The funniest one: what happens when a double Triple Crown winner and presumptive Excelentísimo pitches in the playoffs? Well, if he's 🇵🇷 Rafael García of the 🧀 #QuesiterosISA, the answer is he loses both games to the 🏴☠️ #CorsariosQUE for the *second* successive year.
As Naves fans, this is hilarious.
The 1879 🐐 #ChupacabrasCAN avenged themselves on the ⚙️ #IngenierosRIN with a sweep in the Campeonato Nacional de Puerto Rico.
Since then, it's happened five times:
1883: ⚙️ over 🌰 #CorsosYAU
1885: ⚙️ over ☕ #CafeterosMAR
1887: 👑 #ReyesJUA over ☕
1894: ⚙️ over #CanariosHAT
1903: 🧀 #QuesiterosISA over 🧭
Other shutouts on Day 1:
🇵🇷 LHP Rafa García, 🧀 #QuesiterosISA
🇶🇦 RHP Boulos Haroun, 🐎 #CorcelesSIS
🇨🇦 RHP Pierre Lemieux, ⚓️ #GuardacostasCAT
🇵🇷 RHP Basilio Martínez, 🪄 #HechicerosGUM
🇮🇪 RHP Kane O'Leary, 🐟 #PicudosCEI
🇵🇷 RHP Ezequiel Vásquez, 🦜 #CotorrasRGE
Lanzador Nobilísimo, Hostos:
LHP Rafael García, #QuesiterosISA 🧀
The wound is still fresh, but after a rough September fooled us into thinking Rafa García was mortal, he reminded us otherwise: he went 33-9 with a 1.77 ERA, 1.65 FIP, and 242 strikeouts.
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Well, that's that. The #QuesiterosISA 🧀 are your 1903 Liga Nacional Puertorriqueña champions!
It lasted 22 painful innings, but in the end the #NavegadoresNAG 🧭 were undone by the same weaknesses they've always had: too many free swingers in one lineup.
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Just 27 hours or so left on our poll.
The #NavegadoresNAG 🧭 are staring down the barrel of a championship sweep from the #QuesiterosISA 🧀 and their fearsome lineup.
Do we stream that final game live, or do we move on to the offseason already?
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If you've got a Ko-fi account and would like to decide whether we stream the (probable) disaster of Game 5 between the #QuesiterosISA 🧀 and #NavegadoresNAG 🧭 this Friday, guess what? You can do that!
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In Game 2, Quilvio Argueta couldn't quite match that feat, but he didn't need to. The #QuesiterosISA 🧀 instead let hometown boy DH Claudio González handle the heroics, which he did with a second-inning home run that immediately set the tone.
Box score and log:
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There's no easy way to say it: the #NavegadoresNAG 🧭 are staring down the barrel of a humiliating defeat in the Campeonato Nacional Puertorriqueño.
In Game 1, #QuesiterosISA 🧀 ace Rafa García put up his 2nd shutout of the postseason—both coming in the last two rounds:
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Hey! Game 2 of the Campeonato Nacional Puertorriqueño between the #NavegadoresNAG 🧭 and the #QuesiterosISA 🧀 is going on right now!
You could be getting live updates, Q&A, and more—and even create a player to join the LNPverse in 1904!
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As we enter the 7th inning:
The Naves have blinked first. If they can hold Isabela at one run, however, they've got a chance to crack Rafa García.
#QuesiterosISA 🧀 1
#NavegadoresNAG 🧭 0
Come watch what's sure to be a thrilling conclusion:
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As we enter the middle of the game:
#QuesiterosISA 🧀 0
#NavegadoresNAG 🧭 0
The Quesis have a couple walks; the Naves have a couple hits and a hit-by-pitch.
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Our first post on our new home is up!
Despite the rise of several superteams—the #QuesiterosISA 🧀, the #NavegadoresNAG 🧭, the #MurciélagosCAM 🦇 and #JinetesTOB ✳️—the 1903 postseason promises to be just as chaotic as usual.
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