Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos

Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos
Information
League Liga Mexicana de Béisbol (Northern Division)
Location Nuevo Laredo
Laredo
Ballpark Estadio Nuevo Laredo (2008–2010; from 2018)
Uni-Trade Stadium (from 2018)
Parque la Junta (1947–2004)
Veterans Field (1985–2004)
Year founded 1940
League championships 1953, 1954, 1958, 1977, and 1989
Colors Navy blue, white, green, red
                   
Mascot Owl
Manager Félix Fermín
President José Antonio Mansur Galán

The Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos (Owls of the Two Laredos), formerly known as the Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo (Owls of Nuevo Laredo), are a Triple-A Minor League Baseball team based in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, playing in the Mexican League. Their home games are played at Ciudad Deportiva's Estadio Nuevo Laredo, which has a capacity of 12,000 fans, and Uni-Trade Stadium, across the river in Laredo, Texas.

History

Logo of the Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo

The Tecolotes de los dos Laredos were originally named the Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo from their founding in 1940 to 1985, during which time they only played in Nuevo Laredo. In 1985, the Tecolotes played games on both of the sides of the border in Nuevo Laredo and Laredo. In 2004, the Tecolotes were transferred to Tijuana and were renamed Potros de Tijuana. The Tecolotes were the Mexican League Champions in 1953, 1954, 1958, 1977, and 1989; and were runners-up in 1945, 1955, 1959, 1985, 1987, 1992, and 1993.

Baseball returned to the city in 2008 when the Rieleros de Aguascalientes were transferred to Nuevo Laredo as the Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo.[1] The Tecolotes did not play in the 2011–2012 seasons, but had hopes of returning for the 2013 season. The owner was trying to sell the team to León, Guanajuato.[2] On November 22, 2011, the team was sold to a Colombian investor and the team was transferred to Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche.[3]

After the 2017 season, the Rojos del Águila de Veracruz franchise was relocated to Nuevo Laredo, where the team will be known as the Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos in 2018.[4] They will play half of their home games at Estadio Nuevo Laredo and the other half at Uni-Trade Stadium.[5]


Championships

YearChampionsSeriesSubchampions
1945Alijadores de Tampico*Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo
1953Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo*Sultanes de Monterrey
1954Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo*Leones de Yucatán
1955Tigres Capitalinos2-0Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo
1958Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo*Diablos Rojos del México
1959Petroleros de Poza Rica*Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo
1977Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo4-1Diablos Rojos del México
1985Diablos Rojos del México4-1Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos
1987Diablos Rojos del México4-1Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos
1989Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos4-2Leones de Yucatán
1992Tigres Capitalinos4-2Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos
1993Olmecas de Tabasco4-1Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos

Current Roster

Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos roster
Players Coaches/Other

Pitchers

  • 52 Alexis Candelario
  • 56 Jonathan Castellanos
  • 77 Abel De Los Santos
  • 37 Norman Elenes
  • -- Roberto Espinosa ∞
  • -- Tony Guerra ∞
  • -- Gerardo Gutierrez ∞
  • 62 Terance Marin
  • 57 Jose Meraz
  • 31 Jose Oyervidez
  • 25 Juan Antonio Pena
  • 45 Tyson Perez
  •  7 Chris Rocha
  • 36 Andy Salcido
  • 44 Alex Sanabia
  • 49 Gerardo Sanchez
  • 32 Kenneth Sigman
  • 71 Ivan Zavala

Catchers

  •  2 Juan Apodaca
  • 41 Gilberto Galaviz
  • 18 Juan Carlos Garcia

Infielders

  •  6 Ivan Bellazetin
  • 43 Balbino Fuenmayor
  • 24 Juan Martinez
  • 54 Daniel Mayora
  •  5 Alejandro Rivera
  • 95 Josh Rodriguez
  • 51 Ramon Ulises Villa

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

  • 47 Hector Covarruvias (third base)
  •  8 Marco Cruz (first base)
  • 57 Ricardo Cuevas (bench)
  •  4 Manny Francois (hitting coach)
  • 54 Guillermo Larreal (pitching coach)
  • 35 Ruben Tinoco (bullpen)


7-day disabled list

# Rehab assignment
∞ Reserve list
‡ Restricted list
§ Suspended list
† Temporary inactive list
Roster updated September 10, 2018
 Transactions
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References

  1. ↑ El Mañana Article of the Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo and the newly built Ciudad Deportiva Archived 2009-03-10 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ El Mañana Article: Tecolotes Not coming back Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine. (Spanish)
  3. ↑ El Manana article: Adios Tecolotes Archived 2012-07-31 at Archive.is (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ Asamblea de Presidentes LMB (Spanish). MILB.com. September 27, 2017. Retrieved on October 24, 2017.
  5. ↑ Spedden, Zach (November 21, 2017). "Laredo Approves Deal With Tecolotes Dos Laredos". Ballpark Digest. August Publications. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
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