Claim: The Nicaraguan in Central America public's excitement for baseball grew, the league had to shut down in 1967 but was re-established in 2004.
Evidence: The Nicaraguan public's excitement for baseball grew as foreign professional teams and foreign players came to play in their country. Due to economic difficulty, the league had to shut down in 1967. The professional league was re-established in 2004. Managua is the country's capital and largest city and is also the third-largest city in Central America, behind Tegucigalpa and Guatemala City.