The Carta Vieja Yankees are a baseball team from Panama.
His name is due to the fact that the "licorero" set was formed almost entirely by Americans who play in organized United States baseball, which was reinforced with two Panamanian players and one American of color. > Throughout its 12-year history, the team featured players such as Wayne Blackburn, Chet Brewer, Webbo Clarke, Jim Cronin, Jerry Davie, Carl Duser, Marion Fricano, Milt Graff, Bill Harris, Spook Jacobs, Connie Johnson, Spider Jorgensen, Hector López, Bobby Prescott, Humberto Robinson, Jean-Pierre Roy, Pat Scantlebury, Billy Shantz, Joe Tuminelli and Jim Umbricht, among others. Caribbean Series
In 1950 he represented Panama in the Caribbean Series, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. After an initial defeat to the Puerto Ricans of the Caguas Creoles, the canaleros would beat them in a second game, being tied first, and so both groups expected to happen in their matches against Almendares de Cuba and Navegantes de Magallanes de Venezuela , to finally decide it with a Panamanian victory of 9-3 on Puerto Rico. DICK BURGETT, JOE TUMINELLI, ROY EANSTERWOOD, STAN ANDREW, FORREST JACOB, and TONY JACOB, AL LEAPS, DALE LYNCH, TED CIESLACK, JEAN PIERRE ROY, PETE "WOE" WOJCIECHOWSKI, JOHN MIKEN, BOBBY REID, FRANK "BINBIN" AUSTIN, JIM BREWER, JOHN FITZGERALD, Webbo Clarke and PAT "LORD" SCANTLEBURY. Joe Tuminelli led the race with 6 and home runs with 2 so he was chosen as the most valuable player.
For Panama, it was the only title achieved in professional baseball history, followed by three sub-championships, in 1952 and 1960 with Carta Vieja, and 1957 with Cerveza Balboa. In addition, Panama also successfully hosted the Caribbean Series of 1952, 1956 and 1960, which closed the first season of these championships.
When it closed in 1972, the stage of Panamanian professional baseball and not taking them into account for the Second Season of the Caribbean Series two years earlier, Panama would not compete again in these tournaments, although currently, efforts are made for a return, but have remained only in rhetorical efforts.
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