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 Dulceros de Yabucoa: a lowercase "y" in thick black cursive type, bordered in green and shadowed in darker green, on a yellow circle bordered in black, then green, then black.

Dulceros de Yabucoa

Yabucoa Confectioners

  • League: Hostos.
  • Division: Este.
  • Nicknames: Bebeleches, Paleteros, La Repostería.
  • Vivas: “¡Cómele el dulce!”
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No town on the island of Puerto Rico could get along without the sugar industry in the nineteenth century, but Yabucoa, especially after the Republic was inaugurated, became especially famous for its involvement in the growing and refining of cane products.

Mascot: Zucariño

(azúcar “sugar” + cariño “affection”)

Zucariño, the mascot of the Dulceros de Yabucoa, is an adorable black bee with yellow eyes, stripes and antennae, as well as a fluffy layer of fur surrounding its chest and top legs, and translucent white wings.

Campeonatos de la LNP

None.

Liga Hostos pennants

None.

Campeonatos de las Ligas

1874

Series Interdivisionales

1874

Series Eliminatorias

1874 • 1901 • 1903

División Este titles

1874 • 1906

Wild card berths

1878 • 1901 • 1902 • 1903

Affiliated Teams

Inverness Thistles (Lìog Ball-stèidhe na h-Alba, C4F)
Utica Half Moons (League of Lake Ontario, LoGL)
Pastelillos de Yabucoa (División Carmen Bozello y Guzmán, LVP)
Academia Municipal Ángel García (División Luis Garibaldo, LVN)

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Notable Players

Sponsors

  • Enrique Huerta: 1871-1906.
  • Cristino Duarte: 1906-

Stadia

  • Estadio de Yabucoa: 1871-