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Mexican Pacific League
The Mexican Pacific League (), known as Liga ARCO Mexicana del Pacífico for sponsorship reasons or simply LMP for its acronym in Spanish, is a professional baseball winter league based in Northern Mexico. The ten-team regular season schedule runs from October to December and is followed by a playoff series in January to determine the league champion. The league's champion takes part in the Caribbean Series each year, representing Mexico. History In 1945, a group of people led by Teodoro Mariscal established the Liga de la Costa del Pacífico ( en, Pacific Coast League). The league's first season (1945–46) started with four teams: Tacuarineros de Culiacán, Ostioneros de Guaymas, Queliteros de Hermosillo and Venados de Mazatlán. Mariscal was appointed as the league's first president. In 1947 the league expanded with two new teams: Arroceros de Ciudad Obregón and Pericos de Los Mochis. In 1958, only four teams participated, all from the state of Sonora: Rojos de Ciudad O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tacuarineros De Culiacán
The Tacuarineros de Culiacán baseball club was one of the four original founding members of the Mexican Pacific League, Mexican Pacific Coast League, a minor league circuit that operated in Mexico in the seasons from 1945-46 through 1957-58. They were manager (baseball), managed by Manuel Arroyo.Historia de los Tomateros de Culiacán ''Tomateros de Culiacán official website'' (in Spanish). Retrieved on November 7, 2018. The Tacuarineros were based in Culiacán, the capital of the state of Sinaloa, and played its home games at the Autonomous University of Sinaloa ballpark in their first three seasons. They moved to the Estadio General Ángel Flores for the 1948-49 season, when they won the Mexican Pacific League#Champions, first of their five pennants, repeating in the 1949–50, 1950–51, 1951–52 and 1955 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charros De Jalisco
The Charros de Jalisco ( en, Jalisco Horsemen) are a professional baseball team in the Liga Mexicana del Pacífico, Mexican Pacific League based in Zapopan, Jalisco. Their home ballpark is Estadio de Béisbol Charros de Jalisco y Atletismo, Estadio Panamericano, and has a capacity of 16,500 people. Their initial season was 2014–15. The franchise was originally the Algodoneros de Guasave before it was purchased in April, 2014 by a group of investors led by Armando Navarro, and moved to Jalisco. The team previously played over different stages in the Mexican League, doing so for the last time in 1995. History Professional baseball in Guadalajara originated with the Pozoleros de Jalisco, which competed in the now-defunct Central League from 1946 to 1949. From 1952 to 1955, the club competed as the Medias Azules (Blue Socks) in the Liga de la Costa del Pacífico (Pacific Coast League). The team became the Charros in 1949, and competed in both the early Mexican League and the Mexican ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonora
Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sonora), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is divided into Municipalities of Sonora, 72 municipalities; the capital (and largest) city of which being Hermosillo, located in the center of the state. Other large cities include Ciudad Obregón, Nogales, Sonora, Nogales (on the Mexico–United States border, Mexico-United States border), San Luis Río Colorado, and Navojoa. Sonora is bordered by the states of Chihuahua (state), Chihuahua to the east, Baja California to the northwest and Sinaloa to the south. To the north, it shares the Mexico–United States border, U.S.–Mexico border primarily with the state of Arizona with a small length with New Mexico, and on the west has a significant share of the coastline of the Gulf of California. Sonora's natural geography is divided into three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuroda Park
Kuroda Park is a stadium in Guasave, Mexico. It is primarily used for baseball and serves as the home stadium for Algodoneros de Guasave of the Mexican Pacific League The Mexican Pacific League (), known as Liga ARCO Mexicana del Pacífico for sponsorship reasons or simply LMP for its acronym in Spanish, is a professional baseball winter league based in Northern Mexico. The ten-team regular season schedule run .... The stadium has a capacity of 8,500 people. On 25 August 2021, the Algodoneros announced that the stadium would be renamed Kuroda Park following a three-year naming rights agreement with Sinaloa-based Grupo Kuroda. References 1970 establishments in Mexico Baseball venues in Mexico Sports venues completed in 1970 Sports venues in Sinaloa {{baseball-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guasave
Guasave () is a city and the seat of the homonymous municipality in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. It is located in the northwestern part of Mexico, southeast of the city of Los Mochis. It stands at . In the 2010 census, the city reported a population of 71,196, making it the fourth-largest community in the state, after Culiacán, Mazatlán, and Los Mochis. The municipality has a land area of 3,464.41 km2 (1,337.62 sq mi) and includes many other outlying communities, the largest of which are Juan José Ríos, Gabriel Leyva Solano, and Adolfo Ruiz Cortines. Its biggest local celebration, falls every year on November 12. Transportation The city is served by Campo Cuatro Milpas Airport, offering air services within the region. Tourist attractions San Ignacio Bay and Navachiste Bay are popular for watersports. Many people also frequent Las Glorias beach. Guasave also features the colonial area of Tamazula, with its famous Franciscan era church. Nearby lie the ruins of Pueblo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estadio Farmacias Sta
A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event. Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event at the ancient Greek Olympic festival was the race that comprised one length of the stadion at Olympia, where the word "stadium" originated. Most of the stadiums with a capacity of at least 10,000 are used for association football. Other popular stadium sports include gridiron football, baseball, cricket, the various codes of rugby, field lacrosse, bandy, and bullfighting. Many large sports venues are also used for concerts. Etymology "Stadium" is the Latin form of the Greek word " stadion" (''στάδιον''), a measure of length equalling the length of 600 human feet. As feet are of variable length the exact length of a stadion depends on the exac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexicali
