COLICEBA opens season on Saturday in 7 stadiums
- The San Juan Daily Star
- 6 days ago
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By THE STAR STAFF
The Amateur Baseball Central League Confederation (COLICEBA by its acronym in Spanish) will kick off its 2025-26 season on Saturday with games in seven stadiums starting at 6 p.m.; the official ceremony will take place at Iluminado “Lumín” Quiles Stadium in Orocovis, home of the champion Caciques.
The league will feature 17 teams in four divisions, with a 12-game regular season. Among the new additions to the league are the debuting Guapos of Dorado, the returning Halcones of Gurabo, and the former Juncos team relocated to Río Grande and now known as the Yunqueros.
Opening day will feature doubleheaders: Barranquitas vs. Orocovis, Río Grande vs. Ceiba, Yabucoa vs. Gurabo, Aibonito vs. Arroyo, Cidra vs. Coamo in Santa Isabel, Aguadilla vs. Villalba and Mayagüez vs. Guayanilla. All games will start at 6 p.m. On Sunday, Dorado will visit Aguas Buenas at 2 p.m.
The season will be dedicated to Neribel Torres and Cirilo Ortiz. The division leaders will advance to the Championship Playoffs; the second- and third-place teams will play best-of-five series for the remaining four playoff spots. In the Championship Playoffs first round (quarterfinals), the top seed will face the eighth seed in a best-of-seven series, with the second seed taking on the seventh seed and so on; the winners will advance to the best-of-seven semifinals, and the championship final will be a best-of-seven series.
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