Pops Club de Béisbol (from the
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word for "
octopus
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es") was a
baseball
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club in
Lloret de Mar
Lloret de Mar (; ) is a Mediterranean coastal town in Catalonia, Spain. It is south of Girona and northeast of Barcelona. With a population of 38,402 in 2021, it is the second largest town in the Selva comarca of Catalonia.
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, where there were many descendants of immigrants from
Cuba
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.
Its founders were Nasi Brugueras and Alex Colomer from
Barcelona
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, and its sponsor and president was Roque Romero, a stockbroker born in
Mendavia
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Mendavia is an agricultural town. It produces high-quality asparagus, peaches and a certain variety of lar ...
,
Navarre
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. Roque Romero remained as president of the Pops club until its demise and for a while also became chairman of the Catalan Baseball Federation. This now defunct baseball club was active during the heyday of baseball in
Spain
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, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
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in the 1950s and 1960s. But owing to mass-interest in
football
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, Pops baseball club did not survive into the 1970s and its field was converted into a field for the local football team.
Pops won the local ''Campionat de Catalunya'' (Catalan Championship) in 1955.
See also
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History of baseball outside the United States
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International Baseball Federation (IBAF)
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Baseball in Cuba
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