I heard Franklin Mirabal say that the two teams that have brought the most fans to the Quisqueya Stadium are Licey and Esído, including 23 thousand fans in 1980. These two capital teams were always heard referred to as “the eternal rivals”, however, It’s not like that; That rivalry has migrated to Águilas and Licey, that’s why I asked on my Facebook if anyone knew the origin of this rivalry.
Of all the answers, I thought the route taken by good friend Alex Emmanuel Abreu Pérez, who also has a fan page called “Sangre Deportiva” (which I invite you to follow), was very accurate. So the following is verbatim what was contributed and written by Alex, who also knows a lot about sports.
The root of this rivalry arose even before the existence of the Águilas Cibaeñas and LIDOM itself. The Tigres del Licey, a team that was founded in 1907, in the first decades of the 20th century, became one of the most respected teams in Dominican baseball, generating a large gathering of fans in every place they visited. On August 16, 1933, an event occurred that set the first important precedent in the history of this sporting dispute.
On that day, the Tigres and the then called “Santiago Baseball Club” faced each other in a doubleheader. This pair of games went down in history as the first time a team shut out an opponent; The representatives of Santiago defeated the Tigres twice by a score of 9-0.
In 1937, that representative group of Santiago changed its name and began to be called Águilas Cibaeñas. The rivalry between aguiluchos and liceistas displaced the classic fight between Licey and Esído, a club that had a debacle in the 90s.
The first time that these organizations played a Final Series was in the 1952 Season, with the Águilas being the winners. The following year, in 1953, the Tigres had their revenge by winning the title against the Águilas. The last time these two teams met in a Final Series was in the 2017-2018 campaign, with the Cibao team as champions.
Both teams have 22 and 23 titles in this competition, which means that between these two teams 45 of the 72 trophies contested in the history of this league are shared, and just under half of the crowns obtained by these novenas have been against his great rival.
A very revealing fact is that the Eagles have also had their most successful period, winning 10 of 15 years during the streak that the Lions had the 18-year drought without winning. From 1992-93, to 2007-2008.
In that period of time, the direct final confrontations between Águilas and Tigres are 8 with 4 victories for each team, which are:
Licey 93-94, 01-02, 05-06, 16-17; Eagles 97-98, 04-05, 06-07, 17-18.
And it is that from the unmissable duels between “the owner of the play” (Miguel Diloné) with the charismatic Pedro Borbón, to the statistics in each line and competitive levels, through a tremendous struggle between players and followers, the “fight to the death” de Águilas and Licey crosses the Caribbean borders.
The discussion remains open for those who wish to reinforce or contradict Alex’s version.
2023-11-27 04:13:05
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