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José Romero (baseball)
José "Pepillo" Romero was a Cuban baseball pitcher and outfielder in the Cuban League. He played with the Feista club in 1897, Habana Havana (; ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.Almendares in 1901 and 1903, Club Fé in 1902, and Carmelita and Nuevo Criollo in 1904. References External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pitcher
In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("Pitch (baseball), pitches") the Baseball (ball), baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of out (baseball), retiring a batter (baseball), batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a base on balls, walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the pitcher is assigned the number 1. The pitcher is often considered the most important player on the defensive side of the game, and as such is situated at the right end of the defensive spectrum. There are many different types of pitchers, such as the starting pitcher, relief pitcher, middle reliever, left-handed specialist, lefty specialist, setup man, and the closing pitcher, closer. Traditionally, the pitcher also bats. Starting in 1973 with the American League and spreading to further leagues throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the hitting duties of the pitcher have generally been given over t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmelita (baseball)
Carmelita were a Cuban baseball team. They played in the Cuban League in 1887, the Cuban Summer Championship 1904 and 1908 and the Cuban-American Negro Clubs Series in 1904. 1904 players (Includes Cuban Summer Championship and Cuban-American Series players) * Rafael Almeida * Agustín Acosta * Luis Bustamante * Salustiano Contreras *Augusto Franqui Augusto Franqui was a Cuban baseball pitcher and outfielder in the Cuban League. He played with Carmelita (baseball), Carmelita and Habana (baseball club), Habana in 1904, Eminencia in 1905, and Rojo (baseball team), Rojo in 1906. References Ex ... * Manuel Masineira * José Romero 1908 players * Agustín Acosta * José Montes de Oca * Angel Morán * Carlos Morán * Francisco Morán * Jaime Rovira * Manuel Villa Notes References * Defunct baseball teams in Cuba Cuban League teams {{Cuba-baseball-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Club Fé Players
Club may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Club (magazine), ''Club'' (magazine) * Club, a ''Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' character * Clubs (suit), a suit of playing cards * Club music * "Club", by Kelsea Ballerini from the album ''kelsea'' Brands and enterprises * Club (cigarette), a Scottish brand of cigarettes * Club (German cigarette), a German brand of cigarettes * Club Med, a holiday company Food * Club (soft drink) * Club Crackers * Club sandwich * Club (biscuit), a brand of biscuits manufactured by Jacob's (Ireland) and McVitie's (UK) Objects * Club (weapon), a blunt weapon * Golf club * Indian club, an exercise device * Juggling club * Throwing club, an item of sport equipment used in the club throw * Throwing club, an alternative name for a throwing stick Organizations * Club (organization), a type of association * Book discussion club, also called a book club or reading circle * Book sales club, a marketing mechanism * Cabaret club * Gentlemen's club (traditional) * Heal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmelita Players
Carmelita may refer to: * Carmelita (baseball), a Cuban baseball team * Carmelita (name), feminine given name in English and Spanish * Carmelita (Pasadena, California), home and grove * "Carmelita" (song), song by Warren Zevon from his 1976 self-titled album * "Carmelita", song by Rick Recht from his 1999 album ''Tov'' * Asociación Deportiva Carmelita, a Costa Rican football team * Carmelita Airport, a small airport in Guatemala * Carmelita, Belize, settlement in the Orange Walk District of Belize * Carmelita, Petén, settlement in the municipality of San Andrés, Petén Department of Guatemala * Carmelita Hinton (1890–1983), American progressive educator * Carmelita Fox, fictional character in the Sly Cooper video games * Carmelita Spats, character from the children's series ''A Series of Unfortunate Events'' {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Almendares (baseball) Players
Almendares may refer to: * Almendares River, Cuba * Almendares (baseball), a former club in Havana, Cuba * Juan Ángel Almendares Bonilla (active from before 2001), Honduran physician, politician and human rights activist See also * {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuban Baseball Players
Cuban or Cubans may refer to: Related to Cuba * of or related to Cuba, a country in the Caribbean * Cubans, people from Cuba, or of Cuban descent ** Cuban exile, a person who left Cuba for political reasons, or a descendant thereof * Cuban Americans, citizens of the United States who are of Cuban descent * Cuban Spanish, the dialect of Cuba * Culture of Cuba * Cuban cigar * Cuban cuisine ** Cuban sandwich People with the surname * Brian Cuban (born 1961), American lawyer and activist * Mark Cuban (born 1958), American entrepreneur See also * * Kuban (other) * List of Cubans * Demographics of Cuba * Cuban Boys, a British music act * Cuban eight, a type of aerobatic maneuver * Cuban Missile Crisis * Cubane Cubane is a synthetic hydrocarbon compound with the Chemical formula, formula . It consists of eight carbon atoms arranged at the corners of a Cube (geometry), cube, with one hydrogen atom attached to each carbon atom. A solid crystalline substanc ..., a synthetic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1878 Births
