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José Guillermo Santiago Guzmán (September 4, 1928 – October 9, 2018), [1] better known by the nickname "Pantalones", was a Puerto Rican professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball between 1954 and 1956 for the Cleveland Indians (1954–1955) and Kansas City Athletics ().
José A. "Josian" Santiago Rivera (born August 27, 1957) is a Puerto Rican politician. He became the mayor of the municipality of Comerío as a member of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) at the 2000 general elections, and was re-elected in 2004 and 2008.
Santiago was born on August 15, 1940, in Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico, one of three children born to Alejandro Santiago and Merida Alfonso. Alejandro played amateur baseball. Santiago's nickname was "Palillo" (toothpick). He played the outfield in high school, but became a pitcher in college at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico. [1] [2]
Ponce Salt Industries was founded as Productos Salinos de Tallaboa on 30 June 1951 [4] by Juan E. Mayoral Renovales, Jorge Martín, and Rafael Pou Vives. [5] Juan E. Mayoral Renovales had also been the founder of Ponce Candy Industries.
After that, Santiago was a member of the Puerto Rico national team in the 2006 World Baseball Classic and joined the Olmecas de Tabasco for the rest of the summer. In addition to playing for the New Orleans Zephyrs in the Mets farm system In 2008, Santiago pitched for the Gigantes de Carolina Puerto Rico representing team in the Caribbean Series.
Jugando Pelota Dura is a Puerto Rican television talk show hosted by Ferdinand Pérez. The program initially premiered on Sistema TV network in 2012 before moving on to Univision Puerto Rico (later, Teleonce) in 2017 after the passing of Hurricane Maria left WMTJ unable to broadcast the show. [1]
Location of Puerto Rico's main island (green) Puerto Rico currently has the fourth-most active players in Major League Baseball (MLB) among Latin American jurisdictions, behind the Dominican Republic, Venezuela and Cuba. [1] More than three hundred players from the archipelago have played in the major leagues since 1926.
15 Faros de Puerto Rico: Sonia Fritz: Documentary: Documentary on the history behind the 15 lighthouses of Puerto Rico and their lighthouse keepers: 3000: Skip Font: Modesto Lacén, Yezmín Luzzed, Robert García Cooper, Guillermo Valedón: Drama: Based on the life and career of Roberto Clemente and his 3000 hit: Mi Princesa: Carlos Jiménez Flores