“Very insightful, many facts I didn’t know about Panamanian baseball.” – Dave, on "A Fan's Guide To The World Baseball Classic," available at the Buy Joe's Guides page.

Years before collective Dominicans, Venezuelans and Mexicans took Major League Baseball by storm, it was a small but very noteworthy group of Panamanians in the 1970s that first proved that talent could be found in multiple quantities across the Caribbean. Three of them were also Pirates: Manny Sanguillen, Rennie Stennett and Omar Moreno.

The Panamanian trio were baseball's original 'Pirates from the Caribbean' and they each own World Series rings to boot. But no Panamanian is as accomplished as Hall-of-Famer Rodney Carew, or likely future Hall-of-Famer, Mariano Rivera, who owns four World Series rings.

Panama has been a participant in the World Baseball Classic, and you can learn all about Panama's baseball history in World in a Ballpark: Baseball Goes Global, which is available for purchase at the Buy Joe's Guides page. Also, enjoy this small collage of Panama baseball. If you want to view a sample of the guide and how easy the guide works, visit the MLB Ballpark Trips page.