Mexican Baseball
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Overview
Mexican league baseball is actually divided up into two separate leagues: a summer league, known as the Mexican League, and a winter league, known as the Mexican Pacific League. The Mexican leagues are recognized by MLB as a Triple A league, and many major leaguers participate in the winter league to work on their skills during the offseason.
The summer league consists of 16 teams divided into two divisions, the North and the South. The teams play 110 games from March to July, and twelve teams advance to the playoffs. In the playoffs, six series winners and two "best losers" advance to the second round. From there, it is a standard playoff procedure, with the final round being called the Mexican League championship. All rounds are best-of-seven. The most successful franchise is probably the Mexico Tigers, who have won the championship nine times.
The winter league consists of 8 teams which play about 70 games from October two July, and the top six move on to the playoffs. Like the summer league, all playoffs are best-of-seven, and the three winners from the first round plus one "best loser" move on to the second round. In 2006, the Mazatlan Venados were the Mexican Pacific League champions despite losing in the first round of the playoffs.
Teams
Mexican Baseball League
Northern Division
- Acereros de Monclova (Monclova Steelers)
- Diablos Rojos del México (Mexico City Red Devils)
- Potros de Tijuana (Tijuana Colts)
- Rieleros de Aguascalientes (Aguascalientes Railroadmen)
- Saraperos de Saltillo (Saltillo Sarape Makers)
- Sultanes de Monterrey (Monterrey Sultans)
- Tuneros de San Luis (San Luis Tuna Men)
- Vaqueros Laguna (Laguna Cowboys) (Torreon)
Southern Division:
- Guerreros de Oaxaca (Oaxaca Warriors)
- Leones de Yucatán (Yucatán Lions) (Mérida)
- Olmecas de Tabasco (Tabasco Cattlemen) (Villahermosa)
- Piratas de Campeche (Campeche Pirates)
- Petroleros de Poza Rica (Poza Rica Oilers)
- Pericos de Puebla (Puebla Parrots)
- Rojos del Aguila de Veracruz (Veracruz Red Eagles)
- Tigres de la Angelopolis (Mexico Tigers) (Puebla)
Mexican Pacific League
- Águilas de Mexicali (Mexicali Eagles)
- Algodoneros de Guasave (Guasave Cotton Growers)
- Cañeros de Los Mochis (Los Mochis Sugarcane Growers)
- Mayos de Navojoa (Navojoa Mayos)
- Naranjeros de Hermosillo (Hermosillo Orange Growers)
- Tomateros de Culiacán (Culiacán Tomato Growers)
- Venados de Mazatlán (Mazatlán Reindeers)
- Yaquis de Obregón (Obregon Yaquis)
Mexican Red Sox
A list of Red Sox players born in Mexico
- Mel Almada
- Bobby Avila
- Jorge de la Rosa (minor league only)
- Carlos Rodriguez
- Vicente Romo
