The Águilas Cibaeñas (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈaɣilas θˌiβaˈeɲas]; Cibaoan Eagles) is a professional baseball team in the Dominican Republic's Professional Baseball League (LIDOM), based in Santiago in the northern region of Cibao.

[3] The meeting was attended by many notable Dominican athletes of the time including; Luis Alfáu, Pilindo Bonetti, Charles Dore, Manuel Henriquez, Burrulote Rodríguez, Julio and Miguel Peguero Linval, Luis Mercado, and Tomas Sainllant.

Still to this day Dominican players employed by teams in the MLB take part of this national winter classic to keep the tradition strong.

[4] Some current and former MLB players who played with Águilas Cibaeñas include Edwin Encarnación,[5] Carlos Martínez,[6] Jose Reyes,[7] Jonathan Villar,[8] Carlos Gómez,[9] Juan Lagares,[8] Dellin Betances,[4] Bartolo Colón,[10] Wandy Rodríguez,[11] Melky Cabrera,[12] Danny Santana,[11] Yoenis Céspedes,[13] Starling Marte,[14] Brandon Moss[15] and current Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona.

[16] Estadio Cibao is nicknamed the “Valley of Death” and many fans consider it the most intimidating stadium for the other team in the country or even all the Caribbean.