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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 2000.
Club competitions[edit]
Professional[edit]
Asia and Australia[edit]
- Nippon Professional Baseball
- Nippon Series: Yomiuri Giants (CL) over the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks (PL), 4 - 2 - 0 (Details)
- Korea Baseball Organization: Hyundai Unicorns defeated the Doosan Bears in the Korean Series (Details)
- Chinese Professional Baseball League: Uni-President Lions defeated the Sinon Bulls in the Taiwan Series (Details)
- Taiwan Major League: Taipei Gida over Kaoping Fala, 4 - 0 in the championship series (Details)
- Claxton Shield: Western Heelers, International Baseball League of Australia (Details)
Europe[edit]
- European Cup: DOOR Neptunus Rotterdam, Hoofdklasse (Details)
- Division Élite: Paris Université Club
- Baseball-Bundesliga: Lokstedt Stealers
- Hoofdklasse Honkbal: DOOR Neptunus Rotterdam
- Holland Series: SC Neptunus defeated the ADO Base- en softball in the series, 2 - 1 (Details)
- Serie A1: Semenzato Casa d'Aste Rimini
North America[edit]
- Major League Baseball
- World Series: New York Yankees (AL ) over the New York Mets (NL), 4 - 1 (Details)
- Minor League Baseball
- Triple-A World Series: Indianapolis Indians (IL) over the Memphis Redbirds (PCL), 3 - 1 (Details)
- Appalachian League: Elizabethton Twins
- Arizona League: AZL Mariners
- Atlantic League: Nashua Pride
- California League: San Bernardino Stampede
- Carolina League: Myrtle Beach Pelicans
- Eastern League: New Haven Ravens
- Florida State League: Daytona Cubs
- Frontier League: Johnstown Johnnies
- Gulf Coast League: GCL Rangers
- International League: Indianapolis Indians (Details)
- Midwest League: Michigan Battle Cats
- New York-Penn League: Staten Island Yankees
- Northern League: Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks
- Northern League East: Adirondack Lumberjacks
- Northwest League: Yakima Bears
- Pacific Coast League: Memphis Redbirds (Details)
- Pioneer League: Idaho Falls Padres
- South Atlantic League: Delmarva Shorebirds
- Southern League: West Tenn Diamond Jaxx
- Texas League: Round Rock Express
- Texas-Louisiana League: Rio Grande Valley WhiteWings
- Western League: Zion Pioneerzz
- Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Tigres Capitalinos defeated the Diablos Rojos del México in the finals, 4 - 1
Winter Leagues[edit]
- Serie del Caribe: in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; Cangrejeros de Santurce (Puerto Rico) (Details)
- Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana: Águilas Cibaeñas defeated the Estrellas Orientales in the finals, 4 - 3
- Liga Mexicana del Pacífico: Mayos de Navojoa
- Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Cangrejeros de Santurce defeated the Indios de Mayagüez in the finals, 5 - 2
- Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional: Águilas del Zulia defeated the Navegantes del Magallanes in the finals, 4 - 1
Amateur[edit]
- National Collegiate Athletic Association
- College World Series (Division I): Louisiana State University defeated Stanford University in the finals, 6 - 5 (Details)
- Division II Baseball Championship: Southeastern Oklahoma State University over the Fort Hays State University, 7 - 2 in the finals
- Division III Baseball Championship: Montclair State University over the the University of St. Thomas (Minnesota), 6 - 2 in the finals
- NAIA College World Series: Lewis-Clark State College over the Dallas Baptist University, 10 - 1 in the finals
- National Junior College Athletic Association
- Community College League of California: Riverside Community College over East Los Angeles College 16 - 1 in the finals
- National Baseball Congress World Series: Liberal BeeJays (Details)
- Canadian Intercollegiate Baseball Association/Association de Baseball Inter-Universitaire Canadienne: Université Laval
- All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series: Asia University defeated the Tohoku Fukushi University in the final, 5 - 4 (Details)
- Japan High School Baseball Federation
- National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Tokai University Sagami High School (Kanagawa) defeat Chiben Wakayama High School (Wakayama), 4 - 2 in the championship (Details)
- National High School Baseball Championship: Chiben Wakayama High School (Wakayama) defeat Tokai University Urayasu High School (Chiba), 11 - 6 in the championship (Details)
- Little League
- Little League World Series: Sierra Maestra (Maracaibo, Venezuela) defeat Bellaire (Bellaire, TX), 3 - 2 in the championship (Details)
International competitions[edit]
- Olympics in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Details)
- United States (Gold); Cuba (Silver); South Korea (Bronze)
- World Junior Championship in Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada (Details)
- Cuba (Gold); South Korea (Silver); United States, Canada (Bronze-tied)
Events[edit]
Culture[edit]
Literature[edit]
- Baseball Dynasties, by Rob Neyer and Eddie Epstein
- Baseball in World War II Europe, by Gary Bedingfield
- Baseball: The Biographical Encyclopedia, by David Pietrusza, Matthew Silverman and Michael Gershman
- The Head Game, by Roger Kahn
- Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life, by Richard Ben Cramer
- The National Association of Base Ball Players (1857-1870), by Marshall Wright
- Off Season, by Eliot Asinof
- Past Time: Baseball as History, by Jules Tygiel
- The Summer That Saved Baseball, by Brad Null and Dave Kaval
Song[edit]
- Batter Up, by Nelly
- Joe DiMaggio Done It Again, by Billy Bragg and Wilco
Film[edit]
- Finding Buck McHenry
- Frequency
Births[edit]
- Further information: Births in 2000
Deaths[edit]
- Further information: Deaths in 2000
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