Slightly Better than Replacement Level
Our next League Primer keeps things in Asia, but we’re moving on over to Taiwan for the Chinese Professional Baseball League. History The CPBL has been around since 1989, but its roots stretch back to 1984. Baseball had been popular in Taiwan for some time, but the country lacked any formal baseball structure beyond a […]
Next up in the League Primer series is the second Nippon Professional Baseball farm league, the Western League (JPWL). The JPWL begins play in a little under a month. History The JPWL has been around since the early 1960s when it was created to allow for the two main leagues in Nippon Professional Baseball to […]
At age 20, increasing the velocity of his fastball is not exactly the strategic goal of the right-handed hurler of Leones de Industriales, Brayan Chi. After launching his 80th pitch this Sunday afternoon at the Latin American stadium in Havana, Chi’s mind did not stop working. He entered the dugout of the Under-23 Cuban national […]
Next up in the League Primer Series is one of the two farm team leagues that operate in Japan. The Eastern League (JPEL) begins in play in a little under a month. History The JPEL has been around since the early 1960s when it was created to allow for the two main leagues in Nippon […]
Liga de Béisbol Instruccional del Norte de Coahuila (LNC) begins play this March, learn a little about a league I’m just learning about myself. History The LNC has been in operation since 1945. However, until 1969 the league took years off here and there. Since 1969 the league has been in operation every year. The […]