All I can remember from '48 was sitting on my mom's lap on the recliner and listening to the games on the radio. I was conscious. Gotta believe it was my mom that gifted me the Cleveland Indians. Grew up listening to Jimmy Dudley on wtrf.

See game time for the broadcasts of the 1948 world series.

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In a losing effort, Cardinals 12 Navigators 7, Gabe Arias AB 5, R 1, H 2, 2B 1, HR 1, RBI 3, W 0, K 1 OPS 1.000, AVE .353

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Guardians Infielder Keeps Impressing With The Bat In Winter Ball

January 3, 2025

By Andres Chavez

When fans and media discuss the Cleveland Guardians internal candidates to take over at second base and fill in for the recently traded Andres Giménez, the most frequently mentioned names are Juan Brito, Angel Martinez and Daniel Schneemann.

No one seems to remember Gabriel Arias and wrote him off after his disappointing MLB stint that ended in July.

Arias, of course, is not a natural second baseman.

However, he has experience in every position on the field (except for catcher) as a professional and, if he hits well enough in the winter and then in the spring, he could become an option for the keystone.

It’s fair to say that so far, the ‘winter’ part is covered: he had an amazing regular season of the Liga Venezolana de Beisbol Profesional (LVBP) with Tiburones de La Guaira, and is currently playing the semifinal round for Navegantes del Magallanes as an addition.

On Thursday, Arias had another amazing day at the plate.

“Cleveland #Guardians (INF/OF) Gabriel Arias with a pair of extra base hits last night (2-5 R 2B HR 3RBI) @Magallanes_bbc including this 3-run HR in the 1st inning in Venezuelan Winter League action,” Guardians Prospective posted on X.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1875214632505483318

He hit .292/.364/.547 in the regular season, with a .911 OPS, nine doubles, six home runs and 23 RBI in 27 games for Tiburones.

He currently has a .353 batting average and a 1.000 OPS in six semifinal games, with two doubles and a homer in four contests.

After posting a disappointing .608 OPS in Cleveland this year, he was demoted and bounced back nicely with a .904 mark in Columbus.

The offensive revival is very much real, and he hasn’t stopped hitting since that demotion.

If Arias can keep up the good form in the spring, look out: he might be able to win an everyday role.

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Tigres beat Vaqueros at the start of the semi-finals

Augusto Cesar Puello Mestre

Last updated 2025/01/04 at 7:50 AM

January 4, 2025

With great work on the mound by starter Fernando Pérez, the Tigres won against the visiting Vaqueros 4-2 in the opening of the 'Round Robin' or semifinal round of professional baseball.

Despite the difficulties before the game, including the rain, the "Cartagena Tigres" showed their claws to get back into the game, scoring runs in the second, third and fifth innings. Vaqueros scored runs in the second and eighth innings.

Dominican Osvaldo Abreu (3B) and Cartagena's Carlos Martinez (C) each hit home runs. Venezuelan debutant Wilmer Perez (1B) also drove in a run. The winning pitcher was Fernando Perez who pitched 5 innings, Deivy Mendez saved the game without a hit in the final two innings.

[ Dayan de Jesus SS
AB 5, R 0, H 2, RBI 1, W 0, K 1, AVG .282, OPS .839
2B : (1) Dayan Frias
RBI : (1) Dayan Frias
E : (1) Dayan Frias) ]

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Magallanes got its first win of the Round Robin

Renato Núñez led the offensive with three RBIs

Ivan Kleberg

January 3, 2025

The Magallanes Navigators (0-4) broke their losing streak at the start of the Round Robin this Friday. They beat the Margarita Braves 5-1in Valencia.

The MVP of the game was Renato Núñez, who went 1-4 with a three-run homer to give the Navigators control of the game.

Núñez hit a home run in the first inning off a 2-0 pitch from Félix Dubront, giving Magallanes the impetus to take its first win.

The remaining two runs were driven in thanks to two hits by Carlos Rodríguez in the second and sixth innings.

The winning pitcher of the righty was Tyler Alexander and the loss was taken by Felix Dubront.

With this result, Magallanes has a record of 1-4. While the islanders have a record of 2-3.

Magallanes' next game will be this Saturday against the Cardenales de Lara in Barquisimeto. Meanwhile, Bravos will visit Águilas.

