The Banana, 1979
After the dismal performance of the 1975 Cardinals, in 1977 the team returned to Tabasco only this time they decided to call them Banana, mote with which they were known until 1985. It was in 1979 when the team that achievement Tabasqueño get, for the first time in the postseason, led by Raul Cano, left out the Diablos Rojos del Mexico . Those were the first competitive squad banana Tabasco and featured players like Rommel Canada, Arturo Bernal, Arturo Bernal and Joel Orquendo Ismael Serna on offense, bolstered by the pitching of Mike Nagy, American pitcher who became an idol for entity, as well as Hector "Colmoyote" Madrigal, Roberto Ochoa, among others, however, were eliminated quickly in the priority Playoffs by champions ultimately Angeles de Puebla .
After the outstanding `79, expectations of better times for the organization were great, however, with the passage of time, the situation came to season after season less, but never spared to try to build good resources brackets, as shown by the recruitment of players of the caliber of Luis Tiant, Carlos "chamfer" Lopez, Ramon Arano, Alfredo "Lefty" Ortiz, Jesus Sommers. However, the results were not reflected in the field, and in 1984, when Julian Manzur, then president of the club, decide to dispose of the franchise and had to come to rescue the prominent farmer Humberto Tapia.
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