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Culture of Caguas


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Festivals and events

�    Rosario Cantado a los Reyes � 4 January

�    Three Kings Festival � 5 January

�    Criolla Beatriz � February

�    Criolla Borinquen Fair � March

�    Criolla Ca�ab�n Fair � April

�    Felipe "La Voz Rodr�guez' Birthday � 8 May

�    Al Fresco � Every last Friday of each month

�    Cross Festival � 23�31 May

�    Typical Criole Festival � 1�2 June

�    Latin American Musical

Sports

The Criollos de Caguas baseball team is considered one of the greatest of all-time in all of Latin America, having won 14 national Puerto Rico titles and 3 Caribbean World Series titles The team is a member of the Liga de B�isbol Profesional de Puerto Rico (LBPPR). Three of the first five Puerto Ricans that played Major League Baseball in the U.S., at one point in their careers played for the Criollos de Caguas (Luis Rodr�guez Olmo, Victor Pellot Power, Roberto Clemente).

The Criollos de Caguas basketball team, founded in 1968 by Dr. H�ctor "Tato" D�vila and Lcdo. Libertario P�rez Rodr�guez, hasn't enjoyed as much success as their baseball counterparts. However in the early 2000's, they showed a lot of progress by reaching the national playoffs various times. The team is a member of the BSN. In 2006, the team won its first BSN national basketball championship, defeating Flor Melendez and his Santurce Crabbers in five games.

Caguas is home to the Bairoa Gym, one of the most important boxing gyms in all Puerto Rico and a place where many visiting champions have trained at; such as boxing Welterweight Champion Miguel Cotto, his brother Jose Miguel, Alberto Mercado, Juan Carazo, Alfredo Escalera and others.

The Criollas de Caguas women's volleyball team has won 7 national Puerto Rico titles and has made
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