United States; his plaque depicts him as a "Aguadilla Shark". In 1999, Orlando "Peruchin" Cepeda became the second Puerto Rican born player to be enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame. In 2001, Major League Baseball history was made when Opening Day was in San Juan at the Hiram Bithorn Stadium with a game between the Texas Rangers and the Toronto Blue Jays. In 2003 as well as 2004, the former Montreal Expos played 22 home games each year at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, before moving to Washington, D.C. and becoming the Washington Nationals. In 2011, Roberto Alomar became the third Puerto Rican born player to be enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame. In 2017, Iván "Pudge" Rodríguez became the fourth Puerto Rican born player to be enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame. In 2018, Alex Cora became the first Puerto Rican to manage a World Series winning team when the Boston Red Sox defeated the LA Dodgers. In 2019, Edgar Martinez became the fifth Puerto Rican born player to be enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Currently Puerto Rico has a winter baseball league named the Puerto Rico Baseball League that has operated since the early 20th century. The champion of the Puerto Rico league represents Puerto Rico is in the annual Caribbean World Series. It currently has six teams: Lobos de Arecibo (Arecibo Wolves) Criollos de Caguas (Caguas Creoles) Gigantes de Carolina (Carolina Giants) Indios de Mayagüez (Mayagüez Indians) Leones de Ponce (Ponce Lions) Cangrejeros de Santurce (Santurce Crabbers) The Puerto Rico national baseball team competes in international events, including the World Baseball Classic, separately from the United States. Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan has hosted first-round games in each of the first three World Baseball Classic tournaments. Basketball Early history of basketball in Puerto Rico The United States military government banned cockfighting and bullfighting from the island. They did, however, introduce a "new" sport called basketball. Basketball was used by the American soldiers as part of their physical training. When the soldiers played basketball, they used a plain straw basket which was cut open at both ends and placed it on the highest end of a pole. For a ball, they used a football and the game was played without any established set of rules. In 1913, the YMCA of Puerto Rico organized the first game played using the official rules