A Jalisco man says he is hopeful that when Guadalajara hosts the 2011 Pan American Games, the event can be a starting point leading to the return of a Mexican League team to the state of Jalisco.A story by Paulino Perez on the Puro Beisbol website says Armando Navarro announced “the beginning of the return” of the Charros at a September 8 press conference. “I think this is the last chance for the return of professional baseball to this city,” Navarro said. “It would be hard to build a stadium in the future for this sport.” A ballpark for the Pan Am Games will be built in nearby Zapopan (model pictured). While Navarro says he has had talks with Zapopan officials about putting a Liga ballclub in the new facility, he has not heard from the Jalisco governor or Guadalajara’s mayor.
Jalisco has hosted Mexican League teams four different times between 1949 and 1995, winning LMB pennants in 1967 and 1971. Guadalajara is Mexico’s second-largest city with over 1.6 million residents but is considered by many to be more of a soccer hotbed than baseball city.
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please keep us updated on this! Is there any news on charris de jalisco at this point?
I read a story from last May that Jalisco is supposed to get the Chihuahua Dorados in 2012 (while Leon gets the Nuevo Laredo Tecos). Jalisco Charros and Leon Bravos return to the Mexican League. I'll check to see if that's still the plan.
Charros de Jalisco plays at Estadio Tecnologico(UdeG)and leaves Guadalajara(1975)to move to Durango(Northern Mexican State) under the name of "Alacranes de Durango"
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