The Bravos de Margarita (Margarita Braves) are a professional baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

 team who plays in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League

Venezuelan Professional Baseball League

The Venezuelan Professional Baseball League or Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional is the highest level baseball league in Venezuela.-Brief history:Baseball exploded in Venezuela in 1941, following the world championship in Havana....

 since the 2007-08 season.

The team was founded in 1991 as the Petroleros de Cabimas (Cabimas Oilers), and played through the 1994-95 season. Later was renamed as Pastora de Occidente (Shepherds of the West) from 1995-96 to 1996-97, being also known as Pastora de los Llanos

Pastora de los Llanos

Pastora de los Llanos was a baseball team who played in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League between the 1997-98 and 2006-07 seasons....

(Shepherds of the Plains) from 1997-98 to 2006-07.

Since their inception, the Bravos de Margarita have played at Estadio Nueva Esparta

Estadio Nueva Esparta

Estadio Nueva Esparta, also known as Estadio Guatamare, is a stadium in Porlamar, Venezuela. It is primarily used for baseball and serves as the home stadium for Bravos de Margarita. It holds 16,100 people and was opened in 1990....

, which is located in Margarita Island

Isla Margarita

Margarita Island is the largest island of the state of Nueva Esparta in Venezuela, situated in the Caribbean Sea, off the northeastern coast of the country. The state also contains two other smaller islands: Coche and Cubagua. The capital city of Nueva Esparta is La Asunción, located in a river...

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