[ Gabe Arias (RF) hitting 2nd
AB 3, R 1, H 0, W 1, K 2, AVG .300, OPS .883
Defensa: Outfield assists: Arias, G (Ramos, W at 2nd base).
Arias' 3rd outfield assist in the playoffs. ]

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The Giants are still alive

by The Editorial Staff

January 4, 2025

A three-run rally in the eighth inning led the Carolina Giants to an important 5-3 victory over the Mayagüez Indians in the Roberto Clemente Professional Baseball League (LBPRC).

The Giants came back twice to improve their record to 17-22 and maintain their hopes of creating a tie for the last playoff spot on the final day of the regular season.

Mayagüez, already ranked first in the standings, raised its record to 23-16.

The Giants came out aggressively from the start and created their first offensive attack in the second inning when consecutive hits by Jan Hernandez and Bryan Flete put runners on the corners. Indians starter Luis Leroy Cruz struck out Adeiny Hechavarria after Flete was picked off straying too far from first base.

Alexis Pantoja hit a shot that hit a spot on the mound and extended to the center field, driving in the Giants' first run.

Giants Miller Hogan hit the second batter he faced in the game, Eddie Rosario, with a pitch and then got nine batters out - five of them by strikeout - before the Tribe could figure him out.

The Indians' first hit came off the bat of designated hitter Anthony Garcia, who doubled to center field. Danny Ortiz then hit a sacrifice fly ball to drive home and tie the game, 1-1, in the fourth inning.

A single by Mario Feliciano, off right-handed reliever Angel Reyes, drove in the run that gave the Indians a 2-1 lead in the seventh inning.

However, in a game so important to keep the possibility of qualifying alive, the Giants came back on a double by Johnathan Rodríguez drove in Bryan Torres from second base to tie the game, 2-2, in the bottom of the inning.

The Mayagüez team responded offensively with a big hit. A solo home run by Anthony García over the left field fence off Giants right-hander Zack Brown put the game 3-2 in the eighth inning.

The Giants turned the tide of the game around in the eighth inning. After two outs, Gabriel Cancel reached base on an error by Martin “Machete” Maldonado at first base. Right-hander Joshua James then allowed a hit to Alan Espinal and walked Torres to load up the Giants’ bases.

James was relieved by Josimar Cousin, who with two more walks and an error on a throw to first base added three runs to Carolina's cause to put the score at 5-3.

Brown (1-0) earned the win by pitching the ninth inning, while James (0-2) took the loss after Carolina's final three runs came on his account without getting a batter out. Right-hander Osvaldo Berríos earned his second save of the season.

The Cangrejeros de Santurce and the Senadores de San Juan qualified for the postseason last night, to join the Indios de Mayagüez. Thus, there is only one space left to be defined between the Criollos de Caguas, the Leones de Ponce and the Gigantes de Carolina.

The last day of the regular season will be played today, Saturday, when the Carolina Giants visit the Indians at the Isidoro “Cholo” García Stadium, the San Juan Senators receive the Ponce Lions at the Hiram Bithorn Stadium in the capital and the Caguas Criollos face the Santurce Cangrejeros at the Yldefonso Solá Morales Stadium.

All matches will be broadcast on the league's YouTube channel starting at 7:00 p.m. The game between Caguas and Santurce will be broadcast on Wapa Deportes.

[ JONATHAN RODRIGUEZ-LF
AB 4, R 0, H 1, 28 1, RBI 2, W 1, K 0, AVG 242, OPS 785 ]

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2025 started rainy and it will be a long year

By

Jan 5, 2025

Montería. As has not happened in recent years, 2025 has surprised many people from Córdoba with rain in the first three days of January and according to Ideam, these will continue until March with some periodicity in what is the beginning of a La Niña phenomenon that in 2024 did not have a major impact on the region.

On January 1, a torrential downpour fell in the afternoon hours in a large part of the department of Córdoba. That was the first climatic warning of the current year. But in addition, rains fell on the 2nd and 3rd of this month. The meteorological authorities of the country turned to a report from the International Climate Research Institute (IRI) to detail what is coming in terms of climate for Colombia at the beginning of this year. "For January-March 25, the official consensus of the IRI predicts that the El Niño phase will have a probability of 0%; the Neutral phase of 37% while La Niña will have a probability of 63%," said Ideam.

There is also a reported likelihood of sudden increases in the levels of the Sinú River and its tributaries in the upper reaches.

Reports also indicate that the heaviest rains are expected in several areas in the west and southwest of the national maritime zone and in sectors of the departments of Cesar, Bolívar, Sucre, Córdoba, Antioquia, Norte de Santander, Santander, Boyacá, Cundinamarca, Tolima, Caldas, Risaralda, Quindío, Chocó, Valle del Cauca, Cauca, Nariño, western Meta and Arauca, Casanare, southern Vichada, Guainía, eastern Guaviare, western Caquetá and Putumayo, eastern Vaupés, and southern and central Amazonas.

