Loaded with great successes for almost nine decades the seasoned ensemble of the Eagles Cibaeñas today commemorates its eighty-eighth anniversary of its founding.
The origins of the sparrow team are closely related to its predecessor, the legendary Santiago Baseball Club team.
With the powerful emblem of the eagle, a symbol of majesty and victory throughout history BBC BBC, was founded on Monday, January 2, 1933, as the first representative ninth of this city and region.
The Cibaeñas Eagles 21 times national champions, with five Caribbean titles and the only one as monarchs of the Americas, began precisely from this Saturday, January 2, the semifinal battle in search of their way to the crown dispute for occasion number 40 (21-18) in Dominican professional baseball.
Historically the yellow square officially adopts the name of “Águiles Cibaeñas” four years later with the proposal made by Luis Tomás Saillant, the 28 of January of 1937, thus initiating its successful competitive trajectory in the Dominican professional ball.
The board of directors of the Águiles Cibaeñas Baseball Club announced in recent years this new founding date of the organization, based on historical documents presented by the sports historians of the sparrow team.
“We decided to host this founding date of our seasoned Cibaeño team as historical documents confirm that the legendary Santiago Baseball Club team was the representative of Santiago and Cibao in all national tournaments and played by displaying an eagle on the sleeve of his uniform, ”says Winston Llenas, Ad-Vitam president and most iconic club figure.
He adds that the team that later assumed the name of Águilas Cibaeñas was officially conceived in a meeting held on Monday, January 2, 1933 with the firm purpose of competing especially against the already established Licey and Chosen teams of the capital city. .
“The anniversary of the founding of our old Santiago team, which with the symbol of the bird of prey was proclaimed four years later under the name of Águilas Cibaeñas, on January 28, 1937, will never go unnoticed. , to participate in this year’s professional championship, “he said.
Journalist and historian Rafael Baldayac commented that it is at the Santiago Baseball club that accentuates the fierce rivalry between the two great cities of the country, Jaume and the Capital. Licey, founded many years before, the 7 of November of 1907, now had to the santiagueros of opponents, besides its eternal rival, the Chosen one, created the 17 of February of 1921.
“The flame of souls fallen in the great air catastrophe of that fateful Sunday, January 11, 1948, is kept alive with the name of Águilas Cibaeñas, inheriting this winning mystic from his predecessors,” recalled Baldayac, a member of the Cibaeño team press staff.
After the failure of the professional ball from 1937 in the Santiago Baseball Club it returned to represent this noble city in the national matches of amateur baseball and in spite of which their members disappeared in the heat of during the Tragedy of Green River, the Cibaeñas Eagles resume the legacy of the legendary Santiago ensemble from 1951 with the rescue of the Creole washed ball.
On the occasion of this 88th anniversary, the Eagles are dedicating their first game of the semifinal series against the Eastern Bulls to their employees, who over the years have been vital in forging a history that makes Dominican baseball proud. We have invited one to make a simultaneous release to Ivone Helena, Administrative Department, Tomas Bonilla. Land Manager and Freddy Polanco. Cibao Stadium Maintenance Manager, representing all.