This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Captain Parmenter (talk | contribs) at 01:57, 19 January 2025 (←Created page with 'The '''Germán Pomares Championship''', officially the '''''Campeonato Nacional de Béisbol Superior Cmte. Germán Pomares Ordóñez''''' ({{lit}} "Comdt. Germán Pomares Ordóñez National Senior Baseball Championship") and referred to simply as '''the Pomares''', is a semi-professional baseball league in Nicaragua.<ref name="forbes">{{cite news |title=En Nicaragua, el béisbol sigue a pesar del COVID-19 |url=https://forbes...'). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.
Revision as of 01:57, 19 January 2025 by Captain Parmenter (talk | contribs) (←Created page with 'The '''Germán Pomares Championship''', officially the '''''Campeonato Nacional de Béisbol Superior Cmte. Germán Pomares Ordóñez''''' ({{lit}} "Comdt. Germán Pomares Ordóñez National Senior Baseball Championship") and referred to simply as '''the Pomares''', is a semi-professional baseball league in Nicaragua.<ref name="forbes">{{cite news |title=En Nicaragua, el béisbol sigue a pesar del COVID-19 |url=https://forbes...')(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The Germán Pomares Championship, officially the Campeonato Nacional de Béisbol Superior Cmte. Germán Pomares Ordóñez (lit. "Comdt. Germán Pomares Ordóñez National Senior Baseball Championship") and referred to simply as the Pomares, is a semi-professional baseball league in Nicaragua. The league is made up of 20 teams, largely corresponding to the country's different departments. It is named after Germán Pomares [es], a member of the Sandinista National Liberation Front and baseball enthusiast who died during the Nicaraguan Revolution in 1979.
The Pomares the second-tier of baseball in the country, below the Nicaraguan Professional Baseball League (LPBN). Several professional baseball teams from the winter league LPBN also compete in the Pomares, which typically runs from February to August.
Starting in 2024, the Pomares season is broken into two halves. In the first half, all 20 franchises face each other four times, with the top finishers moving on to a playoffs. The top eight finishers of the first half compete in the second half of the season.
Teams
References
- ^ "En Nicaragua, el béisbol sigue a pesar del COVID-19" (in Spanish). Forbes. 4 May 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
- ^ "Nicaragua to change format of German Pomares National Baseball Championship". WBSC.org. World Baseball Softball Confederation. April 19, 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
- ^ "Los Dantos win Nicaragua's First Division Baseball Championship". WBSC.org. World Baseball Softball Confederation. 19 April 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
- "La historia detrás del Pomares". Viva Nicaragua (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 January 2025.
- "Baseball in Central America: What You Should Know". CentralAmerica.com. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
External links
- (in Spanish) Official website
- 2024 statistics