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Atenienses de Manatí (baseball)

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Atenienses de Manatí (English: Athenians) were a professional baseball team based in Manatí, Puerto Rico. Atenienses is the team name for most sport teams representing Manatí in state-level tournaments.

The Atenienses appeared in Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente when José Valentín acquired the Cangrejeros de Santurce and relocated them to Manatí for the 2004–05 season. For the 2008–09 season, the team returned to San Juan as the Cangrejeros.

Their home stadium in Manatí was Estadio Municipal Pedro Román Meléndez.

Atenienses de Manatí also refers to a professional basketball team based in Manatí that play in the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). Current players include Ricky Sánchez, Edwin Ubiles, Carmelo Lee, Dominique Jones and Ekene Ibekwe.