Carrefour Stars
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| League | Arucian Baseball League (1947-present) (North) | ||||
| Location | Carrefour,  Carucere | ||||
| Ballpark | Préval Field | ||||
| Year founded | 1888 | ||||
| Nickname(s) | The Eyes, The People's Team | ||||
| Arucian Series championships | 2011, 1951, 1950, 1949 (4) | ||||
| Colors | Red, Black | ||||
| Mascot | Bob | ||||
| Manager | Mhibodu Nivelle | ||||
| General Manager | Marine Anthoine | ||||
| President | Jazengi Mivedai | ||||
| Media | CB 2 Sports | ||||
The Carrefour Stars are an professional baseball team based Carrefour, Carucere. The Stars compete in the Arucian Baseball League (ABL) as a member club of the Northern division. Founded in 1888 as an amateur club by graduates of the University of Sainte-Chloé, making it the fourth oldest team in the league. From 1888 to 1947, the club participated in many informal amateur and collegiate baseball leagues, where it dominated. The Stars joined the ABL in 1947 after absorbing several amateur baseball teams in Carucere, where it quickly gained prominence as an highly skilled baseball team and established a brief but intense rivalry with the Sainte-Chloé Imperials. In a eight year span known as the Golden Years from 1947 to 1955, Carucere made five appearances in the Arucian Series, four of which were against the Imperials, and won three Series in a row. It was also during this time when the team made Carucerean history by being the first nonsectarian and mixed race sports team in Carucere. It was also the first team outside of Sainte-Chloé to win an Arucian Series. After the Golden Years, the Stars struggled with mediocrity in the decades that followed. The Stars made an appearance in the 1981 Arucian Series, only to fall to the Imperials. The Stars would not appear again in the Series until 2010, where they would be defeated by the Épernon Frères. However in the rematch in the following year, the Stars won their first championship since 1951, ending a 60 year drought.
Today, the Stars are the only professional baseball team from Carucere in the League and often represents the entire country in the sport as Carucere's de facto national baseball team. The team enjoys widespread fan support at home and are popularly known as The Eyes. The team maintains a fierce rivalry with the Terre-Belle Rays dating back to when the two teams joined the league in 1947. In addition it still maintains its historical rivalry with the Sainte-Chloé Imperials. Today the Stars have eight (8) Arucian Series appearances and four (4) Arucian Series wins.