Loaded with great success for almost nine decades, the fierce group of Águilas Cibaeñas today commemorates its eighty-eighth anniversary.
The origins of the Aguilucho team are closely linked to its predecessor, the legendary Santiago Baseball Club team.
With the strong emblem of the eagle, a symbol of greatness and victory throughout history, Santiago BBC was established on Monday, January 2, 1933, as the first representative novena of this city and region.
Águilas Cibaeñas, 21-time national champion, with five Caribbean titles and the only one as America’s monarch, will begin the semifinal battle in search of their passage to the crown for the 40th occasion 21-18 on Saturday, January 2). in Dominican professional baseball.
Historically, the yellow team officially adopted the name “Águilas Cibaeñas” four years later, with the proposal made by Luis Tomás Saillant on January 28, 1937, thus beginning his successful competitive career in the Dominican professional ball.
The board of directors of the Águilas Cibaeñas baseball club has announced in recent years this new date of establishment of the organization, based on historical documents presented by the sports historians of the aguilucho team.
“We decided to host this founding date of our fierce Cibaeño team, as historical documents confirm that the legendary Santiago Baseball Club team represented Santiago and Cibao in all national tournaments and played by exposing an eagle on the sleeve of their uniform. “, Says Winston Llenas, president of Ad-Vitam and the most emblematic figure of the club.
He adds that the team that later assumed the name Águilas Cibaeñas was officially conceived in a meeting that took place on Monday, January 2, 1933, with the firm intention of competing especially against the already established Licey and Escogido teams in the capital.
“The anniversary of the founding of our old team in Santiago should never go unnoticed, which with the symbol of the bird of prey was proclaimed four years later under the name of Águilas Cibaeñas, on January 28, 1937, to participate in the professional championship of that an ”, he stressed.
Journalist and historian Rafael Baldayac commented that the baseball club in Santiago accentuates the fierce rivalry between the country’s two major cities, Santiago and the Capital. Licey, founded many years before, on November 7, 1907, now had opponents in Santiago de Compostela, in addition to its eternal rival, El Escogido, created on February 17, 1921.
“The flame of the souls that fell in the great air catastrophe of that fateful Sunday, January 11, 1948, remains alive with the name Águilas Cibaeñas, inheriting that winning mysticism from their predecessors,” recalled Baldayac, a member of the press staff of the cibaeño team.
After the failure of professional baseball in 1937, the Santiago Baseball Club once again represented this noble city in national amateur baseball tournaments and, despite the fact that its members disappeared completely during the Río Verde Tragedy, Águilas Cibaeñas resumes the Legacy of the legendary Santiago team since 1951 with the rescue of the Creole rented ball.
On the occasion of this 88th anniversary, the Eagles dedicate their first game in the semifinal series against Toros del Este to their employees, who over the years have been vital in building a history that makes Dominican baseball proud. I invited one to make a simultaneous launch to Ivone Helena, administrative department, Tomas Bonilla. Land administrator and Freddy Polanco. Cibao Stadium Maintenance Manager, on behalf of all.