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OPENING DAY, 2060
Wide World of Baseball Newsletter -- 4.19 - 4.25.60


With the Olympiad all wrapped up, baseball fans across the world are preparing for their leagues' opening days. Here's when each league gets started this season:

04.01: Middle East League

04.06: Native League

04.10: Saudi League , India League

04.16: Thịy Līk

04.20: Major League , T-II , Pacific Super League , Liga Domini-Cubana , Balkan League

05.01: T-III , T-IV , EuroLeague , Nippon League , Mexico League , Nederlandse Honkbal Liga , Filip-Indo League

05.10: Chinese Pro League , Korea League , Canada League , Ceska Liga , Deutschliga , Lega Italia , Ligue de France , UK League , Baltic League , Elliniko Protathlima , Sovetskaya Liga

05.20: Liga Iberica

06.01: Nordic League


Today is April 19 in the Wide World of Baseball, so some leagues have already gotten underway. Let's take a quick look at the scores from Opening Day in the MEL, NAL, SIL, INL, and THL.


Middle East League:





Native League:



Saudi League:



India League:



Thịy Līk




With tomorrow marking Opening Day for the WWoB's two most prolific leagues, let's take a look at how OSA is predicting things shake out this year...


Major League / T-II: -- The baseball gods are expecting big things out of the defending World Series champs, predicting them to mop the floor with the rest of the league. Huntsville, Baltimore, Boise and Providence are expected to join them in the playoffs, while Oakland, Minnesota and Buffalo are the favorites to be eliminated. In the Union League, the Philadelphia Patriots and San Jose Hawks are the favorites for promotion.




Pacific SuperLeague -- In the ASL, OSA has their money on Tokyo, Beijing, and Hanoi as the top contenders, while Dhaka is projected to have the worst season in league history.

Meanwhile in the PL, the Mainland division is expected to be very strong, and a close battle is projected across the Islands.





And for good measure, here's how things are expected to go in Liga Domini-Cubana and the newly-formed Balkan League:





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04.20

Major League -- On Opening Day, all 16 teams are active. For the most part, pitchers dominate the day. That is, outside of Minneapolis, where the Minnesota Chiefs are hammed by the Boise Cutthroats and OF Leon Mendiola 🇵🇷, who goes 3-4 with 2 homers for the league's #1 performance of the day.






Liga Domini-Cubana -- A shutout, a cycle, and a hat trick all on Opening Day in the DCL, courtesy of Santiago Caballeros RHP Toshimitsu Kihara 🇯🇵, Havana Tropicos 2B Jim Malas 🇺🇸, and Holguin Mineros 3B Kees Bakker 🇳🇱, respectively.










Pacific SuperLeague -- Scores in the Pacific SuperLeague on Opening Day. In his first PSL start, Dhaka RHP Leo Ricardio 🇨🇺 throws 7 shutout innings to get the Mammoths 6.67% of the way to their OSA projection.







Balkan League -- The Balkan League's inaugural Opening Day slate. Cluj C Andrei Mocanasu 🇷🇴 gets the first walk-off in BKL history, a 2-run jack to beat Beograd.







04.21

Major League -- Bad news for the Oakland Stompers. RHP Angel Rodriguez 🇨🇴🇪🇸, the team's #2 pitcher who has been out since July with a torn flexor tendon, is now expected to miss the entire 2060 season after a setback.




04.22

Major League -- Charlotte Intimidators OF Roberto Badillo 🇩🇴 goes 5-5 in an 11-2 win over Louisville.





Major League -- Colorado hopes they have a new bullpen ace in RHP Willis Fuentes 🇻🇪🇮🇹, who they've signed for 4 years, $127 million out of the Latin League.




Deutschliga -- Stuttgart prospect OF Chuma Mariuki 🇿🇦 needs to work on his wheelie... or just never try one again.





04.23

Major League -- 3-time ML MVP Arup Manushi 🇮🇳 signs with the San Antonio Bullets, 3 years, $72 million.




Major League -- Fairfax RHP Citvana Subba 🇮🇳 will be out until late July after his elbow flared up on Opening Day.




Pacific SuperLeague -- The Perth Quokkas defeat Noumea on OF Dominic Goldberg's 🇩🇪 walkoff grand slam.





04.24

T-II Union League -- Even in 2060, umpires are still messing everything up.





T-III Continental League -- Nashville signs former Duetschliga MVP 2B Dennis Brennicke 🇩🇪, 3 years, $4.5 million.




04.25

Liga Domini-Cubana -- Holguin will be without star OF Alberto Torres 🇨🇷 for about a month after he strained his hip running the bases.




T-II Union League -- Mesa signs 2059-60 Suid-Afrikaanse Liga Reliever of the Year RHP Dwayne Yao 🇿🇦, 2 years, $3.6 million.




T-III Continental League -- Salt Lake City signs former EuroLeague Best Pitcher RHP Marco Heuvelman 🇳🇱, who spent the last five years in the Major League, to a 3 year, $3.4 million contract.




Top Performances by Day:

04.19



04.20



04.21



04.22



04.23



04.24



04.25





Standings: (As of 04.25.60)