Chupacabras de Canóvanas

 

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• League: Betances.
• Division: El Yunque.
• Nicknames: Bestias, Crípticos.
• Cheers: “¡Que no te vean!”

 

Photo credit: Mtmelendez.

LNP championships

1872 • 1879

Liga Betances pennants

1872 • 1878 • 1879

Campeonatos de las Ligas

1871 • 1872 • 1878 • 1879

Series Interdivisionales

1871 • 1872 • 1873 • 1876 • 1878 • 1879 • 1882 • 1893

Series Eliminatorias

1871 • 1872 • 1873 • 1876 • 1878 • 1879 • 1882 • 1893 • 1896

División del Yunque titles

1871 • 1872 • 1876 • 1877 • 1878 • 1882 • 1883 • 1884 • 1893 • 1895 • 1896 • 1897

Wild Card berths

1873 • 1879 • 1885 • 1886

 

Although the chupacabras is considered these days a general Latin American monster, its first recorded sighting was in the town of Canóvanas. Presumably an earlier occurrence, which went unrecorded, was the impetus behind the local baseball team’s naming.

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• Campo de los Chupacabras: 1871-