Why is Mexico the maximum host of the Caribbean series?
With the five times that Mexico has rescued the Caribbean series, it leads the four leagues that make up the CBPC as the one that has organized it most times, including the 1st stage
Mexicali – After entering as last member of the Caribbean Professional Baseball Confederation (CBPC) in 1970 and be host for the first time in one Caribbean series in 1974, Mexico It has converted in it country that More times ha organizedthanks to five times that has rescued the event for problems in the other three leagues.
When starting this Friday, January 31, the Caribbean Series Mexicali 2025Mexico is Host for 17th occasion Since Hermosillo, Sonora, hosted for the first time in 1974, and for the second time he does it in the capital of Baja California headquarters Los Águilas de Mexicali.
Of the six countries that are or have been members of the CBPC, Venezuela is the second that has been hosting with 15, followed by Puerto Rico with 14 and the Dominican Republic with 11. The former members of the first stage Panama and Cuba continue with four and three, respectively. Miami, as an alternate headquarters, has celebrated three.
Five have been the occasions when Mexico has entered the relay to save the Caribbean classic, being the first time in 1985, when the Dominican Republic could not do it and the LMP took the post to celebrate it in Mazatlan, Sinaloa.
In 1987, there were problems in Puerto Rico and Mexico entered the Quito again and Hermosillo was designated as headquarters, and it was the first time that Mexicali was in the conversation, but he could not be host because he did not have authorization of the CBPC.
For the third time in five years, in 1989, Puerto Rico had problems again and the Mexican Pacific League rescued the event and the headquarters was Mazatlan again. By then Mexico added six Caribbean classics in the country in 16 years.
After leaving the Caribbean series to Miami in 1990 and 1991-with a three-year contract to cover venues from Venezuela, Puerto Rico and Dominican that was not fulfilled in the third-Mexico entered the rescue in 1992 through the Dominican League Having Hermosillo as headquarters and took his role in 1993 in Mazatlan.
In 93, Mexico became to date the only ICBPC member country to be headquarters in consecutive years-he repeated in 2017 and 2018 in Culiacán and Guadalajara, respectively-, when entering the rescue again in the second year for problems in Venezuela.
In 2019, Mexico was able to repeat in a third year, but for the short time it was left to organize it, it rejected it and Panama organized it.
In its normal role, Mexico has celebrated the Caribbean series of 1974, 1978, 1982, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021 and now 2025.
Hermosillo has hosted six times, just like Mazatlan, followed by Culiacán and Mexicali with two each and Guadalajara one.
Puerto Rico is the country that has won the most titles with seven-Caguas 4, Mayagüez 2, Santurce 1-, followed by Dominican with four-Cibaeñas 3, Licey 1-, Venezuela with three-Caracas, Zulia and Aragua-and Mexico in 2005 and 2013-Mazatlán and Ciudad Obregón.
Puerto Rico won for the last time in 2018 with Caguas in Guadalajara, Dominican in 2021 with Cibaeñas Águilas in Mazatlan, Venezuela with Aragua in 2009 in Mexicali and Mexico with Ciudad Obregón in Hermosillo in 2013.
In 74, in its first series, Mexico became the first country to have two participants in its league, not attending the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League due to problems between the League and the Association of Players that did not allow the end of the 1973-1974 season. Puerto Rico was the second in 2003 and the Dominican Republic in 2008.
Culiacán hosted for the first time in 2001, since in 1997 when he fought the headquarters to Hermosillo, the Sonoran capital won it in a “fly” -a mone .
Mexicali entered the role later and celebrated his first Caribbean series in 2009 and now repeats for the second time, making history when a team from Japan first appears.
According to the role, Mexico will reaffirm its leadership within two years with 18 times as headquarters, since if there are no Hermosillo changes, it will be host for the seventh time in 2027.
