Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos

Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos
Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos
Information
League	Liga Mexicana de Béisbol (Northern Division)
Location	Nuevo Laredo ; Laredo
Ballpark	Estadio Nuevo Laredo (2008–2010, 2018); Uni-Trade Stadium (2018-); Parque la Junta (1947–2004, 2019-) ; Veterans Field (1985–2004)
Year founded	1940
League championships	1953, 1954, 1958, 1977, and 1989
Colors	Navy blue, white, green, red;
Mascot	Owl
Manager	Mark Weidemaier
President	José Antonio Mansur Galán

The Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos (Owls of the Two Laredos), formerly known as the Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo (Owls of Nuevo Laredo), are a Mexican Baseball team based in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, and Laredo, Texas in the Mexican League.

The Tecolotes are the world’s only binational baseball team, splitting their home games between Mexico and the United States. Their home games in Mexico are played at Parque la Junta, while their home games in the United States are played at Uni-Trade Stadium.

History[]

Logo of the Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo

The Tecolotes de los dos Laredos were originally named the Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo from their founding in 1940 to 1985, during which time they only played in Nuevo Laredo. In 1985, the Tecolotes played games on both of the sides of the border in Nuevo Laredo and Laredo. In 2004, the Tecolotes were transferred to Tijuana and were renamed Potros de Tijuana. The Tecolotes were the Mexican League Champions in 1953, 1954, 1958, 1977, and 1989; and were runners-up in 1945, 1955, 1959, 1985, 1987, 1992, and 1993.

Baseball returned to the city in 2008 when the Rieleros de Aguascalientes were transferred to Nuevo Laredo as the Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo.^[1] The Tecolotes did not play in the 2011–2012 seasons, but had hopes of returning for the 2013 season. The owner was trying to sell the team to León, Guanajuato.^[2] On November 22, 2011, the team was sold to a Colombian investor and the team was transferred to Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche.^[3]

After the 2017 season, the Rojos del Águila de Veracruz franchise was relocated to Nuevo Laredo, and the team was rebranded to the Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos in 2018.^[4] They play half of their home games at Estadio Nuevo Laredo and the other half at Uni-Trade Stadium.^[5]

Championships[]

Year	Champions	Series	Subchampions
1945	Alijadores de Tampico	*	Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo
1953	Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo	*	Sultanes de Monterrey
1954	Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo	*	Leones de Yucatán
1955	Tigres Capitalinos	2-0	Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo
1958	Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo	*	Diablos Rojos del México
1959	Petroleros de Poza Rica	*	Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo
1977	Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo	4-1	Diablos Rojos del México
1985	Diablos Rojos del México	4-1	Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos
1987	Diablos Rojos del México	4-1	Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos
1989	Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos	4-2	Leones de Yucatán
1992	Tigres Capitalinos	4-2	Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos
1993	Olmecas de Tabasco	4-1	Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos

Roster[]

Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos roster
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Players				Coaches/Other
Pitchers -- Xavier Altamirano 73 Liarvis Breto 4 Geoff Broussard 58 Ricardo Chapa 22 Mike Franco 49 Gerardo Gutierrez -- Jorge Ibarra 50 Yair Lozoya 11 Greg Mahle 40 Henry Omana 55 André Rienzo -- Francisco Rodríguez 7 Wilking Rodríguez 44 Josh Roeder 18 Jackson Stephens 76 Jose Torres		Catchers 13 Cristian Mejia 69 Garrett Ouellette 85 Arturo Rodriguez Infielders 20 Rudy Flores 28 Balbino Fuenmayor 24 Juan Martinez 6 Kevin Medrano 12 Josh Rodriguez -- Luis Rodriguez 3 Roberto Valenzuela Outfielders 60 Beder Gutierrez 91 Enrique Osorio 65 Jairo Perez 17 Alan Sanchez		Manager 14 Rafael Rijo Coaches 8 Marco Antonio Cruz (first base) 71 Ricardo Cuevas (bench) 5 Alejandro Gomez (bullpen) 7-day injured list ~ Development list # Rehab assignment ∞ Reserve list ‡ Restricted list § Suspended list ± Taxi squad † Temporarily inactive list Roster updated October 28, 2021 Transactions → More rosters: MiLB • Mexican League

References[]

^ El Mañana Article of the Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo and the newly built Ciudad Deportiva Archived 2009-03-10 at the Wayback Machine
^ El Mañana Article: Tecolotes Not coming back Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish)
^ El Manana article: Adios Tecolotes Archived 2012-07-31 at archive.today (in Spanish)
^ Asamblea de Presidentes LMB (Spanish). MILB.com. September 27, 2017. Retrieved on October 24, 2017.
^ Spedden, Zach (November 21, 2017). "Laredo Approves Deal With Tecolotes Dos Laredos". Ballpark Digest. August Publications. Retrieved November 21, 2017.

External links[]

Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos Official Website(Spanish)
Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo Official Website (Spanish)
Liga Mexicana de Beisbol Official Website (Spanish)

[1] El Mañana Article of the Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo and the newly built Ciudad Deportiva Archived 2009-03-10 at the Wayback Machine

[2] El Mañana Article: Tecolotes Not coming back Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish)

[3] El Manana article: Adios Tecolotes Archived 2012-07-31 at archive.today (in Spanish)

[4] Asamblea de Presidentes LMB (Spanish). MILB.com. September 27, 2017. Retrieved on October 24, 2017.

[5] Spedden, Zach (November 21, 2017). "Laredo Approves Deal With Tecolotes Dos Laredos". Ballpark Digest. August Publications. Retrieved November 21, 2017.

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