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“The team wasn’t very good. They hadn’t gotten their U.S. visas, so they were using a lot of players out of New York City. Last year, they were only 2-16 in the league and they said, ‘OK, we understand the league is strong. We’re going to have a good team for you this year. We want to really do it right.’ It turned out to be worse than last year. The last straw was them cancelling the bus that was supposed to leave. We needed to make sure a team was going to be here.”

The Hollywood Stars are an all-star team whose players had been scheduled to return to its own league play while the other division of the Pecos League was sending a different all-star team to play U.S.-based teams in the Can-Am League. Wolff called the Pecos League president, who agreed to let Salina stay in Canada for 10 more days. No longer based in Kansas, the Salina team has basically become a travelling all-star team which competes in the Can-Am League for increased exposure for the players.

“Knowing there was uncertainty with the Dominicans, we were trying to cover our bases,” Wolff said. “(The Hollywood Stars) are all guys who can play baseball. I’m not sure the Dominican players they got from New York City were really professional. Is it a good situation? No. But we’re not going to lose any games and the competition will be better for the Canadian teams.”