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WWoB News -- 07.12 - 07.18.60
"THE FIGHT FOR A SECOND SEASON"
 Wide World of Baseball Newsletter -- 07.12 - 07.18.60
By the end of this week, 17 leagues will be in playoff mode. This should be fun...
WWoB PLAYER OF THE WEEK
OF Billy Donald 🏴 -- Berlin Bears 
PLAYOFF COVERAGE
Starting this week, I will be awarding an overall "Playoff MVP" at the conclusion of each league's playoffs. Please, clap.
 
 
 SERIE DOMINICUBANA 2060
(2) La Romana Azules 🇩🇴 VS. (1) Las Tunas Rojos 🇨🇺
Game One -- La Romana RHP Ruben Gomez 🇩🇴 limits Las Tunas to two runs and pitches into the 7th inning for the Game One win.
Game Two -- After falling behind 5-0 early, Las Tunas storms back late in the game to tie the series at one. 1B Guillermo Gutierrez's 🇨🇺 7th-inning go-ahead homer earns him player of the game.
Game Three -- Las Tunas takes the lead in the 7th inning, and C Miguel Guardado's 🇨🇺 first career grand slam twists the knife as the Rojos take a 2-1 Serie DominiCubana lead.
Game Four -- The Rojos push the Azules to the brink with a well-pitched Game Four, with this year's Liga Cubana ERA champ RHP Antonio Muro 🇩🇴 coming out of the bullpen and providing two hitless innings to hold the lead and make the series 3-1.
Game Five -- Las Tunas starts planning the parade after C Miguel Guardado's 3rd homer of the series in the top of the 7th, but their excitement is short lived before La Romana OF この ただひさ / Tadahisa Kono 🇯🇵 answers with a go-ahead 2-run homer of his own in the bottom of the inning. The Azules stay alive.
Game Six -- Both starters are brilliant, but neither goes particularly deep in this pitching duel; it's La Romana RHP Carlos Madrigal's 🇩🇴 bullpen that keeps it together to force a Game Seven.
Game Seven -- A home run in the second inning gives La Romana the lead, and they keep Las Tunas at arms length until the bottom of the 9th inning when who else but C Miguel Guardado 🇨🇺 hits an RBI triple and becomes the game-tying run 90 feet away. The comeback, though, is not to be, as the very next pitch is a season-ending flyout. La Romana wins their third straight Serie DominiCubana title! Azules 3B Ismael Romero, who hit .500 from Game Five on, wins series MVP.
2060 DCL Playoff MVP: 1B Pat Rhinehart 🇺🇸 -- La Romana Azules
  
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 ไทยลีก / THIY LIK
 
 
ซีรี่ย์ไทย 2060 / 2060 THAI SERIES
Game One -- Thang Yćk RHP ลอยซัม / Loi Sam 🇹🇭 holds off Khon Kaen long enough for his offense to build an insurmountable lead. 1-0 Hat Yai.
Game Two -- For the second game in a row, Khon Kaen's offense sleeps through their alarm, being shut down this time by RHP อัน ตรัน / An Tran 🇹🇭. 2-0 Hat Yai.
Game Three -- The top of Khon Kaen's lineup continues to suck in Game Three, with their top-5 hitters going 1-for-15 combined. However, their bottom-four pick up the slack, combining to hit 5-for-14 and scoring all 4 Khxb ra runs to get a badly-needed win to make the series 2-1. 1B ห่าว-ง็อกง็อก / Hao-Ngoc Ngo's 🇹🇭 go-ahead 2-run homer in the 6th earns him player of the game.
Game Four -- In a game where nobody homers, Khon Kaen RHP มินห์-ตง หง / Minh-Tong Ng 🇹🇭 shuts down Hat Yai. Just like that, it's a whole new series.
Game Five -- In his second start of the series, Hat Yai RHP ลอยซัม / Loi Sam 🇹🇭 goes the distance, but gives up two runs and takes the loss, bested by Khon Kaen LHP ไหมลู่ / Mai Lu's 🇹🇭 6.2 one-run innings. After starting the series down 2-0, Khon Kaen is one game away from becoming the first-ever ซีรี่ย์ไทย / Thai Series champions.
Game Six -- Not dead yet, Hat Yai responds as the series returns to their home field by clobbering Khon Kaen. This one gets out of hand in the late innings thanks in part to a pair of RBI and another run scored by 3B Jim Eversole 🇺🇸. That means Game Seven, tomorrow night.
Game Seven -- With the first ever Thiy Lik championship on the line, Khon Kaen and Hat Yai engage in a classic pitchers duel, with a pair of unearned runs in the 4th inning for the Thang Yćk off a 2B นาม เงีย / Nam Nghia 🇹🇭 error the only difference. Hat Yai starter RHP กีรานา มุลจานา / Kirana Muljana 🇹🇭 gets the Game Seven win, while 2B เตียนเนียน / Tiet Nien 🇹🇭 is named Thai Series MVP, as well as overall THL Playoff MVP.
THL Playoff MVP: 2B เตียนเนียน / Tiet Nien 🇹🇭 -- Hat Yai Thang Yćk
 
