2018
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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 2018.
Events[edit]
Professional[edit]
Asia and Australia[edit]
- Nippon Professional Baseball
- Nippon Series: Softbank Hawks defeated the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in the Nippon Series, 4-1-1 (Details)
- Korea Baseball Organization: SK Wyverns defeated the Doosan Bears in the Korean Series, 4-2 (Details)
- Chinese Professional Baseball League: Lamigo Monkeys defeated the Uni-President Lions in the Taiwan Series, 4-2 (Details)
- China Baseball League: Guangdong Leopards
- Australian Baseball League: Brisbane Bandits defeated the Canberra Cavalry in the final, 2-1 (Details)
Europe[edit]
- European Cup: Curaçao Neptunus (Details)
- French Division I: Huskies de Rouen
- Baseball-Bundesliga: Bonn Capitals
- Hoofdklasse Honkbal: Curaçao Neptunus (Details)
- Holland Series: Curaçao Neptunus defeated the L&D Amsterdam Pirates, 4 games to 2 (Details)
- Italian Baseball League: Unipolsai Bologna defeated Parmaclima in the Italian Series, 3 games to 1 (Details)
North America[edit]
- Major League Baseball
- World Series: Boston Red Sox (AL) over Los Angeles Dodgers (NL), 4-1 (Details)
- Minor League Baseball
- Triple-A National Championship: Memphis Redbirds (PCL) over the Durham Bulls (IL), 14-4
- International League: Durham Bulls
- Pacific Coast League: Memphis Redbirds
- Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Spring Season: Leones de Yucatan Fall Season: Sultanes de Monterrey
- Cuban Serie Nacional: Granma over Las Tunas in the finals, 4-3 (Details)
Winter Leagues[edit]
- Serie del Caribe: in Guadalajara, Jalisco: Criollos de Caguas (Puerto Rico) (Details)
- Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana: Águilas Cibaeñas defeated the Tigres del Licey in the finals, 4-3
- Liga Mexicana del Pacífico: Tomateros de Culiacán defeated the Mayos de Navojoa in the finals, 4-3
- Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Criollos de Caguas defeated the Cangrejeros de Santurce in the finals, 3-0
- Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional: Caribes de Anzoátegui defeated the Cardenales de Lara in the finals, 4-2
Amateur[edit]
- Canadian Intercollegiate Baseball Association/Association de Baseball Inter-Universitaire Canadienne: McGill University
- All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series:
- National Collegiate Athletic Association
- NAIA College World Series: Southeastern University (details)
- National Junior College Athletic Association
- Community College League of California: San Joaquin Delta College (details)
- Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges: Lower Columbia College (details)
- National Club Baseball Association: San Diego State University
- National Baseball Congress World Series: Santa Barbara Foresters (Details)
- Japan High School Baseball Federation
- National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Osaka Toin High School (Osaka) defeat Chiben Gakuen High School (Nara), 5 - 2 in the championship (Details)
- National High School Baseball Championship: Osaka Toin High School (Osaka) defeat Kanaashi Nogyo High School (Akita), 13 - 2 in the championship (Details)
- Little League
- Little League World Series: Honolulu, HI defeats Seoul, 3-0, in the championship (Details)
International competitions[edit]
- Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia (Details)
- South Korea (Gold); Japan (Silver); Chinese Taipei (Bronze)
- Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla, Colombia (Details)
- Puerto Rico (Gold); Cuba (Silver); Colombia (Bronze)
- South American Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina (Details)
- Super6 in Hoofddorp, Netherlands (Details)
- Kingdom of the Netherlands (Gold); Italy (Silver); Spain (Bronze)
- Women's Baseball World Cup in Davie USA (Details)
- Japan (Gold); Chinese Taipei (Silver); Canada (Bronze)
- World University Championship in Chiayi, Taiwan (Details)
- Japan (Gold); Chinese Taipei (Silver); South Korea (Bronze)
Culture[edit]
Literature[edit]
- The Big Fella, by Jane Leavy
- Perfect Pitch, by Joseph L. Price
- Power Ball, by Rob Neyer
Song[edit]
- "Baseball", by the Michigan Rattlers
Film[edit]
- The Catcher Was A Spy
- Screwball
- La Tragedia de Río Verde
- The Silent Natural
Births[edit]
- Further information: Births in 2018
Deaths[edit]
- Further information: Deaths in 2018
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