1948 Amateur World Series

10th Amateur World Series, held in Managua, Nicaragua 1948 AWS stamp.jpg 8 Colombia Dominican Republic Puerto Rico 1952 Colombia Mexico 1934 DOM Ramón del Monte 1947 1950 The 1948 Amateur World Series was the 10th edition of the Amateur World Series. It was held in Managua, Nicaragua from November 20 through December 12, 1948.Historia de la Copa Mundial/World Cup History I-X (1938-1948) http://www.baseballdecuba.com/WCup2011/History.html Baseball de Cuba https://web.archive.org/web/20111212001843/http://www.baseballdecuba.com/WCup2011/History.html 12 December 2011 esFué inaugurada hoy en Nicaragua la Serie Mundial de Beisbol Amateur https://prensacr.info/data/5e90d0ca445c2c4d2c735c56? La Prensa Libre 15 March 2025 es Participants The usually-powerful Cubans did not field a squad; in the wake of the integration of organized baseball, many top Cuban amateurs had been signed by Major League Baseball teams that had previously refused to sign the darker-skinned Cubans.June 2022 Venezuela also did not send its national team, due to strained relations between the Venezuelan government, led by Rómulo Gallegos, and Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza García. Somoza accused the Venezuelan government of promoting revolutionary groups in Central America.NO SE CREE QUE ASISTA LA SELECCIÓN DE VENEZUELA AL CAMPEONATO MUNDIAL DE BEISBOL AMATEUR, DEBIDO A LA TIRANTEZ DE RELACIONES ENTRE LOS GOBIERNOS DE AMBOS PAÍSES https://prensacr.info/data/5e90cf60445c2c4d2c735b21 10 3 November 2024 La Prensa Libre 21 October 1948 es The democratically-elected Gallegos would be removed from power in a military coup on Nov. 24, 1948, midway through the tournament). Tournament summary The first pitch, at the new Estadio Nacional in Managua, was supposed to be thrown by the president of Nicaragua, Víctor Manuel Román y Reyes, but he instead allowed Anastasio Somoza García, head of the National Guard and the country's de facto dictator, to throw the first pitch instead. Chale Pereira, Nicaraguan president of the International Baseball Federation, was also present.Así fue la inauguración del viejo Estadio Nacional de beisbol hace 69 años https://www.laprensani.com/2017/10/17/deportes/2315115-inauguracion-del-viejo-estadio-nacional 15 March 2025 La Prensa 17 October 2017 es After Nicaragua lost a game against Mexico, Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza fired the team's Cuban manager, Juan Ealo, and took over the reins of the team himself. However, the team still limped to a dismal 1–6 record.Gonzalez Echeverria Roberto The Magic of Baseball (Keynote Lecture) The Magic of Baseball (Keynote Lecture) Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies Fall 2000 8 1 150 https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1207&context=ijgls 3 November 2024Buck Canel: The Voice of Beisbol, Boxeo and FDR https://blogs.loc.gov/now-see-hear/2021/10/buck-canel-the-voice-of-beisbol-boxeo-and-fdr/#_edn3 Library of Congress Blogs 3 November 2024 12 October 2021TWO AMATEUR NINES TIED; Puerto Rico, Mexico Top Field in World Title Event https://www.nytimes.com/1948/12/01/archives/two-amateur-nines-tied-puerto-rico-mexico-top-field-in-world-title.html 23 March 2026 The New York Times 1 December 1948 Final standings RkTeamW Total wins in the tournamentL Total losses in the tournament1Dominican Republic8118px2Puerto Rico 19526118px3Colombia5218px4Mexico 1934525Panama346Guatemala257Nicaragua 1908168El Salvador07 References Baseball World Cup, 1948 Category:Baseball World Cup 1948 Category:1948 in Nicaragua Amateur World Series Amateur World Series Category:Sport in Managua Amateur World Series