1981 Season :
The
Silver Eagles have all the assets to keep their title. They could count on their offence as well as their rotation. Their ace last season,
Miguel Carbajal won the Golden Ball with
2.33 ERA in 224.1 IP, the most by any pitcher across the league.
Good things always come in three ? Two postseason and two participation in the LBS in two years for the
Sea Stars. Back-to-back Silver Ball winner
Roberto Irias will try to capture his third award.
The
Diamonds is based in the smallest city of all cities that have a franchise. Despite this, the team currently possess some real talent. Like
Carlos Bermudez, who won the Golden Glove last season. The Star 1B had a breakout season at 26 and he will try to repeat his performance.
The
Expendables missed the playoffs last season by only a game. They have the potential to contend for the division, as their young players are starting to affirm themselves. The best of them is undoubtly
Guan-Pei Chio, the LF that already won 5 Sapphire Awards and 2 Ruby Awards, including the ones from last season. He is only 26 and has already achieved
29,0 WAR as well as
146 HR.
The
Nang Nius will compete against the Expendables by mixing promising players with more experienced players such as Lau-po Thien, Eric Meyer and Luis Reyes. The young 1B
Fernando Mendoza achieved a great season in 1980 at only 23. As a contact hitter, his slash line was
.310/.373/.450 with
161 H and 3.8 WAR.
Moon Division
The Nang Nius won the Moon Division. They delivered an awesome race with their rivals the Freros. The Maple Leaves finished 3rd for the first time in their history and they were only 5 games behind a first appearance in postseason. City finished with the worst record in the league for the third time in a row.
Sun Division
Unfortunately for the Silver Eagles, their ace Carbajal was injured at the beginning of the season, missing in total 8 weeks. As a result he could not deliver the same performances as last season and his team finished 3rd, just a game-shy from the Sea Stars. The Diamonds achieved the best season of their history, returning to the playoffs after 5 years.
This draft, City has picked the right-fielder Habimana Tmume as first choice. Coming from Huangjia, he will try to succeed in his own country major league.
In the first round of the playoffs, the Freros and the Sea Stars swept their opponent and access to the LBS. It is the third time in a row for the Sea Stars, which definitely the best team of the beginning 80's. The Freros last LBS appearance was in 1969.
The series is tight, but the Freros win their second title 4-3, 21 years after the first one (which was the initial title) !
A glance of the players behind this title :
Who were the best player this year ?
Alejandro Zamora, the Hall of Famer and now manager of the Dawala Diamonds was named manager of the year. Since his debuts as Diamonds manager in 1979, the team had improved every year to achieve the best record this season.