Pops Club de Béisbol (from the
Catalan word for "
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es") was a
baseball club in
Lloret de Mar
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, where there were many descendants of immigrants from
Cuba.
Its founders were Nasi Brugueras and Alex Colomer from
Barcelona, and its sponsor and president was Roque Romero, a stockbroker born in
Mendavia,
Navarre
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. Roque Romero remained as president of the Pops club until its demise and for a while also became chairman of the Catalan Baseball Federation. This now defunct baseball club was active during the heyday of baseball in
Spain in the 1950s and 1960s. But owing to mass-interest in
football
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, Pops baseball club did not survive into the 1970s and its field was converted into a field for the local football team.
Pops won the local ''Campionat de Catalunya'' (Catalan Championship) in 1955.
See also
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History of baseball outside the United States
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Baseball in Cuba
References
Picture and historical data
Baseball teams in Catalonia
Defunct baseball teams
Defunct sports teams in Spain
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