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Juan González Cornet
Juan González Cornet (17 September 1917 — 8 January 1973) was a Colombian businessman and baseball executive who was one of the founders of the original Colombian Professional Baseball League in 1948. González Cornet was born in Panama, where his father worked in the Panama Canal Zone; when he was five years old, the family relocated to Cartagena. He owned a restaurant and farming interests in addition to the Indios de Cartagena, originally an amateur baseball club. He was also manager of the Indios. González Cornet, of Cartagena, managed to heal a rift between business interests in Cartagena and Barranquilla, who had proposed their own professional baseball league, in order to found a single unified professional baseball league in the country. He managed the Indios to three championships in 1948, 1950, and 1952, and remained a prominent figure in the Colombian professional baseball world until a currency exchange crisis caused the first iteration of the league to fold in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manager (baseball)
In baseball, the field manager (commonly referred to as the manager) is the equivalent of a head coach who is responsible for overseeing and making final decisions on all aspects of on-field team strategy, lineup selection, training and instruction. Managers are typically assisted by a staff of assistant coaches whose responsibilities are specialized. Field managers are typically not involved in off-field personnel decisions or long-term club planning, responsibilities that are instead held by a team's general manager. Duties The manager chooses the batting order and starting pitcher before each game, and makes substitutions throughout the game – among the most significant being those decisions regarding when to bring in a relief pitcher. How much control a manager takes in a game's strategy varies from manager to manager and from game to game. Some managers control pitch selection, defensive positioning, decisions to bunt, steal, pitch out, etc., while others d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latin American Series (1952)
The Latin American Series () was a one-time international baseball tournament held in Caracas, Venezuela in March 1952. Envisioned as an alternative to the Caribbean Series contested by national teams, its rosters were made up of professional baseball players, rather than the non-professional amateurs that played in Olympic-style competitions at the time (like the Amateur World Series). The tournament saw the debut of the Estadio Universitario, which would go on to be the longtime home of the Leones del Caracas and Tiburones de La Guaira of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League. The Dominican Republic's José St. Claire would be the first player to hit a home run in the stadium. Tournament summary In the opening game, on March 3, pitcher José "Carrao" Bracho propelled Venezuela to an 11-inning, 3–2 win over Colombia. Emilio Cueche became the first player in Venezuelan professional baseball history to throw a shutout, in a 7–0 victory over the Dominican Republic. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sport In Cartagena, Colombia
Sport is a physical activity or game, often competitive and organized, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. Sport may provide enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators. The number of participants in a particular sport can vary from hundreds of people to a single individual. Sport competitions may use a team or single person format, and may be open, allowing a broad range of participants, or closed, restricting participation to specific groups or those invited. Competitions may allow a "tie" or "draw", in which there is no single winner; others provide tie-breaking methods to ensure there is only one winner. They also may be arranged in a tournament format, producing a champion. Many sports leagues make an annual champion by arranging games in a regular sports season, followed in some cases by playoffs. Sport is generally recognised as system of activities based in physical athleticism or physical dexterity, with major competitions admitt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