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 FILIP-INDO LEAGUE
SERI KEJUARAAN LIGA INDONESIA / LIGA INDONESIA CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
(2) Surabaya Pahlawan 🇮🇩 VS. (1) Medan Warisan 🇮🇩
Medan plays with fire and comes out alive in this series against heavy underdog Surabaya, dropping all three games on the road but winning every game at home to advance to the Filip-Indo Series for the third straight year. Warisan OF Basuki Binnowee 🇮🇩 makes up for his awful regular season with a series MVP performance.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Medan will play for a third consecutive Filip-Indo Series title, while Manila hopes to bring the first FIL title to the Philippines in seven years...
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 ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΣΕΙΡΑ 2060 / 2060 GREEK SERIES
The inaugural Seira Ellada is still in progress. Check back next week for the results.
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 СОВЕТСКАЯ ЛИГА / SOVETSKAYA LIGA
ПОЛУФИНАЛЫ / SEMIFINALS
(5) Спутники Санкт-Петербурга 🇷🇺 VS. (1) Chișinău Troleibuz 🇲🇩
With Almati already having clinched one of two spots in the 2060 Советская серия / 2060 Soviet Series, Sankt-Peterburg and Chisinau square off. The Sputniki hold their own against the SOL's number one team, but their luck runs out in Games Five and Six. Troleibuz C Raul Amanar 🇲🇩 is named series MVP.
 
 
 
 
 
 
2060 СОВЕТСКАЯ СЕРИЯ / SOVIET SERIES
(2) Алматы көшпенділері 🇰🇿 VS. (1) Chișinău Troleibuz 🇲🇩
Game One -- In the series opener, Almati jumps out to an early lead and keeps it, boosted by a combined 9-for-19 night by their 2-5 hitters. SS Pete Kirchoff 🇺🇸 provides another three hits, including a single that drives in the game's first run in the 2nd inning.
Game Two -- Almati takes a second straight win on the road, with #9 hitter OF Виталий Мигуля / Vitaly Migulya's 🇰🇿 2-run homer in the 4th giving them a lead they never relinquish.
Game Three -- The Troleibuz stalls in Game Three versus RHP Руслан Жевахов / Ruslan Zhevakhov 🇰🇿, and the Kospendiler are one game away from becoming the inaugural SOL champions.
Game Four -- Almati's offense empties the clip in Game Four to complete the sweep and become the first Sovetskaya Liga champions! 3B Franck Dubois' 🇫🇷 3-run homer in the 3rd gives the Kospendiler the lead, and once again they hang on to it to lift the trophy. Almati OF Иван Войтецкий / Ivan Woitetsky 🇰🇿 wins series MVP once again and leaves little debate as to who deserves SOL Playoff MVP.
SOL Playoff MVP: OF Иван Войтецкий / Ivan Woitetsky 🇰🇿 -- Almati Kospendiler
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 ÖSTERREICH-MAGYAR LIGA
WILD CARD GAME
The OML Wild Card gets ugly in the middle innings, with Innsbruck running away with it versus Pécs. They walk off the field in the 5th with an 8-3 lead, and spend the final four innings booking train tickets for the next round versus Szeged. Alpen OF Jason Boon 🇳🇱 wins Wild Card MVP, going 3-4.
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 中國職業聯賽 / CHINESE PRO LEAGUE
 
 
季後賽爭奪戰 / PLAYOFF RACE
The CPL produces a playoff race that, while it isn't very exciting, it also isn't very exciting. Three out of four playoff spots are sewn up entering the week, and Tianjin grabs the fourth with three games left in the regular season.
 
