Game times have been announced for the Titanes del Caribe La Revancha event at Yankee Stadium on November 8 and November 9 and at Citi Field on November 10 between the Tigres del Licey and Aguilas Cibaenas of LIDOM.
All the three games will not count towards the 2024-25 LIDOM regular season standings.
The Titanes del Caribe event will start on Friday, November 8, at Yankee Stadium at 6 p.m. EST, and the second game of the Titanes del Caribe will be on Saturday, November 9, at Yankee Stadium at 2 p.m. EST. The final game of the Titanes del Caribe will be on Sunday, November 10, at Citi Field at 1 p.m. EST.
Felix Cabrera Presents and Pedro Zamora Live are the promoters for the Titanes del Caribe event for the second consecutive year.
The Aguilas Cibaenas won the 2023 Titanes del Caribe series at Citi Field, sweeping the series against the Tigres del Licey. The 2023 Titanes del Caribe event did not count towards the 2023-24 regular season standings.
The Tigres del Licey, based in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, are the defending LIDOM champs. Known as “El Glorioso,” the club has won 24 LIDOM titles and 11 Caribbean Series titles since its founding in 1907.
The Tigres del Licey have reached the Caribbean Series final each of the last two years, winning 4-1 in Caracas, Venezuela, over the Leones del Caracas in 2023 and losing in Miami to the Tiburones de La Guaira 4-1 in 2024.
The Aguilas Cibaenas, based in Santiago de los Caballeros, have won 22 LIDOM titles and six Caribbean Series titles, capturing both most recently in 2021 when they defeated the Criollos de Caguas in Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico. They’ll will play the Gigantes del Cibao on the road on October 16 for the first game of the 2024-25 regular season at 7 p.m. EDT at Estadio Julián Javier in San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic.
The Tigres del Licey will open the season as the visiting team against the Leones del Escogido at Estadio Quisqueya Juan Marichal on October 16 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, at 7:15 p.m. EDT.
The 2024-25 LIDOM best-of-seven-championship series winner will play in the 2025 Caribbean Series in Mexicali, Mexico, at Estadio Nido de los Águilas from January 31 through February 7.
All Titanes del Caribe game tickets are currently on sale on https://www.mlb.com/mets/tickets/specials/lidom?partnerId=redirect-nym-dominican&os=winDhGBITyl&ref=app and https://www.mlb.com/yankees/ballpark/upcoming-events .
All 2024-25 LIDOM regular season games will be televised live on MLB.TV with a paid subscription until the final game of the league’s best-of-seven championship series in January.
FENAPEPRO, LIDOM Will Negotiate Next Week – The Federacion Nacional de Peloteros Profesionales de la Republica Dominicana, the union representing LIDOM players, announced via Instagram page that they will address the current work format for the 2024-25 LIDOM regular season next week.
FENAPEPRO and LIDOM officials, including union president Erick Almonte, will discuss stadium inspections for all five venues, the 2025 LIDOM free agency period, and preparations for upcoming international events.
The current agenda will be highlighted by two winter league events in November that feature LIDOM teams playing exhibition games. The Estrellas Orientales are participating in the Choque De Gigantes in Miami at loanDepot Park at from November 8-10, and the Tigres del Licey and Aguilas Cibaenas will play in the Titanes del Caribe the same days.
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Choque de Gigantes Times, Ticket Info Announced – The Choque de Gigantes event, with teams from LIDOM, the Liga Venezolana de Beisbol Profesional, and the Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente in Puerto Rico, will be played November 8-10 at loanDepot Park, home of the Miami Marlins.
The Navegantes del Magallanes, the Cardenales de Lara, and the Leones del Caracas from LVBP, the Estrellas Orientales from LIDOM, and the Criollos de Caguas and the Cangrejeros de Santurce from LBPRC will play exhibition games at Choque de Gigantes.
The event will feature six games across the three days. Friday, November 8, will feature the Leones del Caracas and Navegantes del Magallanes as the night game at loanDepot Park.
The tournament will be consisted of two pool games, with the Cardenales de Lara playing the Estrellas Orientales on Friday, November 8 at 3 p.m. EST in Pool A.
The Leones del Caracas will play the Navegantes del Magallanes in Pool B on November 8 at 8 p.m. EST in Pool B.
The Pool A and Pool B winner will play on Saturday, November 9 at 1 p.m. EST, and the Cangrejeros de Santurce will play the Criollos de Caguas at 6 p.m. EST.
The Pool B loser will play the Pool D loser in the third place game on Sunday, November 10 at 1 p.m. EST and the Pool C winner and Pool D winner will play in the Championship Game at 6 p.m. EST.
This will be the second event that the Marlins have hosted, after the Serie de las Américas 2015 that featured the Navegantes del Magallanes and the Cardenales de Lara of LVBP and the Tigres del Licey and the Águilas Cibaeñas from LIDOM.
The six organizations have a combined 76 league championships across the three leagues. The Leones del Caracas have 18 league titles, the Navegantes del Magallanes have 13 league titles, the Cardenales de Lara won five league titles, the Criollos de Caguas have 21 league championships, the Cangrejeros de Santurce have 16 league championships, and the Estrellas Orientales have won three league titles.
Juan A. Flores Galarza, the President of the LPBRC, Giuseppe Palmisano, the President of the LVBP, and Vitelio Mejía Ortiz, the President of LIDOM, helped organize the Choque de Gigantes event in Miami.
Tickets for the Choque de Gigantes event will be on https://www.mlb.com/marlins/ballpark/events/entertainment-sports/choque-de-gigantes.
Choque De Gigantes At loanDepot Park
Friday, Nov. 8, 2024
Pool A Game – Estrellas Orientales vs. Cardenales de Lara – 3 p.m. EST
Pool B Game – Navegantes Del Magallanes vs. Leones Del Caracas – 8 p.m. EST
Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024
Pool C Game – Semi-Final 1 – Winner of Pool A Game vs. Winner of Pool B Game – 1 p.m. EST
Pool D Game – Semi-Final 2 – Cangrejeros De Santurce vs. Criollos De Caguas – 6 pm. EST
Sunday, November 10, 2024
Third Place – Pool B Loser vs. Pool D Loser – 1 p.m. EST
Final Match – Pool C Winner vs. Pool D Winner – 6 p.m. EST
Leif Skodnick contributed reporting and writing to this story.
