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The Venezuelan champion moves on to the Caribbean Series to face the champions of the baseball leagues of the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Panama and Colombia. Venezuelan teams have won the Caribbean Series eight times, most recently in 2024 by the Tiburones de La Guaira, after having won the LVBP title during the 2023–24 season.
Liga Paralela de Béisbol (translated: Parallel Baseball League) is a baseball league competition held in Venezuela during the winter. Its relationship to the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League is similar to that of the AA and AAA Minor League Baseball leagues to Major League Baseball in the U.S.A. After players finish the league ...
There is a Venezuelan Summer League established in 1997 and composed of teams affiliated with Major League Baseball (MLB) clubs. The Liga paralela is a secondary Venezuelan winter league, with the teams acting as farm teams for VPBL clubs. In 2021, the Venezuelan Major League, a summer league circuit, was launched. [citation needed]
Major League Baseball said on Thursday it was suspending involvement in the upcoming Venezuelan professional baseball season pending instructions from the U.S. government, which has repeatedly ...
The Caribbean Series is the longest-running international club baseball tournament in the Americas, but its participants have generally been limited to members of the Caribbean Professional Baseball Confederation (CPBC), an organization which includes the domestic winter leagues of Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic.
Teolindo Antonio Acosta Lázaro (July 23, 1937 — August 2, 2004) was a Venezuelan professional baseball player. Listed at 5' 7", 168 lb., he batted and threw left handed. [1]
The series will feature the winners of the respective winter league baseball leagues of the Caribbean Professional Baseball Confederation (CPBC): the four full members (Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Venezuela), plus special guest and first time participant Japan. [1]
The Venezuelan Professional Baseball League was established in 1945, with Leones del Caracas the leading team; another leading club is Valencia's Navegantes del Magallanes, established in 1917. There is a Venezuelan Summer League (established in 1997) and winter league (Liga Paralela). Venezuelan teams have won the Caribbean Series a number of ...