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The China Baseball League (中国棒球联赛) or Chinese Baseball League or CBL is a fledgling professional baseball league in the People's Republic of China, founded in 2002. A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium II St. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...


Very confusingly, there is another CBL, the Chinese Basketball League, which is a "division 2" basketball minor league for the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). The Chinese Basketball League (国篮球联赛) is a division 2 basketball minor league in the Peoples Republic of China. ... Sara Giauro shoots a three-point shot, FIBA Europe Cup for Women Finals 2005. ... The Chinese Basketball Association (中国篮球协会 or 中国篮协 or 中国男子篮球甲A联赛) is the premier professional basketball league in the Peoples Republic of China. ...


The teams are:

  • Beijing Tigers (北京猛虎)
  • China Hope Stars (希望之星) (also based in Beijing)
  • Shanghai Eagles (上海金鹰)
  • Sichuan Dragons (四川蛟龙)
  • Tianjin Lions (天津雄狮)
  • Guangdong Leopards (广东猎豹)

The Hope Stars and Dragons are new teams, joining the original four teams this season. The Hope Stars are an under-21 team of promising players from around the country. Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Beijing (Chinese: ; pinyin: Běijīng; ; IPA: ), a city in northern China (formerly spelled in English as Peking or Peiking), is the capital of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ...


The opening day of the 2005 season was April 1, 2005. The regular season ended on June 26. In the 2005 best-of-five championship series, the Beijing Tigers swept the Tianjin Lions, three games to none, giving the Tigers their third straight title. April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 188 days remaining. ...


Earlier seasons

The original four teams in the first season (2002) were Beijing Tigers, Tianjin Lions, Shanghai Eagles and Guangzhou Lightning. That season lasted only from April 26 to May 25. April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (117th in leap years). ... May 25 is the 145th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (146th in leap years). ...


In the 2004 season, the defending champion Beijing Tigers once again defeated the Tianjin Lions in the best-of-five finals. They came back from an 0-2 deficit to win the series 3 games to 2.


External links

  • Official site (in Chinese)
  • National baseball league newcomers
  • VOA: MLB, China Baseball League Team to Tour China
  • Opening day 2005 image gallery
  • First season 2002
  • 2004 championship
  • 2004 championship
  • MLB.com article on baseball in China, July 2005

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SI.com - MLB - MLB begins marketing push in China - Sunday November 23, 2003 4:04PM (705 words)
In 1979, the first year the United States established relations with communist China, baseball was utterly absent, and few Chinese had heard of it.
Baseball has achieved more renown in recent years, partially because a fashion accessory for young Chinese is a New York Yankees cap -- not for the baseball team, necessarily, but because it's a readily available distillation of Americanness.
About five dozen Chinese universities have varsity teams, and the four-team China Baseball Association -- the Beijing Tigers, the Tianjin Lions, the Shanghai Eagles and the Guangdong Leopards -- is trying to draw bigger crowds with local sponsorships and outreaches to children.
China Baseball League - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (265 words)
The China Baseball League (中国棒球联赛) or Chinese Baseball League or CBL is a fledgling professional baseball league in the People's Republic of China, founded in 2002.
Very confusingly, there is another CBL, the Chinese Basketball League, which is a "division 2" basketball minor league for the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA).
MLB.com article on baseball in China, July 2005
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