Pastora de los Llanos
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| Pastora de los Llanos Llanos Shepards | |
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| League: | Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional |
| Founding: | 2001 |
| First Season: | 2001/2002 |
| City: | Araure, Portuguesa |
| Stadium: | Estadio Bachiller Julio Hernández Molina |
| League Titles: | 0 |
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| Serie del Caribe Titles: | 0 |
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| Former Names: | Petroleros de Cabimas (1991-1995), Pastora de Occidente (1995-2001) |
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The Pastora de los Llanos are a Venezuelan winter league team that plays in the Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional. The team was founded and joined the LVBP as part of most recent expansion of the league in 1991 with the Caribes de Anzoátegui. The team was originally to be named the Petroleros de Cabimas from 1991 to 1995 and played in Carora, Lara. In 1995 the team moved to Estadio Bachiller Julio Hernández Molina in Araure, Portuguesa and became the Pastora de Occidente, in an effort to "regionalize" the team in the Zulia region. In 2001, when the team's name changed again to its current monkier. The Llanos is a large grassland in Venezuela that is known for its herding, mainly of cattle.
[edit] Notable Players
- Alex Cabrera
- Mike Farrell
- Ramón Hernández
- Maicer Izturis
- Robert Machado
- Luis Ordaz
- Ricardo Palma
- Álex Sánchez
- Yorvit Torrealba
- José Villa
[edit] External Links
!colspan=2 style="background-color:#BFD7FF;"|Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional |- align=center |align=right|División Occidental:||Tigres de Aragua · Cardenales de Lara · Pastora de los Llanos · Águilas del Zulia |- align=center |align=right|División Oriental:||Caribes de Anzoátegui · Leones del Caracas · Tiburones de La Guaira · Navegantes del Magallanes |- align=center |colspan=2|
|- align=center |colspan=2|Related Articles: Salón de la Fama