 
常規賽榮譽 / REGULAR SEASON ACCOLADES
OF 劉振宇 / Jin-woo Yo 🇨🇳 -- Chongqing Mala
Batting Title
 
2B 呃喬 / Er Joe 🇨🇳 -- Chongqing Mala & 3B 廖子堯 / Tzu-jao Liao 🇨🇳 -- Shanghai Emperors
Co-Home Run Title
RHP 山天 / Shan Thean 🇨🇳 -- Beijing Pandas
ERA Title
CPL Single Season Records in Opp. OPS, Opp. SLG
  
Top Game Performances:
 
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 한국 리그 / KOREA LEAGUE
 
플레이오프 레이스 / PLAYOFF RACE
With Ulsan, Busan, and Daejon already in, Gwangju captures a playoff spot without too much drama. The fight for the two wild card spots comes down to the final day of the season, with Seoul finishing the year with a sweep of Goyang to steal the 5th seed, as Goyang is forced into a tiebreaker with Suwon. Changwon has a shot at forcing a 3-way tiebreaker, but loses their last two to Ulsan to end their season.
In the tiebreaker game, Goyang beats Suwon 5-3 to make the playoffs at 30-31.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
정규 시즌 수상 경력 / REGULAR SEASON ACCOLADES
3B 이민우 / Min-woo Lee 🇰🇷 -- Busan Seagulls
Batting Title
 
1B 김찬수 / Chan-su Kim 🇰🇷 -- Seoul Bears
Home Run Title
OF Sun-min Lee 🇰🇷 -- Daejon Eagles
KOL Single-Season SB Record
 
RHP 박동환 / Dong-hwan Park 🇰🇷 -- Ulsan Leopards
ERA Title
Top Game Performances:
 
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 MEXICO LEAGUE
PLAYOFF RACE
The MXL playoff race comes down to the final day of the regular season, with Tijuana, Cancun and Monterrey fighting for the 3rd and 4th seeds, the latter two pitted directly against one another. Tijuana clinches a playoff spot on the final day of the regular season in an exhausting 16-inning game to end a 5-game series against Mexico City and are rewarded with... another series against Mexico City. Cancun, meanwhile, stuns Monterrey by winning the final three games of their regular season series to force a tiebreaker, then shutting out the Mariposas in Game 71 to steal the 4th playoff spot.
 
 
 
 
REGULAR SEASON ACCOLADES
1B Franklin Cruz 🇲🇽 -- Tijuana Madres
Batting Title
 
1B Danny Gallego 🇲🇽 -- Mexico City Diablos
Home Run Title
RHP Mel Garcia 🇲🇽 -- Guadalajara Minervas
ERA Title
OF Jorge Garcia 🇲🇽 -- Guadalajara Minervas
MXL Single-Season Record for Batter WAR
Top Game Performances:
 
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 NEDERLANDSE HONKBAL LIGA
 
 
RACE NAAR DE PLAY-OFFS
With the NEL's top teams miles ahead, Eindhoven, Den Haag and Utrecht slapfight for the right to be likely demolished in the Semifinals by Amsterdam, who finishes the year with a loss after a 25-game win streak as they look for their 12th straight NEL title. Eindhoven clinches the final spot, going 7-3 to end the regular season while Utrecht goes 3-7 and Den Haag goes 2-8.
 
 
REGULIERE SEIZOENSONDERSCHEIDINGEN
OF Karel Siemerink 🇳🇱 -- Amsterdam Koopvaarders
Batting Title
 
OF Jonas Couwenberg 🇳🇱 -- Den Haag Koningen
Home Run Title
LHP Loman Bates -- Amsterdam Koopvaarders
ERA Title
Top Game Performances:
 
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 CANADA LEAGUE
PLAYOFF RACE
In the last week of the CAL regular season, the final two playoff spots are still up for grabs. Both Regina and St. John's end their regular seasons weakly, but Toronto doesn't have enough time to make up the deficit they entered the week with. The Bonepilers and Stones will play in the CAL Wild Card Game.
 
