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. Picture of Fenway Park. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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. ... Jump to: navigation, search Basketball is very popular in U.S. colleges. ... The Chinese Basketball Association, commonly known as the CBA, is the premier professional basketball league in the Peoples Republic of China and has been in existence since 1995. ...

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. Jump to: navigation, search Beijing [▶](audio help) (Chinese: 北京; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Pei-ching; Postal System Pinyin: Peking) is the capital of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ...

The opening day of the 2005 season was April 1, 2005. The regular season ends on June 26 and a best-of-five playoff series between the top two teams is scheduled for July 2, July 3, July 8, and if necessary, July 9 and July 10. Jump to: navigation, search April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 188 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 182 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search July 3 is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 181 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search July 8 is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 176 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search July 9 is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 175 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search July 10 is the 191st day (192nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 174 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. Jump to: navigation, search 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

• Shanghai Diaries: In Search of Baseball's Yao Ming (November 30, 2004)

• First season 2002
• 2004 championship
• 2004 championship