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 n.— «La proliferacion de “buscones,” refleja el crecimiento de la actividad de los cazatalentos en la Republica Dominicana, de donde salen al menos una cuarta parte de los peloteros que juegan bajo contrato en equipos de las Grandes Ligas.» —“La Ligas Mayores quieren poner control sobre agentes dominicanos” in Washington, D.C. Efe News Services Sept. 18, 2003. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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