Caribbean World Series

The Caribbean World Series of Professional Baseball — or Serie del Caribe del Béisbol Profesional in Spanish — is an annual baseball tournament, usually played during the month of February,before the MLB trainings season in Dominican Republic, Mexico,Puerto Rico or Venezuela.

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Spanish - Baseball - February - Dominican Republic - Mexico - Puerto Rico - Venezuela

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The Caribbean World Series was the brainchild of the Venezuelans Oscar "El Negro" Prieto and Pablo Morales, who devised the idea after the seeing the success of the Serie Interamericana (Inter-American Series) in 1946, which featured the Sultanes de Monterrey from Mexico; the All Cubans from Cuba; the Brooklyn Bushwicks from the United States; and Cervecería de Caracas from Venezuela. The Bushwicks won each year from 1946 to 1949, but Cervecería de Caracas won the final Serie Interamericana in 1950.

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Oscar "El Negro" Prieto - Pablo Morales - 1946 - Cuba - United States - 1949 - 1950

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Inspired by the Seire Interamericana, Prieto and Morales presented their idea for a Caribbean World Series to a Confederación de Béisbol del Caribe (CBC, Baseball Confederation of the Caribbean in English) conference in Miami in late 1948. Cuba agreed to host the first series, which would feature the top team from each of the CBC member nations — Cuba, Panama, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela — in a six-day series of doubleheader games to determine the winner.

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Confederación de Béisbol del Caribe - English - Miami - 1948 - Panama - Puerto Rico - Doubleheader

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The series ran annually from 1949 to 1960, with Cuba winning seven times. However, the Caribbean World Series was cancelled after Fidel Castro dissolved all professional baseball in Cuba in 1961, replacing the professional teams with a state-run amateur system. It wouldn't be until 1970 that the Caribbean World Series was revived.

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1960 - Fidel Castro - 1961 - 1970

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Nowadays, the Caribbean Series is affiliated with the Winter League programs of Major League Baseball, featuring MLB players and prospects in the professional leagues of the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Venezuela.

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Major League Baseball - Dominican Republic - Mexico - Puerto Rico - Venezuela

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The series, which now is played over 12 days, usually features up to six games per team, although some series have had games cut from or added to the schedule. The winner of the series is the team with the most wins after each team plays six games.

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