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The Caimanes de Barranquilla are a baseball team in the Colombian Professional Baseball league. They have participated in the league since the 1984-1985 season, playing in the estadio Tomás Arrieta in Barranquilla.

History
In 1998 the success of Colombian-born players in Major League Baseball, most notably Edgar Renteria (who was on the 1997 World Champion Florida Marlins), led to a meeting in Miami of Colombian baseball personalities including Edinson Renteria, Edgar Perez and Jose Martinez (who led and contributed to the development of Colombian Professional Baseball between 1979 and 1985). The meeting was acknowledged by the MLB and the Caribbean Confederation of Professional Baseball. The meeting established a working group comprised of the businessmen involved with professional baseball in Colombia in the 1980s and new executives from the cities of Barranquilla and Cartagena including Alfredo Navarro, Farid Char, Gabriel Pelaez, Iveth Chejuan, Tico Bernal, and Julio Blanch. This working group was presented with a proposal to revive professional baseball in Colombia under the leadership of the Renteria family. The working group decided to move forward with the proposal, beginning the 1999-2000 season with four teams, the Caimanes y Electricos de Barranquilla (The Barranquilla Crocodiles and Electric Eels) and the Tigres e Indios of Cartagena (The Cartagena Tigers and Indians).

Campeonatos
Los Caimanes de Barranquilla se han coronado campeones del béisbol profesional colombiano en las temporadas 1984-1985, 1993-1994, 1997-1998, 1998-1999, 2007-2008, 2008-2009 y 2009-2010.

Véase también

 * Liga Colombiana de Béisbol Profesional
 * Béisbol

Enlaces externos

 * Sitio web oficial Caimanes BBC.
 * Sitio web oficial Team Rentería.

Caimanes de Barranquilla