EPISODE · Apr 15, 2026 · 56 MIN
Mound Visit #3- Jay Quinn and Nicolas Debora, Baseball Island Foundation
from Spiked Heaters: A Between Innings Podcast · host Bryan Torresani
This week on Mound Visit, Torr sits down with Jay Quinn and Nicolas Debora from the Baseball Island Foundation in Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic.Torr has seen the mission firsthand, having taken his 2023 Arcadia team to Las Terrenas for an experiential trip and traveled on multiple global baseball trips with Jay. In this conversation, they discuss the Dominican baseball pathway, the pressure young players face, and why Baseball Island is working to prepare players not just for professional opportunities, but for college, education, English, and life beyond the game.Baseball can open doors. The work is making sure those doors lead somewhere.
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This week on Mound Visit, Torr sits down with Jay Quinn and Nicolas Debora from the Baseball Island Foundation in Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic.Torr has seen the mission firsthand, having taken his 2023 Arcadia team to Las Terrenas for an experiential trip and traveled on multiple global baseball trips with Jay. In this conversation, they discuss the Dominican baseball pathway, the pressure young players face, and why Baseball Island is working to prepare players not just for professional opportunities, but for college, education, English, and life beyond the game.Baseball can open doors. The work is making sure those doors lead somewhere.
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