aka the Gran Liga after
Gran Colombia
This league would then start a few years after that. These all have future versions, except Santa Marta which I just made today - the idea there is a 19th century
military name (the city is associated with Bolivar who died there), and then later it doubles as the name of a
local bird.
notes:
Sabios is named after
a real team
I previously made a Maracaibo Relampagos/Catatumbos team, but I think Zulia Rayos is a much better name (also basically the name of several soccer teams that have played there)
Tigrillos and Moros - I have read about every baseball league in the region during this project. Many of them have teams with indigenous branding (as Cleveland Boston etc did in this period). For example,
Mayaguez,
Managua,
two in Venezuela. This is a much more complex topic in former Spanish colonial areas than it is in the United States and I am definitely not qualified to talk about it. For plausibility it would be correct to have a team named Indios, especially for example in a city named Cartagena de Indias, but I didn't want to make one. Tigrillos is my compromise. You can see how easily the T in that monogram could become a I.
Moros - my attempt to make a relatively non-pc historical identity. I figured an early baseball team might take on this identity in an "approving, tribute" well-meaning type way. They use Ottoman symbolism, and will be rebranded. basically based on Indios de Boer (see above) and the London rugby team
Saracens, among others. Anyway don't worry I drew a vulture for their rebrand!
Also every baseball league in the world has a tigers team, but I prefer local animals, hence the
tigrillo. The giants will start out generic and then become named for a local animal
Santa Marta - the Santa Marta SM logo is based on a US monogram made by user
flyinglamprey on the sportslogos board. it uses the colors from the Santa Marta flag