[vincesanity82]

The Pirates, aiming to overcome a decade of lacking in Latin American talent, will have a Jan. 22 groundbreaking for their new baseball academy in the Dominican Republic and hope to have it complete for the summer of 2009. The academy, to be located on a 46-acre property the team recently bought in the town of El Toro, will function as headquarters for all Latin American operations, and it will include two or more fully furnished fields, housing, classrooms and a training area. The Pirates' entry into the Dominican Summer League also will make its permanent home there. The projected cost will be between $4 million to $5 million. -- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette



Pirates to invest $4 million-$5 million in Dominican academy

[Lefty Noob]

Isn't this the sort of deal they promised Salomon Torres and then reneged on???