[citation needed] Their mascot "The Orange Monster" is a part of the team's image, featuring prominently in its logo and being the club nickname for decades.

The team's nickname is "El monstruo anaranjado" "The Orange Monster") The Athletics rise again after struggling through the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s to win a championship in 1985 over the Mets de Guaynabo.

[citation needed] During the 1930s and 40s the team was undoubtedly the best in the league, winning ten championships between 1932 and 1950, including many by local basketball legend Arquelio Torres Ramírez.

It included Eddie Casiano, Nelson Quiñones, Luis Allende, Yan Garcia and Oscar Santiago, the core of the Atléticos who won the championship in 1994.

A change of ownership and more disputes eventually led San Germán to trade Eddie Casiano to the Leones de Ponce.