 
 
 
CAL REGULAR SEASON ACCOLADES
RHP Bud Hearn 🇨🇦 -- Edmonton Drillers
PITCHING TRIPLE CROWN
CAL Single-Season Pitching WAR record
 
   
3B John Blumberg 🇨🇦 -- First Nations Challengers
Batting Title
CAL Single Season Records in BA, OBP, and hits
   
OF John Arden 🇨🇦 -- Vancouver Nine
Home Run Title
Top Game Performances:
 
Vancouver 1B Grant Dunbar 🇨🇦 sets a CAL record on 06.15 for BB in a single game.
  
  
 
WILD CARD GAME
Regina jumps out to an early lead in the Wild Card, and St. John's offense is stifled by Bonepilers RHP Gaylord Flood 🇨🇦, who's named Wild Card MVP for his 6.2 IP, 1 run performance as the city that rhymes with fun takes a 5-1 win to move on to the real playoffs.
Regina takes on First Nations next, while Edmonton and Vancouver square off in the Canada League Semifinals...
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 ČESKÁ LIGA
 
ZÁVOD PLAYOFF / PLAYOFF RACE
Not much of a playoff race to report on in the CZL, all four spots were already clinched by the time this week got underway...
VYHODNOCENÍ PRAVIDELNÉ SEZÓNY / REGULAR SEASON ACCOLADES
OF Miroslav Novak 🇨🇿 -- Pardubic Hrebci
HITTING TRIPLE CROWN
CZL Single-Season Records in RBI, Total Bases
  
C Salamun Jelinek 🇨🇿 -- Pardubic Hrebci
CZL Single-Season BB Record
RHP Svaty Mikulik 🇨🇿 -- Plzne Sladci
ERA Title
Top Game Performances:
 
Plzne OF Miloslav Fridrich 🇨🇿 sets a CZL record on 07.08 for 2B in a single game.
 
 
 
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 DEUTSCHLIGA
  
PLAYOFF-RENNEN
Stuttgart enters the final week of the regular season with a very, very slim chance to steal Munchen's playoff spot, but the stars do not align.
 
 
 
AUSZEICHNUNGEN IN DER REGULÄREN SAISON
1B Wilbart Brown 🇩🇪 -- Frankfurt Adler
Batting Title
DEL Single-Season Hits Record
  
OF Wilfried Hoffman 🇩🇪 -- Hamburg Störche
Home Run Title
RHP Warner Steiner 🇩🇪 -- Frankfurt Adler
ERA Title
RHP Israhel Rose 🇩🇪 -- Hamburg Störche
DEL Single-Season CG Record
 
Top Game Performances:
 
Frankfurt 1B Wilbart Brown 🇩🇪 (pictured above) sets a DEL record on 06.03 for 2B in a single game.
 
 
 
 
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 LEGA ITALIA
 
 
CORSA AI PLAYOFF / PLAYOFF RACE
The race for the final ITL playoff spot comes down to Genova and Milano, with the Torri falling victim to a 4-game skid with a week to go that puts one foot in the grave, and the other joins it as they're eliminated with two games left in the season. The Genova Galeoni, Lega Italia's most tortured franchise, makes the ITL playoffs for the third time in their history.
 
 
 
RICONOSCIMENTI DELLA STAGIONE REGOLARE / REGULAR SEASON ACCOLADES
1B Lucca D'Urso 🇮🇹 -- Roma Lupi
Batting Title
 
OF Ciriaco Manacorda 🇮🇹 -- Palermo Leopardi
Home Run Title
OF Basile Briatori 🇮🇹 -- Palermo Leopardi
ITL Single-Season Doubles Record
 
RHP Salvatorio DiDomenico 🇮🇹 -- Roma Lupi
ERA Title
Top Game Performances:
 
Milano RHP Leonard Sicho 🇮🇹 sets an ITL record on 06.11 for pitching BB in a single game.
 
 
 
 
  
 
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 LIGUE DE FRANCE
 
COURSE AUX SÉRIES ÉLIMINATOIRES
Lyon does everything they can to make the playoffs over the final eight regular season games, splitting a series with the league's #1 team, Nice, and winning the final three scheduled games versus Toulouse to force a tiebreaker, but the Fusees get them in the tiebreaker meeting to hang on to the final playoff spot. Nantes, who was one game away as recently as 12 days ago, goes 1-9 in their last 10 to finish last place.
 
