The logo of the Liga Nacional Puertorriqueña: a big sky-blue circle, bordered in red and white, surrounding a smaller circle of darker blue with white borders, superimposed on which is a red-and-white nautical star that hosts the acronym "LNP" in black block letters.

Gaceta de la Liga Nacional Puertorriqueña

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The logo of the Telegrafistas de Arroyo: a navy "A" in fancy Gothic font, bordered in gold and brown and shadowed in black, on top of a pale blue circle lined thinly with gold, bordered in brown-white-brown.

Telegrafistas de Arroyo

Arroyo Telegraph Operators

  • League: Betances.
  • Division: Sureste.
  • Nicknames: Teles, La Conexión.
  • Vivas: “¡Sube y aborda!”
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Little to no evidence exists of any real piracy around Arroyo, but the town was founded as a rest stop and port of avoidance for the onerous tariffs placed on Puerto Rican commerce, before it became the first site in all of Latin America to host a telegraph, a truly historic event for the island.

Campeonatos de la LNP

1897

Liga Betances pennants

1886 • 1897

Campeonatos de las Ligas

1886 • 1897

Series Interdivisionales

1883 • 1886 • 1890 • 1897

Series Eliminatorias

1880 • 1883 • 1886 • 1890 • 1891 • 1892 • 1893 • 1894 • 1896 • 1897 • 1904

División Sureste titles

1874 • 1875 • 1880 • 1883 • 1884 • 1885 • 1886 • 1887 • 1888 • 1890 • 1891 • 1892 • 1893 • 1894 • 1895 • 1896 • 1897 • 1901 • 1902 • 1904

Wild card berths

1879 • 1881 • 1889 • 1903

Affiliated Teams (1916-)

Newport Stevedores (Undeb Pêl-fas Cymru, C4F)
Burlington Lightermen (Vermont Circuit, BLNE)
Conmutadores de Arroyo (División Carmen Bozello y Guzmán, LVP)
Academia Municipal de Arroyo (División Luis Garibaldo, LVN)

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Notable Players

Sponsors

  • Joaquín Flores: 1871-

Stadia

  • Jardines de Arroyo: 1871-1903.
  • Estadio Municipal de Arroyo: 1903-