Results
| Date | R | Hemma vs Borta | - |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/27 23:30 | 1 |
Tigres del Licey vs Estrellas Orientales
|
3-2 |
| 01/26 23:30 | 1 |
Estrellas Orientales vs Tigres del Licey
|
4-3 |
| 01/25 23:30 | 1 |
Tigres del Licey vs Estrellas Orientales
|
8-5 |
| 01/23 23:30 | 1 |
Tigres del Licey vs Estrellas Orientales
|
3-1 |
| 01/22 23:30 | 1 |
Tigres del Licey vs Estrellas Orientales
|
5-0 |
| 01/21 21:00 | 1 |
Estrellas Orientales vs Tigres del Licey
|
4-2 |
| 01/20 23:30 | 1 |
Estrellas Orientales vs Tigres del Licey
|
7-5 |
| 01/18 23:30 | - |
Leones del Escogido vs Estrellas Orientales
|
0-4 |
| 01/18 23:30 | - |
Gigantes del Cibao vs Tigres del Licey
|
3-4 |
| 01/17 23:30 | - |
Estrellas Orientales vs Tigres del Licey
|
1-2 |
| 01/17 23:00 | - |
Gigantes del Cibao vs Leones del Escogido
|
4-3 |
| 01/16 23:30 | - |
Estrellas Orientales vs Gigantes del Cibao
|
1-4 |
Aguilas Cibaeñas
Toros del Este
Wikipedia - Dominican Professional Baseball League
The Dominican Republic Professional Baseball League (Spanish: Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana or LIDOM) is a professional baseball winter league consisting of six teams spread across the Dominican Republic; it is the highest level of professional baseball played in the Dominican Republic. The league's players include many prospects that go on to play Major League Baseball in the United States while also signing many current MLB veterans. The champion of LIDOM advances to play in the yearly Caribbean Series.
Each team plays a fifty-game round-robin schedule that begins in mid October and runs to the end of December. The top four teams engage in another round-robin schedule with 18 games per team from the end of December to the end of January; the top two teams in those standings then play a best-of-nine series for the national title. The league's champion advances to the Caribbean Series to play against the representatives from Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Panama and Puerto Rico.
History
For his close involvement in the Dominican league's establishment and early development, Pedro Miguel Caratini has been called "the father of Dominican baseball".
During the years 1930-1963, military dictator General Rafael Trujillo can be credited with furthering the sport of baseball in Dominican Republic. Trujillo encouraged many sugar refineries to create teams of cane cutting laborers to play baseball during the idle months of cultivation. Fostering high levels of competition, the organization structure continued to mature stimulating growth in the intensity and popularity of the game.
In 1937, teams of the Dominican Republic signed a large number of players from the Negro leagues of the United States. These players were given large salaries by Dominican men with money and political power. Among these players were baseball stars James Thomas "Cool Papa" Bell and Satchel Paige. However, these contracts exhausted team finances, leading to a decline of Dominican baseball until 1950.
Founding teams
In the early 1900s, four Dominican teams formed. These teams still exist today, and form the foundation of Dominican professional baseball:
- Tigres del Licey (1907)
- Estrellas Orientales (1911)
- Leones del Escogido (1921)
- Sandino, later renamed Águilas Cibaeñas (1937)
Dominikanska basbolligan (LIDOM) är en professionell basebolliga i Dominikanska republiken. Ligan består av sex lag och spelas från oktober till januari. Den nuvarande mästaren är Águilas Cibaeñas.
LIDOM grundades 1955 och är en av de äldsta professionella basebolligorna i Latinamerika. Ligan har producerat många kända spelare, inklusive Juan Marichal, Pedro Martínez och Albert Pujols.
LIDOM är en mycket populär sport i Dominikanska republiken och spelen lockar stora folkmassor. Ligan är också en viktig del av den dominikanska kulturen.