The team was originally known as the Tijuana Potros. Los Potros de Tijuana originally played in the Liga Mexicana de Béisbol. They played their home games at Estadio Nacional de Tijuana from 2005 to 2008. The franchise started as a Double-A team that played until 1991 when they folded. This team actually was a descendant of the Triple-A Los Toros de Tijuana before the Mexican League reportedly to have stripped the Toros owner of his franchise and gave it to new owners who renamed that team the Tijuana Potros after the original Double-A team that folded in 1991. The Toros ownership kept the team name, logo, uniforms and history as a result of the alleged political wrangling that went on in that league.
Golden Baseball League
The Golden Baseball League had originally planned on bringing the Tijuana Toros in as one of the charter teams, but that plan was dropped as a stadium agreement could not be reached between the Toros and Estadio Nacional de Tijuana. They had been playing in the Mexican League since 2005, but on December 15, 2008, the GBL signed a letter of intent to bring an expansion franchise to Tijuana after the 2008 Mexican League franchise was disbanded and relocated to Reynosa, Tamaulipas. On January 13, 2009, the league officially welcome the Potros. They would join fellow expansion teams, the Tucson Toros and Victoria Seals. On May 7, 2009, the GBL announced the postponement of the Potros' inaugural season until 2010 due to Mexico's swine flu outbreak and the subsequent health risk and precautionary measures that resulted from it.
Name change
There were rumors floating around that the team is now being called the "Tijuana Cimarrones". These rumors were confirmed with the launching of the team's website, which was subsequently taken down. "Cimarrones" is not Spanish for "rams". A "cimarron" may be many things - a wild or un-tamed animal; a rough or uncouth individual; a runaway slave ; or a fruit-topped snow cone. In the Old West the Spanish word "cimarron" was used to describe a wild horse, wild cowboy-drifter, or a renegade Indian. Since the team is probably not named for snow cones or runaway slaves - and was formerly known as Los Potros - the most suitable translation would seem to be "The Wild Horses" or "The Wild Bunch." The 2010 Golden Baseball League schedule had the team listed as the "Cimarrones." Due to not being able to maintain financial obligations with the stadium, the league took over the team and they played their remaining home games at the Ray Kroc Baseball Complex in Yuma, Arizona. After the season ended, the team became inactive. There is some hope that the team could wind up being a team in the Arizona Winter League.