The rainfall of the first few days has put the predictions of the famous cabañuelas on everyone's lips, including Colombians. These are the same predictions that many people have historically used to define how the weather will behave during the 12 months of the year, taking the first 12 days of a year as a basis. With what has happened to date and according to these predictions, January, February and March would be rainy. For yesterday, January 4, Ideam also predicted a rainy day in a large part of the Cordoba territory, so April would also have the same condition.






Vaqueros asked to postpone the game, but

By

Jan 5, 2025

The Vaqueros de Montería management formally requested the Colombian Professional Baseball League to postpone today's game against Caimanes de Barranquilla scheduled for 5:00 pm at the 18 de Junio ​​stadium. However, the tournament organizers had rescheduled it for 8:30 pm.

For the management of the Montería team, there is a great wear and tear on the players who played a game against Tigres last Friday until 1:00 in the morning and immediately traveled to the capital of the Atlantic to face Leones yesterday Saturday, a game that ended after 12:00 at night. They then returned to Montería.

The request is under study and a response is expected in the next few minutes.

News in development...

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The Vaqueros won the Saturday game 3-2 over the Tigres.

The Tigres took the lead 1-0 in the bottom half of the 3rd.
SALAS WILLIAM walks.
VILLAFAÑE MURILLO Andres Felipe singles to center field. SALAS WILLIAM to 2nd.
MUÑOZ Deivi reaches on fielders choice. SALAS WILLIAM out at 3rd. VILLAFAÑE MURILLO at 2nd. VILLAFAÑE MURILLO on 1st.. 1 out
Ball 1. VILLAFAÑE MURILLO Andres Felipe scores on wild pitch. MUÑOZ Deivi to 2nd on wild pitch. 0-1

The Tigres added a run in the bottom of the 5th.
VILLAFAÑE MURILLO doubles to left field.
REYES Felix doubles down left field line. VILLAFAÑE MURILLO scores. 0-2.

The Vaqueros would rally for 3-runs in the top half of the 9th to take the lead and the win on the road.
DAYAN FRIAS singles to center field.
ANGLE Andres walks. DAYAN FRIAS to 2nd.
Double Steal FRIAS to 3rd. ANGLE to 2nd.
TORRES FRANKLIN ​​doubles. FRIAS scores. ANGLE Andres scores. 2-2.
Pinch Runner RAMOS AGAMEZ for TORRES at 2nd.
TEJEDA Isaias flies out.
RAMOS AGAMEZ to 3rd on balk.
Gustavo reaches on fielders choice. RAMOS AGAMEZ scores 3-2

[ Dayan Frias AB 4, R 1, H 1, SB 1, W 0, K 1, AVG 280, OPS .828
Fielding: DP (3) FRIAS
On the basis: SB (1) FRIAS ]

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Indians Walk off win over the Giants 6-5 In 10 Innings

The Editorial Staffby The Editorial Staff

January 5, 2025

A walk-off hit by Sabin Ceballos in the bottom of the tenth inning caused the Mayagüez Indians to knock out the Carolina Giants, 6-5, at the Isidoro “Cholo” García Stadium.

With the game tied 4-4, the tiebreaker rule was applied , which requires teams to begin extra innings with a runner on second base. The Giants began the tenth inning with speedy Bryan Torres on second base. Then, after two outs, Jan Hernandez hit a single to center field to drive in the visitors' fifth run.

Giants reliever Saul Gonzalez would make an error on his throw to third base after a bunt by veteran Danny Ortiz. Pinch runner Alan Marrero scored the tying run 5-5. Then, it was Ceballos' turn, who with his hit drove in Ortiz to produce the winning run.

Gonzalez (0-1) took the loss while right-hander Justin Yeager (1-0) earned the win in two innings.

With the elimination of the Carolina Giants, Caguas and Ponce will face each other on Sunday for the last spot in the winter semifinals. Carolina had qualified for the last two final series, so this season there will be a new finalist for the first time in three years.

[ JOHNATHAN RODRIGUEZ LF AV 3, R 0, H 1, RBI 0, W 2, K 1, AVG 245, OPS 804
Unless Rodriguez is selected to reinforce one of the playoff teams, Johnathan's season just came to an end ]

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Cardinals extend unbeaten streak in Round Robin

Rangel Ravelo was the spark plug for the Lara team with four RBIs

Ivan Kleberg

January 4, 2025

The Lara Cardinals continue to make a perfect start in the LVBP Round Robin. This Saturday, those led by Henry Blanco beat the Navegantes del Magallanes 7-3 in Barquisimeto.