Mexicali (; ) is the capital city of the Mexican state of Baja California. The city, seat of the Mexicali Municipality, has a population of 689,775, according to the 2010 census, while the Calexico–Mexicali metropolitan area is home to 1,000,000 inhabitants on both sides of the United States-Mexico border. Mexicali is a regional economic and cultural hub for the border region of The Californias. Mexicali was founded at the turn of the 20th century, when the region's agricultural economy experienced a period of boom. The city rapidly expanded throughout the 20th century, owing to the proliferation of maquiladoras in the city, making the Mexicali economy more interconnected with businesses from across the border. Today, Mexicali is a major manufacturing center and an emerging tourist destination. History The Spaniards arrived in the area after crossing the Sonoran Desert's " Camino del Diablo" or Devil's Road. This led to the evangelization of the area by Catholic missionar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yaquis De Obregón
The Yaquis de Obregón ( en, Obregón Yaquis) are a professional baseball team in the Mexican Pacific League based in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora. The “Yaquis” are the only team in league history to have won three consecutive league championships, achieving this feat in the 2010–11, 2011–12 and 2012–13 seasons. History Professional baseball in Ciudad Obregón dates back to 1947, when the first club was established, nicknamed Arroceros (Rice Growers). In 1958 they changed its nickname to Rojos (Reds) and in 1964 to Trigueros (Wheat Growers). The Yaquis de Obregón were founded in 1970 and played its first game on 8 October 1970 in the Estadio Tomás Oroz Gaytán. The team gas had 6 championships. The first one was in the 1965–1966 season with Mexican Manuel Magallón as coach. The next two titles were on the 1972–1973 season under Dave Garcia from the United States and the 1980–1981 season under Lee Sigman. On 27 January 2008 the team won their fourth championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Águilas De Mexicali
The Águilas de Mexicali ( en, Mexicali Eagles) are a professional baseball based in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico. They compete in the Mexican Pacific League (LMP), a Mexican winter league. The team plays at Estadio Nido de los Águilas also known simply as "El Nido" (The Nest) with a capacity of 20,000. History Baseball has been played in Mexicali since 1914 and several teams have represented the city, the current incarnation of the Águilas was established in 1967 and made its debut in the Mexican Pacific League on 12 October 1976. They have won the championship four times: in 1985–86 managed by Cananea Reyes, in 1988–89 coached by Dave Machemer, in 1998–99 under Francisco Estrada and most recently in 2016–17 managed by Roberto Vizcarra. The team also won the 1986 Caribbean Series, played in Maracaibo, Venezuela. Officers *President: Dio Alberto Murillo Rogers *Vice President: Rigoberto Cardenas Valdez *Vice President of Operations: Jose Luiz Rodriguez Escoto *D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Algodoneros De Guasave
The Algodoneros de Guasave ( en, Guasave Cotton Growers) are a professional baseball team in the Mexican Pacific League based in Guasave, Sinaloa. They won the league championship in 1972. The team was purchased in April 2014 by a group of investors led by Armando Navarro. The team was moved to Guadalajara and began play in the 2014-15 season as the third incarnation of the Charros de Jalisco. On January 27, 2019, during a rally at the Estadio Francisco Carranza Limón in Guasave, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced that the Algodoneros would return to compete in the Mexican Pacific League beginning in the 2019–20 season. They would be one of two additions to the LMP, with the Sultanes de Monterrey (who also play in the Mexican Baseball League) being the other. References Algodoneros de Guasave The Algodoneros de Guasave ( en, Guasave Cotton Growers) are a professional baseball team in the Mexican Pacific League based in Guasave, Sinaloa. They won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sultanes De Monterrey
The Sultanes de Monterrey ( en, Monterrey Sultans) are a professional baseball team in the Mexican League based in Monterrey, Mexico. They compete in the Northern Division. The team also joined the Mexican Pacific League for the 2019–20 season following the conclusion of the Mexican League season, making them the only team to participate in both the summer and winter leagues in Mexico. History The team was formed on May 20, 1939, as Carta Blanca (a local beer brand, owned by Cervecería Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma which owned the team). The team was renamed to Industriales in 1942. In 1948 it was renamed again to their current name, Sultanes. The team was also known as the Gray Ghosts. The team won its first championship in 1943. In total, the Sultanes have collected ten championships (1943, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1962, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2007. and 2018), including three straight (1947–1949) under the legendary Cuban manager Lázaro Salazar. During the seasons from 1989-1994 both the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ARCO
ARCO ( ) is a brand of gasoline stations currently owned by Marathon Petroleum after BP sold its rights. BP commercializes the brand in Northern California, Oregon and Washington, while Marathon has rights for the rest of the United States and in Mexico. ARCO had been established in 1966 as the "Atlantic Richfield Company", an independent oil and gas company formed after the merger of Atlantic Petroleum and the Richfield Oil Corporation. History From 1966 to 2000, the 'Atlantic Richfield Company', doing business as ARCO, was an independent American oil company with operations in the United States, Indonesia, the North Sea, the South China Sea, and Mexico. After its acquisition of Anaconda Copper Mining Company in 1977, ARCO had owned hard rock mines in several western states, which has created environmental clean-up liabilities to the company to this day even after the mines were closed in the early 1980s. In 2000, BP acquired ARCO for $26.8 billion. ARCO's retail and mark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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