Poetas de Toa Alta

Toa Alta Poets

League: Hostos.
Division: Oeste Metropolitano.
Nicknames: Joscos, Lilinegros, La Cultura.
Vivas: “¡Verso a verso!”

Once famous as a center of agricultural exports and the birthplace of brave soldiery, Toa Alta in liberty became a splendid retreat for poets and artists of all stripes—and, of course, their wealthy patrons—from the hectic life of the capital region.

Mascot: Guaplumetón

(guapetón “handsome, flashy” + pluma “pen”)

Guaplumetón, the mascot of the Poetas de Toa Alta, is an animated purple quill with black hair, eyebrows, mustache, goatee (all patterned after Spanish poet Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer) and bottom feathers and a white spine, crossed against a scroll that reads “Quiero la rima que solloce y cante / que exprese la nostalgia y el deseo.” (“I want the rhyme that weeps and sings / that expresses nostalgia and desire.”) That’s a quotation from Lola Rodríguez de Tió’s “El poeta.”

Campeonatos de la LNP

None.

Liga Hostos pennants

None.

Campeonatos de las Ligas

1872 • 1875

Series Interdivisionales

1872 • 1875 • 1877 • 1883 • 1894 • 1896

Series Eliminatorias

1871 • 1872 • 1875 • 1877 • 1883 • 1885 • 1891 • 1893 • 1894 • 1896 • 1901

División Metro Oeste titles

1871 • 1872 • 1873 • 1874 • 1875 • 1876 • 1877 • 1880 • 1881 • 1882 • 1883 • 1885 • 1887 • 1891 • 1893 • 1894 • 1896 • 1897 • 1901

Wild card berths

1892 • 1902

Affiliated Teams

Belfast Bards (Sraith Daorchluiche na hÉireann, C4F)

Neoterici di Verona / Verona Neoterics (Westlicher Kreis, EBV)

Sonetistas de Toa Alta (División Arturo Schomburg, LVP)

Academia Municipal Ricardo Baldearena (División Enrique Peñalosa, LVN)

Notable Players

Stadia

Parque de los Poetas: 1871-

Gaceta de la Liga Nacional Puertorriqueña