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was contested at the

1938 Bolivarian Games The I Bolivarian Games (Spanish: ''Juegos Bolivarianos'') were a multi-sport event held between August 6–22, 1938, in Bogotá, Colombia, at the Estadio El Campín, for the city's 400th anniversary. The Games were organized by the Bolivarian Spo ...

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. One game was played between the

and

Venezuela national baseball team The Venezuela national baseball team (Spanish: ''Selección de béisbol de Venezuela'') is the national team of Venezuela. It is currently ranked sixth in the world by the World Baseball Softball Confederation, directly behind the US and ahead ...

s on August 14, 1938, at the Campo Deportivo La Salle in Chapinero. Though baseball is popular on the coastal Caribbean region of Colombia, the 1938 games was reportedly the first time that baseball was played in Bogotá. The tournament was the international debut of the Colombia national team, managed by Dominican Negro leaguer

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, and the second appearance of the Venezuela national team, which had debuted earlier that year at the Central American and Caribbean Games.

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* 1938 Bolivarian Games

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