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Indios De Mayagüez (volleyball)
The Indios de Mayagüez (Mayagüez Indians) are a baseball team in Puerto Rico's Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente (Roberto Clemente Professional Baseball League, in Spanish). Based in Mayagüez, the ''Indios'' have won 19 national championships and two Caribbean World Series.The Indios have participated in a league’s record 40 Finals. It is one of three teams remaining from the original six incorporated into the LBPPR at its founding on November 13, 1938. The Indios were named after the formerly named Cervecería India (now the Compañía Cervecera de Puerto Rico, or CCC), the local brewery, and its formal sponsor over most of the team's 85-year run) besides the fact that Mayagüez, located at the western coast of Puerto Rico, has a strong indigenous heritage, starting with the city's name (which is derived from the Taíno language). The team's colors are burgundy, gold and blue, which at one time were the colors on the label of ''Cerveza India'', the original fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isidoro García Baseball Stadium
Isidoro is a masculine given name and a surname related to Isidore. The name is borne by: People Given name * Isidoro Acevedo (communist) (1867–1952), Spanish politician, trade unionist, activist and writer * Isidoro Álvarez (1935–2014), Spanish businessman * Isidoro Arredondo (1655–1702), Spanish painter * Isidoro Bianchi (1581–1662), Italian painter * Isidoro Blaisten (1933–2004), Argentine writer * Isidoro Carini (1843–1895), Italian religious, teacher, historian and palaeographer * Isidoro Chiari (1495–1555), Italian Roman Catholic Bishop of Foligno, a founding father of the Council of Trent and editor * Isidoro Díaz (born 1938), Mexican former footballer * Isidoro Diéguez Dueñas (1909–1942), Spanish communist * Isidoro Falchi (1838–1914), Italian doctor and self-taught archaeologist * Isidoro Grünhut (1862–1896), Italian painter * Isidoro Hinestroza (born 1997), Panamanian footballer * Isidoro Ibarra (born 1992), Argentine field hockey player * Isidoro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish–American War
, partof = the Philippine Revolution, the decolonization of the Americas, and the Cuban War of Independence , image = Collage infobox for Spanish-American War.jpg , image_size = 300px , caption = (clockwise from top left) , date = April 21 – August 13, 1898() , place = , casus = , result = American victory *Treaty of Paris (1898), Treaty of Paris of 1898 *Founding of the First Philippine Republic and beginning of the Philippine–American War * German–Spanish Treaty (1899), Spain sells to Germany the last colonies in the Pacific in 1899 and end of the Spanish Empire in Spanish colonization of the Americas, America and Asia. , territory = Spain relinquishes sovereignty over Cuba; cedes Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippine Islands to the United States. $20 million paid to Spain by the United States for infrastructure owned by Spain. , combatant1 = United State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devil's Advocate
The (Latin for Devil's advocate) is a former official position within the Catholic Church, the Promoter of the Faith: one who "argued against the canonization ( sainthood) of a candidate in order to uncover any character flaws or misrepresentation of the evidence favoring canonization". In common language, the phrase 'playing devil's advocate' describes a situation where someone, given a certain point of view, takes a position they do not necessarily agree with (or simply an alternative position from the accepted norm), for the sake of debate or to explore the thought further using valid reasoning that both disagrees with the subject at hand and proves their own point valid. Despite being medieval in origin, this idiomatic expression is one of the most popular present-day English idioms used to express the concept of arguing against something without actually being committed to the contrary view. Origin and history During the canonization process employed by the Catholic Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Bevacqua
Kurt Anthony Bevacqua (; born January 23, 1947) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as an infielder from 1971 to 1985. Bevacqua is notable for his performance during the 1984 World Series when he hit two home runs and had a .412 batting average as the San Diego Padres' designated hitter. He also played for the Mayaguez Indians in the Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League from 1977 to 1981. Early years Bevacqua was originally drafted by the New York Mets in the 32nd round of the 1966 Major League Baseball Draft and the Atlanta Braves in the sixth round of the January Secondary phase of the 1967 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign with either team. After leading Miami Dade College to the FJCC baseball tournament, he finally signed with the Cincinnati Reds, who selected him in the twelfth round of the secondary phase of the June draft. He was immediately a utility player, playing each infield position and the ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Dwyer (baseball)
James Edward Dwyer (born January 3, 1950) is an American former baseball player who was an outfielder for 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for seven different teams between and . Listed at 5' 10", 185 lb., he batted and threw left-handed. MLB career A graduate of St. Laurence High School in Burbank, Illinois, just outside Chicago, Dwyer was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the draft out of Southern Illinois Salukis, Southern Illinois University, and he wasted little time in the Minor League Baseball, minor leagues, debuting in the majors on June 10, 1973 with the Cardinals. He became known as a fastball hitter who was used mostly against right-handed pitching, and played all three outfield positions well as a reserve. Midway through the season, he was traded to the Montreal Expos (1975–76). The following season, another midseason trade landed him with the New York Mets (). He rejoined the Cardinals for the season and part of , and later played with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron LeFlore