Events January * January 5 – Russo-Turkish War: Battle of Shipka Pass IV – Russian and Bulgarian forces defeat the Ottoman Empire. * January 9 – Umberto I becomes King of Italy. * January 17 – Russo-Turkish War: Battle of Philippopolis – Russian troops defeat the Ottoman Empire. * January 23 – Benjamin Disraeli orders the British fleet to the Dardanelles. * January 24 – Russian revolutionary Vera Zasulich shoots at Fyodor Trepov, Governor of Saint Petersburg. * January 28 – In the United States: ** The world's First Telephone Exchange begins commercial operation in New Haven, Connecticut. ** '' The Yale News'' becomes the first daily college newspaper in the U.S. * January 31 – Turkey agrees to an armistice at Adrianople. February * February 2 – Greece declares war on the Ottoman Empire. * February 7 – Pope Pius IX dies, after a 31½ year pontificate (the longest definitely confirmed). * February 8 & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuevo Criollo
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Nuevo is the Spanish word for "new". It may refer to: * Nuevology, California, a town in California, United States * Nuevo (band), featuring singer and musician Peter Godwin * Nuevo (Bayamón), a settlement in Puerto Rico * "Nuevo", Spanish-language version of "Novo" (song) by Laura Pausini (2018} * ''Nuevo (album)'', a 2002 album by the Kronos Quartet The Kronos Quartet is an American string quartet based in San Francisco. It has been in existence with a rotating membership of musicians for 50 years. The quartet covers a very broad range of musical genres, including contemporary classical musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Club Fé
Club Fé was a Cuban baseball team based in Havana in the Cuban League. It played in 1882, 1885, from 1887 to 1890, and again from 1901 to 1914. Fé first played during the 1882 season, which was canceled after four games and all game results were voided, though Fé had had a 1–4 record. The club finished in second place in the spring of 1885 behind Habana with a 3–3 record and ended the winter of 1885 in third place behind Habana and Almendares. Fé won the 1888 championship with a 12–3 record. Managed by Antonio Utera, Francisco Hernandez won 10 games, and José María Teuma batted .350 and won two games. Alberto Azoy managed the team from 1905 to 1910, during which they won the league championship in 1905. They would win again in 1912 under manager Tinti Molina. Notable players *Rube Foster *Pete Hill *Antonio María García *Eusebio González * Mike González *Charlie Grant *Louis Santop *Dolf Luque * Juan Manuel Pastoriza *John Henry Lloyd *Smokey Joe Williams J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outfielder
An outfielder is a person playing in one of the three defensive positions in baseball or softball, farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder. As an outfielder, their duty is to catch Batted ball, fly balls and ground balls then to return them to the infield for the out or before the runner advances, if there are any runners on the Baseball, bases. Outfielders normally play behind the six Baseball positions, defensive players located in the infield: the pitcher, catcher, first baseman, second baseman, third baseman, and shortstop. The left fielder and right fielder are named based on their positions relative to the center fielder when looking out from home plate, with the left fielder positioned to the left of the center fielder and the right fielder positioned to the right. By convention, each of the nine defensive positions in baseball are numbered. The outfield positions are 7 (left fielder), 8 (center fielder) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Almendares (baseball)
The Almendares B.B.C., also known as the Alacranes del Almendares, was one of the oldest and most distinguished baseball teams in the old Cuban League, which existed from 1878 to 1961. Almendares represented the Almendares District on the outskirts of the old city of Havana—when the league was founded it was still considered a suburban area, but later became a district within the enlarged city. Almendares was one of the most successful franchises in the Cuban League. In their early history they were known by their colors as the Blues; later they adopted the name of ''Alacranes'' (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Scorpions''). Throughout their existence they had a famous rivalry with the Habana (baseball club), Habana baseball club. Almendares won 24 Cuban League championships (the first during the 1893–94 season and the last and in 1958–59) and two Caribbean Series (in 1949 Caribbean Series, 1949 and 1959 Caribbean Series, 1959). History Baseball in Cuba was more than a spo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
