Part two ended with Speedy’s 1965-66 winter season with the San Juan Senators, and Table I, as one of 11 Licey players to have their
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Part I ended with Licey’s dramatic win over the Águilas Cibaeñas, five-games-to-three, January 25-February 1, 1964 league finals, as Licey fielded a “new” team with
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Hank Aaron was 19 when he joined the 1953-54 Caguas Criollos, for their 80-game season in Puerto Rico’s Winter League. Aaron impressed Milwaukee Braves officials
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On Facebook, the author found out Pedro “Speedy” González had passed away January 10, 2021, at 83, in his hometown of San Pedro de Macoris,
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Tom Lasorda was one of the most competitive hurlers in the history of Puerto Rico’s Professional Baseball League. He was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, on
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John Strohmayer pitched for the 1970-72 Montreal Expos, managed by Gene Mauch. The Expos firmly believed in sending their top prospects to the Caribbean for
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Caguas featured a colorful radio broadcaster—Héctor Rafael Vázquez. The deceased Edwin Fernández called Vázquez: “El mas grande narrador de béisbol de Puerto Rico.” (“Puerto Rico’s
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The 1963-64 Puerto Rico Winter League season featured talented Cuban ballplayers, classified as Imports, including Octavio “Cookie” Rojas and Tony Oliva with Arecibo; Aurelio Monteagudo,
Frank Howard, all 6’7” of him, was the tallest import to ever wear a Caguas Criollos uniform. His Puerto Rico nickname was “El Condominio” (The
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Roberto Vargas threw the javelin in high school during part of World War II (1944-45) and 1946-47. Roberto Clemente also was a high school javelin
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