Trading card for Guaplumetón, the mascot of the Poetas de Toa Alta, whose lilac “TA” logo in old English font sits on a black league flap. Guaplumetón 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.” It’s a Dark/Psychic type, with the following moves: Flatter (Dark), Hidden Power (Normal), Take Heart (Psychic), Heart Stamp (Psychic). The card itself is blue, with white striping.

Hostos #1: Guaplumetón
(📜 #PoetasTOA)

Lola Rodríguez de Tió, who wrote the national anthem of the Republic of Puerto Rico, wasn't from Toa Alta (she was a 🪶 #GolondrinasSGR fan, if you were wondering), but when you write banger lines like those, other towns get to use them too.

04/13/1904:
Just one day later, the 🛡️ #EjemplaresDOR get their first win of the season—6-3 over the ☀️ #SolesLUQ.

The same day, the 🪶 #GolondrinasSGR beat the 🍌 #MofonguerosCOR: fittingly, also 6-3.

There is now *one* lossless team: the 6-0 🧭 #NavegadoresNAG.

Trading card for Hirundacán, the mascot of the Golondrinas de San Germán, whose white-bordered black “SG” logo in a Gothic font sits on a pink league flap. Hirundacán is a swallow with a black back and wings, a pink face, white belly, and a pink tail bordered with black feathers and a white stripe. It’s a Flying/Fighting type, with the following moves: Air Slash (Flying), Acrobatics (Flying), Low Sweep (Fighting), Hurricane (Flying). The card itself is blue, with white striping.

Trading card for Patrimental, the mascot of the Matadioses de Añasco, whose pale gold “A” logo in medieval-style font sits on a dark red league flap. Patrimental is an angry golden horse with a black mane, red eyes, red wings with black crescent moons, and red hooves with black fetlocks, and a black tail. There’s a sword-shaped red marking on its chest with a black “hilt.” It’s a Dragon/Fighting type, with the following moves: Oblivion Wing (Flying), Outrage (Dragon), Roar of Time (Dragon), Revenge (Fighting). The card itself is blue, with white striping.

Wild Card Round, Match #4:
LH #4: Hirundacán of the #GolondrinasSGR 🎽
vs.
LH #5: Patrimental of the #MatadiosesAÑA 🫧

LIKE for Hirundacán
RT for Patrimental