Burrulote Rodríguez

Luis Ernesto Rodríguez Abreu (July 11, 1902 – December 1, 1964), known by his nickname Burrulote ("Big Donkey"), He made his professional debut with the Tigres del Licey 1922, where he played as an outfielder and catcher. He won two championships with the team as a professional, in 1924 and 1929. In total, he played four professional campaigns with Licey.

Managerial career In January 1937, Rodríguez was part of a group that organized the famous 1937 tournament, featuring for the first time teams from the country's major cities of Santo Domingo (where Licey and Escogido played), San Pedro de Macorís (the Estrellas Orientales), and Santiago de los Caballeros (Águilas Cibaeñas); the Santo Domingo teams would be merged to form the Dragones de Ciudad Trujillo, a superteam composed of the best Dominican baseball stars and American players from Negro league baseball. Partway through the 1937 season, he was appointed manager of Ciudad Trujillo, leading them to an 11–4 record down the stretch. He returned to skipper the Dominicans at the 1942 Amateur World Series, where he found himself at the center of a brawl that derailed the Oct. 11 game between the Dominican Republic and the United States; because of the tight race between Cuba and the Dominican Republic, Rodríguez and the Dominicans had been heckled by the Cuban fans all game. When a ball thrown from the American dugout accidentally struck him in the back, he assumed it had been thrown by the crowd and retaliated by throwing the ball and a bat at them. Dozens of people rushed onto the field and charged at Burrolote and the Dominican players. Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo reportedly ordered the immediate withdrawal of the Dominican team, but the situation was eventually alleviated and the Dominicans continued to play (though the Americans made a hasty withdrawal). Despite the chaos, the Dominican Republic finished 9–3, good enough for the silver medal. In his later years, he served on the board of directors of the Águilas Cibaeñas with the return of professionalism in 1951. Rodríguez was inducted into the Dominican Sports Hall of Fame in 1965.