 
 
 
RÉCOMPENSES DE LA SAISON RÉGULIČRE
1B Pierre-Emmanuel Ollier 🇫🇷 -- Bordeaux Rivaux
Batting Title
FRL Single-Season Records in OBP, 3B
   
3B Nicolas Grosjean 🇫🇷 -- Nice Pantheres
Home Run Title
RHP Jerome Castel 🇫🇷 -- Nice Pantheres
ERA Title
FRL Single-Season Records in opp. SLG, opp. OPS, IP, CG, SHO (tied)
  
  
LHP John Sanchez 🇫🇷 -- Marseille Corsaires
FRL Single-Season SHO Record (tied)
RHP Michel Bonhomme 🇫🇷 -- Bordeaux Rivaux
FRL Single-Season K/9 Record
  
Top Game Performances:
 
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 UK LEAGUE
 
 
PLAYOFF RACE
The final spot in the UKL playoffs comes down to London and Glasgow, with the Gents clinching three games early. They travel to Dublin next for the UK League Wild Card Game.
 
 
REGULAR SEASON ACCOLADES
OF Bryan Mullan 🏴 -- Glasgow Rams
Batting Title
 
3B Everton Turner 🏴 & 1B Joel Watson 🏴 -- Birmingham Bulldogs
Co-Home Run Title
LHP Dane Cooke 🏴 -- Birmingham Bulldogs
ERA Title
Top Game Performances:
 
WILD-CARD GAME
(5) London Gents 🏴 VS. (4) Dublin Celtic Baseball Club 🇮🇪
It's a Wild Card Game to remember for Dublin supporters, and one to forget for the other side. Celtic BC is moving on to the Semifinals, ripping the Gents' hearts out by tying it in the bottom of the 9th and winning it in the 10th, after having trailed since the fourth batter of the game. OF Brando Albarello hits the walk-off single to end London's season.
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 BALTIC LEAGUE
 
 
PLAYOFF RACE
The final spot in the BAL playoffs comes down to Tallinna and Rigas. The Tornid lose five of their last eight, while the Enkuri win seven of their last nine, but it isn't enough to make up the deficit, and Tallinna survives to clinch the 4th seed.
 
 
REGULAR SEASON ACCOLADES
2B Bogdashha Ursegov 🇱🇹 -- Kauno Perkunai
Batting Title
 
OF Jesus Bejarano 🇨🇺 -- Vilniaus Vilkai
Home Run Title
RHP Foma Dadashov 🇱🇹 -- Kauno Perkunai
ERA Title
Top Game Performances:
 
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2060 AWARDS
Since there's no traditional news section in this week's newsletters, but a couple leagues are handing out awards this wee-- hold on. Why am I explaining myself? This is my world. I can do what I want.
 MIDDLE EAST LEAGUE
MVP: 2B عیسی یسار / Isa Yasar 🇮🇷 -- Tehran Jackals
Best Pitcher: RHP Tony Silva 🇨🇼🇳🇱 -- Bengaluru Terabytes
Rookie of the Year: OF Mario Medina 🇦🇷 -- Bengaluru Terabytes
Reliever of the Year: RHP Battal Gocek 🇹🇷 -- Ankara Red Deer
Manager of the Year: جان محمد خلیلی / Jan Muhammad Khalili 🇵🇰 -- Bengaluru Terabytes
 
Great Glove / Platinum Sticks:
 INDIA LEAGUE
MVP: C Sacha Vodchak 🇱🇻 -- Ahmedabad Sabarmatis
Best Pitcher: RHP 伊藤カムリン / Kamlyn Ito 🇯🇵 -- Delhi Sultans
Co-Rookie of the Year: 2B जीता कोसुरी / Jita Kosuri 🇮🇳 -- Surat Diamonds & SS अनुप्रदाना विजय / Anupradana Vijaya 🇮🇳 -- Jaipur Rajput
 
Reliever of the Year: LHP अनंगम चेल्लाप्पा / Anangam Chellappa 🇮🇳 -- Jaipur Rajput
Manager of the Year: कपालभृत कोगंती / Kapalabhrt Koganti 🇮🇳 -- Kolkata Typhoons
 
Great Gloves / Platinum Sticks:
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