisher\u2019s Note<\/em>: Watch for Hispanic Heritage Month (9\/15 \u2013 10\/15) special reports focused on community, arts &amp; culture, education, economy, and politics.<\/p>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hispanic Heritage Month, special reports:<\/h4>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Latin Music Festival<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spotlight On Education<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Authors<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Emerging Majority<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">USA\u2019s Economic Engine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vitilla&nbsp;is a popular variation of&nbsp;stickball&nbsp;played primarily in the&nbsp;Dominican Republic. 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