Ronald LeFlore (born June 16, 1948) is an American former Major League Baseball center fielder. He played six seasons with the Detroit Tigers before being traded to the Montreal Expos. He retired with the Chicago White Sox in 1982. He stole 455 bases in his career and was an American League All-Star selection in 1976. A movie and book were made about his rise to the major leagues after being an inmate at the Jackson State Penitentiary. '' One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story'' was a made-for-television movie starring LeVar Burton that aired on CBS in 1978. LeFlore is the cousin of former MLB outfielder Todd Steverson. Early life LeFlore was born in Detroit, Michigan, and was involved in the criminal justice system at an early age. Although his parents John and Georgia LeFlore were married, his father was an unemployed alcoholic who rarely took part in family life. His mother was a hard-working nurses' aide who held the family together financially and physically, even feedi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Vives
Carlos Alberto Vives Restrepo (born 7 August 1961) is a Colombian singer, songwriter and actor. He is known for his interpretation of traditional music styles of Colombia such as vallenato, cumbia, champeta, bambuco and porro as well as genres such as Latin pop, reggaeton, dance pop and tropical music. Having sold over 30 million records worldwide, Vives is one of the best-selling Latin music artists of all time. He is regarded as one of the most influential artists in the world as he has progressively helped vallenato gain popularity globally by combining traditional vallenato music with pop/rock music, forming a subgenre that has come to be known as "vallenato-pop". In 2019, Vives was selected as #45 on both the Greatest of All Time Latin Artistand Top Latin Artists 2010sby Billboard (magazine) His hits include "Matilde Lina", "La Hamaca Grande", "La Gota Fría", "Alicia Adorada" (all four of which are covers of classic vallenato songs), "Pa' Mayte", "La Tierra del Olvido ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ovidio Enrique Pérez II
Ovidio is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Ovidio G. Assonitis (born 1943), independent film producer and businessman * Ovidio Cervi of the Cervi Brothers, the seven sons of Alcide Cervi and Genoveffa Cocconi * Gabriel Ovidio Curuchet (born 1963), retired road bicycle racer and track cyclist from Argentina * Ovidio García (born 1968), Spanish former alpine skier who competed in the 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympics * Dorian Ovidio Guachalla (born 1977), Bolivian male former volleyball player * Ovidio Guaita, journalist, photographer and traveller *Francisco Ovidio Vera Intriago (1941–2014), Roman Catholic bishop * Ovidio de Jesús (1933–2011), Puerto Rican sprinter *Ovidio Lagos (1825–1891), Argentine journalist, businessman and politician * Ovidio Lari (1919–2007), Italian prelate of the Catholic Church and the Bishop of Aosta *Ovídio Martins (1928–1999), famous Cape Verdean poet and journalist * Santo Ovídio, Portuguese saint *Ovídio Manuel Barbosa P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bamberg
Bamberg (, , ; East Franconian: ''Bambärch'') is a town in Upper Franconia, Germany, on the river Regnitz close to its confluence with the river Main. The town dates back to the 9th century, when its name was derived from the nearby ' castle. Cited as one of Germany's most beautiful towns, with medieval streets and Europe's largest intact old city wall, the old town of Bamberg has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1993. From the 10th century onwards, Bamberg became a key link with the Slav peoples, notably those of Poland and Pomerania. It experienced a period of great prosperity from the 12th century onwards, during which time it was briefly the centre of the Holy Roman Empire. Emperor Henry II was also buried in the old town, alongside his wife Kunigunde. The town's architecture from this period strongly influenced that in Northern Germany and Hungary. From the middle of the 13th century onwards, the bishops were princes of the Empire and ruled Bamberg, overseeing the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Players From Virgin Islands In Major League Baseball
''This is a chronological list of baseball players from the United States Virgin Islands who played in Major League Baseball between 1957 and 2017'' Players ResourceBaseball Reference {{Baseball players Virgin Islands Virgin Islands The Virgin Islands ( es, Islas Vírgenes) are an archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. They are geologically and biogeographically the easternmost part of the Greater Antilles, the northern islands belonging to the Puerto Rico Trench and St. Croix ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfonso Valdés Cobián
Alfonso Valdés Cobián (June 23, 1890 - February 14, 1988), was an industrialist, banker, sportsman and politician. Valdés Cobián was a cofounder of Cervecería India, Inc., currently Puerto Rico's largest beer brewery. Early years Valdés Cobián was born in Bayamon, Puerto Rico to Ramon and Encarnación Cobián. When he was a child his family moved to the United States and lived in Manhattan. While living there he attended the Hamilton institute, a preparatory school, and Columbia University, where he received a degree in electrical engineering in 1911. The family returned to Puerto Rico and in 1910, his father, Ramón Valdés founded and organized the "Mayaguez Light, Power and Ice Company", a utility in the city of Mayagüez. The elder Valdés named Alfonso the company's vice president in 1915.Guía del Turismo en Mayagüez, Clásico de Mayagüez "La Cervecería India", (Spanish) The Government took over all power generation in the late 1930s and the company is now o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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