La Habana was a

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team in the

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up to 2010. Representing the former La Habana Province (''Provincia de La Habana''), the ''Vaqueros'' won their first ever National Series in 2009, and reached the National Series final against

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in 2004-05. La Habana had three pitchers on the Cuban team at the

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: Yulieski González, Jonder Martínez and Yadier Pedroso. This team disappeared in 2011, since La Habana province was divided in two new provinces

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and Mayabeque with their respective baseball teams: Cazadores de Artemisa (Hunters) and

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(Hurricanes)

Notable players

* Luis Ignacio González *

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* Juan Carlos Linares * Oscar Macías * Romelio Martínez * Juan Carlos Millán *

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* Andy Morales * Manuel Morales *

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* Pedro Luis Rodríguez * Mario Véliz Baseball teams in Cuba Sport in Havana San José de las Lajas Baseball teams established in 1977 1977 establishments in Cuba Baseball teams disestablished in 2011 2011 disestablishments in North America {{Cuba-baseball-team-stub