Gigantes del Cibao, la historia de el equipo

I followed the Gigantes del Cibao during the Dominican Winter Baseball League season in 2009.  This blog post was on the history of the team.  See an excerpt after the jump, or visit the Dominican Baseball Guy for the full post: historia de los Gigantes del Cibao.
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...Yea I know, kind of wordy, probably because it is translated directly from the Spanish. To summarize, this will be the team's fourteenth year of existence, after being founded in 1996. Ownership has changed hands several times. The stadium is named after Julian Javier, a native of the city, who had a distiguished baseball career in the MLB, as well as a long career in the Dominican Winter Baseball League. A number of the founders and committee members throughout the founding process are still with the team in varying capacities. The current president is Laurentino Genao and several of his family members work in various capacities in the front office as well....

Julian Javier Stadium, by Dominican Baseball Guy