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The Indios del Bóer are a
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team based in
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Nicaragua Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest Sovereign state, country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean Sea, Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to ...
competing in the
Nicaraguan Professional Baseball League Liga de Beisbol Profesional Nacional (LBPN) is the professional baseball league of Nicaragua. The league consists of five teams with a 30 game regular season schedule that runs from November to December. Followed by a four team round robin, with ...
. Their home games are played at the
Dennis Martínez National Stadium Estadio Nacional Soberanía ( es, Estadio Nacional Soberanía, links=no) is located in Managua, Nicaragua. It has a capacity of 15,000 and it was named after former MLB player Dennis Martínez. The original stadium was built in 1948 and is Nicar ...
. They have won the Nicaraguan league eight times. The team, as well as their fans, are commonly referred to as ''La Tribu'' or ''the tribe''.


History

Indios del Bóer were established in 1905, simply as Bóer. The team's name comes from the Spanish name of
boers Boers ( ; af, Boere ()) are the descendants of the Dutch-speaking Free Burghers of the eastern Cape frontier in Southern Africa during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. From 1652 to 1795, the Dutch East India Company controlled this area ...
, that was chosen to embody the team's values as fighters. The Indios' first uniform was: white cap, black shirt, white pants and black socks. The club was founded by Carter Donaldson, American consul in Nicaragua, his son Agustín Donaldson and Francisco Caparro. Caparro also played for the Indios as
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and was the team's first captain. The team has previously had the following names: Búfalos del Bóer, Bóer-Victoria and Bóer-Managua.


Roster


References

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