sports - north and south

I'm not an avid sports person and football (American) is really not one of my favorite sports. However, I was interested to note that today (Sunday 5 February) is Super Bowl at home. It struck me as strange because Venezuela is hosting the Caribbean World Series in baseball. Baseball is a big sport here - probably even bigger than fútbol though Venezuela does have a soccer team, Vino Tinto. Anyway, los leones (the Lions), one of the Caracas teams, has been doing well and is leading the series. Last night they defeated the team from the Dominican Republic. The four teams involved in the series are Venezuela, Mexico, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico (los Venados de Mazatlán de México, Gigantes de Carolina de Puerto Rico, Tigres del Licey de República Dominicana y Leones del Caracas de Venezuela). I've learned that this series was started in 1946 with teams from Venezuela, Mexico, Cuba, and the US. In 1960 Cuba withdrew, thereby terminating the series until 1970 when Mexico entered. The individual team with the most wins is the Tigers from Licey, Dominican Republic. The Dominican is also the country with the most titles (15) followed by Puerto Rico with 14, and 5 each for Venezuela and Mexico. A trivia fact: Latin America sends lots of baseball players north (the Venezuelans were ecstatic when White Sox coached by an Venezuelan won the World Series), but one of the stars of the Leones is California native Harold Eckert.