During that era, games were shown on Puerto Rico's national television almost daily (on weekends, twice a day) by WAPA-TV, helping Butler, Frazer, Mario Morales, Georgie Torres, Jerome Mincy and a number of other BSN players to become household names there.
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Butler and his coach, fellow Puerto Rican Julio Toro, had to push some fans away in order to make it out of the arena, and they were formally accused by some fans of hitting them, but the Mexican police never charged them.
Mario | Butler | Super Mario Bros. | Mario Testino | Mario Vargas Llosa | Gerard Butler | Judith Butler | Mario Lemieux | West Chester Township, Butler County, Ohio | Samuel Butler | Mário Soares | Mario Lanza | Mario Botta | Butler Derrick | Mario Cuomo | Mario Andretti | Butler County | James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde | Mario Monti | Mario del Monaco | Mario Batali | Mario Balotelli | John Butler Trio | Mario Winans | Mario Savio | Mario Puzo | Mario Bava | Jonathan Butler | Butler County, Kentucky | Samuel Butler (novelist) |
Mario Morales became "El Quijote" (was better known by his nickname than by his real name), José Sosa "El Galgo" (The Greyhound), Angel "Cachorro" Santiago "El Orgullo del Caserio" (The Pride of the Housing Projects), Hector "El Mago" Blondet (The Magician), Rolando Frazier "El Principe" (The Prince), Mario Butler "El Expreso Panameño" (The Panamanian Express), Ruben Rodriguez "Sharp Shooter", and Martín Ansa got the nickname "El Señor" from Morales.