A group of kids in a poverty-stricken Puerto Rican rural town need money to purchase baseball uniforms for little league.
Social & External
The people behind it
Ramón Rivero (Diplo)
Pepe
Miriam Colon
Lolita
José Manuel Matos
Momo (child)
Amílcar Tirado
Momo (adult)
Pedrín Vázquez
Gregorio
Narciso Cobián
Amílcar
Daniel Colón
Luis
Celso Alvarado
Tato
Juan B. Figueroa
Néstor
Raúl Colón
Raulito
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