Uni –Trade Stadium to Host Sister Cities Baseball Classic featuring the Laredo Lemurs vs. Nuevo Laredo Tecolotes
Written by Post Public Information Representative, Oct 15, 2014, Comments Off
Courtesy Xochitl Mora,
Events scheduled to celebrate the history of professional baseball in both cities
Laredo, TX – The Laredo Lemurs and Uni-Trade Stadium are pleased to announce that Uni-Trade Stadium will play host to the Sister Cities Baseball Classic to be played on November 6, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. featuring the Laredo Lemurs versus the Nuevo Laredo Tecolotes.
“Laredo has always been a great baseball town and part of the rich and storied tradition of this great sport is because of the immense love and nostalgia people here still have for the Tecolotes,” said City of Laredo Mayor Raul G. Salinas. “With the return of our own hometown team, the Laredo Lemurs, this is a wonderful opportunity to build the friendly rivalry and competition between our Sister Cities, which like real families, actually bonds us even closer. I’m sure we will pack the stadium that night with Lemurs and Tecos fans alike.”
“This event will help foster the continued rivalry and good sportsmanship between the two teams, cities and countries,” said Laredo Lemurs Team President Marcus Holliman.
The two-day event will begin on Thursday, November 6, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. with Game One; Game Two will be in Nuevo Laredo on November 7, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. The teams will be playing for bragging rights and the Classic Cup which will be awarded to the winner of each game.
The Baseball Classic will feature Laredo Lemurs of the American Association against the Nuevo Laredo Tecos of the Liga del Norte. Tickets for the game are $5.00 for general admission, $7.00 for reserved seats and $10.00 for box seats. Suites and group tickets are available by calling 7LEMURS.
The history of baseball in Mexico goes back to the year of 1877, when we say that this sport was played for the first time in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Guaymas, Sonora and station San Juan, Nuevo León.
It should be mentioned that the teams were composed of players from both sides of the border, which confirms the idea of brotherhood since the Foundation in Nuevo Laredo has been with its Texas counterpart. These local teams developed players who subsequently played in the National League, such as Manuel Bocanegra, Catarino and Lucas brothers El Indio¨ Juárez, who was the first player to be inducted in 1939 to the Hall of Fame of the Mexican League. Tomás Valenzuela and Eulalio Solís El Chamuco, both of Laredo, Texas, who participated as reinforcements of the team Athletics of the Mexico of the Capital of the country Club, in the years 1903-1904.
The year of 1940 is essential in the history of professional baseball in Nuevo Laredo, which is when local entrepreneurs invested in a professional team that represented the border in the Mexican League. “The Junta” team debuted on March 30, 1940 in Torreon, Coahuila opposite union Laguna. A few days later, on April 4, 1940, he played the first game of the Mexican League in Nuevo Laredo, where the home team achieved victory against the team of “Los Gallos” of Santa Rosa, Veracruz.
From the inclusion of the representative “The Junta” to the Mexican League, as the fans of the two Laredo’s was growing. In 1949 the team changed name to ¨Tecolotes¨, in reference to the first game of night baseball played in our city on April 23, 1935, this being the first played at night in the world. The “Tecolotes” have been very prominent in the Mexican League, earning five championships in 1953, 1954, 1958, 1977, and 1989, as well as several second place finishes.
For Information, please call the Laredo Lemurs at 956-7LEMURS.