The MVP of this match was Rangel Ravelo, who went 3-for-4 and drove in three runs for the Lara cause.

The Red Birds were able to react to Magallanes' two-run lead with a four-run rally led by Eduardo García, Harold Castro, Rangel Ravelo and Jecksson Flores in the third inning.

For the fifth, Ravelo arrived again but with two runners on base homered to put the seventh run on the scoreboard in favor of the red birds.

The winning pitcher of this duel was Jimmy Endersby and the loss was taken by Junior Guerra.

The Cardinals have won six games in a row to remain undefeated in the postseason. Magallanes has a 1-5 record.

The Cardnals return to action on Monday, January 6 against Bravos at home. While Magallanes will visit Tigres this Sunday.

[ Gabe Arias (RF) AB 3, R 1, H 0, W 1, K 1, AVG 261, OPS 798 ]

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Dominican Republic Round Robin
First time since 2010 when I first showed interest in winter ball that the Indians/Guardians do not have any players participating in LIDOM.

The 2012-2013 season saw the debut of a 19 year old kid from Bani DR. His positions were listed as a 2B, SS, & 3B. His name was Jose Ramirez.

In 38 plate appearances that season, he had a .312 BA playing against guys a lot older and more experienced. In fact, he was 1 of the 3 youngest players in the league. He had a .990 fielding % in 306 innings and 191 chances.

He was selected to represent the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean World Series and made the all-star team playing 2B in 5 games & SS for 2 games.

Again, Jose was 1 of the 5 youngest players in the series that saw Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, and Puerto Rico as participants. The Mexico won the series with a 4-3 record. The Dominican Republic came in second with a 5-2 record followed by Puerto Rico and Venezuela clocking in fourth. ***

Jose only had a batting average of (.226). He shared SS with Miguel Tejeda and 2B with Julio lugo.
He played in 7 games, 38 PA, 32 AB, 5 R, 7 H, 2 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, $ RBI, 2 SB, 8 W, 8 K, .385 OBP, .387 SLG, .772 OPS, and 1 intentional walk.
Defensively, in 75 total innings and 33 total chances, committed 3 errors.

Jose played 5 total seasons and is the one person totally responsible for my interest in winter ball.

The rest is history.

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Mexican Team wins 2013 Caribbean Series in 18 Innings

Hermosillo, Mexico. The 2013 Caribbean Series is in the books. On Thursday evening Yaquis de Obregon from Mexico defeated Leones del Escodigo 4-3 in a marathon over 18 innings and 6 hours 59 minutes in the final. Doug Clark broke the tie with a solo home run in the top of the ninth extra inning. Both teams had exchanged runs in the 14th frame to extend the thriller. It was the longest game in Caribbean Series history.

Individual Honors:

MVP: Luis Mendoza (Mexico)
Manager: Audo Vicente (DR)
Catcher: Francisco Pena (DR)
Pitcher: Luis Mendoza (Mexico)
First base: Donell Linares (DR)
Second base: Jose Ramirez (DR)
Third base: Mario Lisson (Venezuela)
Shortstop: Miguel Tejada (DR)
Outfielder: Marlon Byrd (Mexico)
Outfielder: Ricardo Nanita (DR)
Outfielder: Doug Clark (Mexico)
Designated hitter: Barbaro Canizares (Puerto Rico)
Right-handed pitcher: Luis Mendoza (Mexico)
Left-handed pitcher: Efraim Nieves (Puerto Rico)
Relief pitcher: David Reyes (Mexico)
Closer: Saul Rivera (Puerto Rico)

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Jose Ramirez

J. Ramirez Leading Off and Playing (2B)
AB 7, Hits 2, Runs 0, HR 0, RBI 1, AVE .286

Today's at Bats

1st: J Ramirez bunt grounded out to third.
3rd: J Ramirez grounded out to second, A Almonte scored.
6th: J Ramirez flied out to left.
8th: J Ramirez flied out to left.
10th: J Ramirez reached on bunt single to catcher, A Rosario to second.
12th: J Ramirez singled to right.
14th: J Ramirez walked.
15th: J Ramirez flied out to center.
17th: J Ramirez intentionally walked.

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Jose Ramirez

J. Ramirez Leading Off and Playing (2B)
AB 7, Hits 2, Runs 0, HR 0, RBI 1
doesn't look like much of a prospect