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MORE CHAMPS CROWNED; LATIN LEAGUE ENTERS HOME STRETCH WWoB News -- 02.02 - 02.08.60


This week, Serie Brasil wraps up, the Suid-Afrika-reeks gets underway, and the battle for the playoffs in the Latin League kicks into high gear...

Worldwide News

02.02

Suid-Afrikaanse Liga -- The teams for the SAL championship round are officially set. Bloemfontein ends Pretoria's underdog run in game 7, advancing to the Suid-Afrika-reeks for the 5th consecutive season. Rose star 3B Asmerom Uuka 🇿🇦 wins Halfeinstryde MVP for a second straight year.





Latin League -- Tegucigalpa and Barquisimeto, both treading water in the LL playoff race, each get clutch shutouts by their starting pitchers to keep them alive. Tegucigalpa beats Guatemala behind a dominant shutout by RHP Sze Sung 🇨🇳 to draw even with Belize for the final Wild Card spot. Meanwhile, Barquisimeto RHP Juan Martinez 🇦🇷 walks the tightrope for an 8-hit shutout of Medellin, putting Barquisimeto ahead of Asuncion and Porto Velho for sole possession of the 4th LS Wild Card spot.







02.03


Liga Brasil -- In Game 6 of Serie Brasil, the Rio Carnavais bats come alive, as RHP Ruben Martinez 🇧🇷 pitches the game of his life. He throws a complete game, earning the win and preserving the Rio bullpen for Game 7.




Latin League -- In a game with huge playoff implications, San Juan SS Roland Gardner 🇩🇪 tees off on Port-au-Prince, getting 5 hits in a 10-1 blowout. The win puts the Senadores one game ahead of the Bicolores for the LC's top Wild Card spot and #3 seed, with 8 games left in the season.




Latin League -- Nueva Gerona is the first team to clinch a spot in the 2060 LL playoffs.





02.04

Liga Brasil -- Game 7 of the 2060 Serie Brasil is a nailbiter, with the Brasilia Gatos Pretos crowned champions for the fourth time. Neither offense gets much going, but it turns out to be Brasilia DH Bras Allen's 🇧🇷 2-run homer in the 4th inning that makes the difference. 1B Yasuo 🇧🇷🇯🇵, who hit 5 homers over 7 games, is named Serie Brasil MVP.




Suid-Afrikaanse Liga -- Game 1 of the 2060 Suid-Afrika-reeks is a blowout, with Durban kicking in Bloemfontein's door with a 9-2 victory, thanks in part to 3 hits, including a 3-run HR, by SS Galal Iyapo 🇿🇦.




02.05

Suid-Afrikaanse Liga -- After a snoozefest in Game 1, the SAR comes alive in game 2. A pair of Asmerom Uuka 🇿🇦 homers aren't enough for Bloemfontein, as they lose in 10 innings on a Billy Shomari 🇿🇦 home run, and fall behind Durban, 2-0.





Latin League -- Lima clinches a playoff spot as BC Rio and Paramaribo are eliminated.









02.06


Liga Brasil -- Following a humiliating Semifinais loss as the league's only team above .500, the Salvador Tucanos fire two-time champion GM Eduardo Sartores 🇧🇷.




Latin League -- Willemstad and Managua in, Santiago out of the LL playoffs.








02.07

Suid-Afrikaanse Liga -- The Suid-Afrika-reeks takes center stage with Game 3, and Durban once again pops Bloemfontein to take them to the brink, buoyed by a 2-home run performance by 1B Meddur Alami 🇿🇦.



Latin League -- San Juan clinches a playoff spot, Willemstad clinches the LS Norte division.








02.08

Suid-Afrikaanse Liga -- In a year where they needed a tiebreaker game just to make the playoffs, the Durban Indringers are champions of the SAL for the first time! They finish off their Cinderella run with an exclamation point, with both the offense and pitching running on full power in an 11-0 shutout for the sweep. Durban OF Declan Cooke 🇿🇦 follows up his series MVP in the Halfeinstryde with another in the Suid-Afrika-reeks.





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Standings / Playoff Brackets (As of 02.08.60):

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Suid-Afrikaanse Liga