As we enter the 10th inning:
1 🧭 #NavegadoresNAG
1 🪓 #TumbabrazosCAR
As it turns out, there was only so much the Naves could do—so it's time for free baseball!
Can the Naves lineup finally get off their hineys and score a go-ahead run?
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As we enter the 7th inning:
1 🧭 #NavegadoresNAG
0 🪓 #TumbabrazosCAR
This game is officially on tension watch. Three innings for the Enchumbaos to clutch up and hold onto the narrowest possible lead.
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As we enter the 4th inning:
1 🧭 #NavegadoresNAG
0 🪓 #TumbabrazosCAR
So far, 🇸🇰 Jan Pajkos has kept the opposition from making it around the bases. Can his lineup give him a cushion?
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2) We're three games into the 1905 Campeonato Nacional Puertorriqueño.
If you want to find out how our 🧭 #NavegadoresNAG are doing against the 🪓 #TumbabrazosCAR, head over to YouTube to check out not only Friday's stream, but also Games 2 and 3, which are only available there!
Playlist at link:
As we enter the 7th inning:
1 🧭 #NavegadoresNAG
0 🪓 #TumbabrazosCAR
Well, Loony Balloony has managed to hold that lead, thanks to some serious luck and some great fielding.
Will he have to turn things over to the bullpen, or complete the shutout?
Come watch:
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As we enter the 4th inning:
1 🧭 #NavegadoresNAG
0 🪓 #TumbabrazosCAR
Can Ted hold on to this razor-thin lead? Can he even hold on to his pitch count for an inning or two? Come watch:
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3/14 (tonight!):
Analytics guys will say the 🧭 #NavegadoresNAG enter the Campeonato Nacional as heavy favorites against the 🪓 #TumbabrazosCAR — but we've seen 🇨🇦 Joseph Cros hit 11 home runs in 20 postseason games, so we're not nearly so sure.
fun begins at 7:05 PM EST:
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As of Day 3, we have our first official result:
With a 44-11 lead through three days—a record for the preliminary round—Zanganóplita (🏛️ #AcropolitanosMAN) has defeated Navatajón (🪓 #TumbabrazosCAR).
We do not consider any of the other races done. 36 hours left!
www.polltab.com/bracket-poll...
Trading card for Navatajón, the mascot of the Tumbabrazos de Carolina, whose brown “C” logo in blocky segmented font sits on an orange league flap. Navatajón is a brownish steel machete with wooden grip, “wearing” an orange kerchief around its hilt, and it’s on orange fire. It looks cool as hell. It’s a Steel/Dark type, with the following moves: Behemoth Blade (Steel), Brutal Swing (Steel), Ceaseless Edge (Dark), Cut (Normal). The card itself is blue, with white striping.
Hostos #4: Navatajón
(🪓 #TumbabrazosCAR)
We've never had a faceless mascot before, but we think it's pretty appropriate for this guy to be our first.
Look, it's a machete someone lit on fire. It doesn't get more serious than that.
A slide showing the top five teams, by payroll, in December 1904, and again in February 1905. In December 1904: #1 Jinetes de Toa Baja, 35,502 pesos #2 Taínos de Gurabo, 34,750 pesos #3 Murciélagos de Camuy, 34,568 pesos #4 Palomas de Cidra, 34,500 pesos #5 Tumbabrazos de Carolina, 34,474 pesos February 1905: #1 Mofongueros de Corozal, 47,929 pesos #2 Taínos de Gurabo, 40,866 pesos #3 Jinetes de Toa Baja, 40,482 pesos #4 Arzobispos de Aguada, 40,472 pesos #5 Cornúpetas de Cayey, 39,649 pesos
This quick comparison is a pretty excellent illustration of how weird things have gotten.
4 of the 5 top payrolls in December were perennial contenders, and the 🪓 #TumbabrazosCAR would probably have made it back in 1904, if not for injuries to bucherón 🇨🇦 2B Joey Cros and ace 🇮🇪 RHP Lennon Robertson.
