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From Dominican Sandlots to Giants Dugouts: Gill Florentino’s Wild Baseball Ride

12 Feb
2026
Not in Hall of Fame
In this special episode of The Buck Stops Here, host Kirk Buchner dives deep with Gill Florentino—former pitcher, entrepreneur, and proud son of San Pedro de Macorís. From milk-carton gloves in the Dominican Republic to brushing shoulders with Hall of Famers in MLB clubhouses, Florentino shares an incredible journey of grit, culture, and baseball history. Learn how Dominican sugar plantations birthed a baseball Mecca, why Barry Bonds deserves better Hall of Fame treatment, and what really happened behind Rafael Devers’ trade from the Boston Red Sox. This is not just a baseball story—it’s a human one.

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