Caimanes de Barranquilla
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 12,000-capacity Estadio de béisbol Édgar Rentería in Barranquilla.History
In 1998 the success of Colombian-born players in Major League Baseball, most notably Édgar Rentería, led to a meeting in Miami of Colombian baseball personalities including Edinson Rentería, Edgar Perez and José Martínez. The meeting was acknowledged by the MLB and the Caribbean Confederation of Professional Baseball. The meeting established a working group consisting 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 Rentería 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 and the Tigres e Indios of Cartagena.
