2008
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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 2008.
Club competitions[edit]
Professional[edit]
Asia and Australia[edit]
- Asia Series: Seibu Lions (NPB) defeated the Uni-President Lions (CPBL) in the final, 1-0 (Details)
- Nippon Professional Baseball
- Nippon Series: Seibu Lions (PL) over the Yomiuri Giants, 4-3 (Details)
- Korea Baseball Organization: SK Wyverns defeated the Doosan Bears in the Korean Series (Details)
- Chinese Professional Baseball League: Uni-President Lions defeated the Brother Elephants in the Taiwan Series (Details)
- China Baseball League: Tianjin Lions
- Claxton Shield: Western Australia Heelers
Europe[edit]
- European Cups: Kinheim (Hoofdklasse) and FC Barcelona (Division Honor) (Details)
- European Cup Final Four: Nettuno (Details)
- Division Élite: Rouen Huskies
- Baseball-Bundesliga: Regensburg Legionäre
- Hoofdklasse Honkbal: L&D Amsterdam Pirates
- Holland Series: Amsterdam Pirates defeated Corendon Kinheim in the series, 3 games to 0 (Details)
- Serie A1: T&A San Marino
North America[edit]
- Major League Baseball
- Minor League Baseball
- Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Diablos Rojos del Mexico
- Cuban Serie Nacional: Santiago de Cuba (Details)
Winter Leagues[edit]
- Serie del Caribe: in Puerto Rico; Tigres del Licey (Dominican Republic) (Details)
- Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana: Águilas Cibaeñas defeated the Tigres del Licey in the finals, 5-3
- Liga Mexicana del Pacífico: Yaquis de Obregón
- Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: season canceled for financial reasons
- Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional: Tigres de Aragua defeated the Cardenales de Lara in the finals, 4 - 1
Amateur[edit]
- National Collegiate Athletic Association
- College World Series (Division I): Fresno State defeated the University of Georgia in the finals, 6-7, 19-10, 6-1 (Details)
- Division II Baseball Championship: Mount Olive College over Ouachita Baptist University, 6-2 in the finals
- Division III Baseball Championship: Trinity College over Johns Hopkins University, 5-4 in the finals
- NAIA College World Series: Lewis-Clark State College over Lee University, 8-3 in the finals
- National Junior College Athletic Association
- Community College League of California: Sierra College over Southwestern College 6 - 2 in the finals
- National Baseball Congress World Series: Santa Barbara Foresters (Details)
- National Club Baseball Association: Colorado State University
- Canadian Intercollegiate Baseball Association/Association de Baseball Inter-Universitaire Canadienne: University of New Brunswick
- All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series: Toyo University defeated Tokai University in the final
- Japan High School Baseball Federation
- Little League
- Little League World Series: Waipahu, HI defeats Matamoros, Tamaulipas 12-3 in the championship (Details)
International competitions[edit]
- Olympics in Beijing, China (Details)
- South Korea (Gold); Cuba (Silver); United States (Bronze)
- World Junior Championship in Edmonton, Canada (Details)
- South Korea (Gold); United States (Silver); Cuba (Bronze)
- World University Baseball Championship in Czech Republic (Details)
- United States (Gold); Japan (Silver); Chinese Taipei (Bronze)
- Women's Baseball World Cup in Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan (Details)
- Japan (Gold); Canada (Silver); United States (Bronze)
- Americas Baseball Cup in Venezuela (Details)
- Puerto Rico (Gold); Nicaragua (Silver); Mexico (Bronze)
Events[edit]
Culture[edit]
Literature[edit]
- The Bad Guys Won, by Jeff Pearlman
- Baseball in Europe: A Country by Country History, by Josh Chetwynd
- Chief Bender's Burden, by Tom Swift
- The Comeback Season, by Jennifer E. Smith
- The End of Baseball, by Peter Schilling Jr.
- The Given Day, by Dennis Lehane
- Le Projet Syracuse, by Georges Desmeules
- Snake Jazz, by Dave Baldwin
- Wally Yonamine: The Man Who Changed Japanese Baseball, by Rob Fitts
- We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball, by Kadir Nelson
- We Would Have Played for Nothing, by Fay Vincent
Song[edit]
- All the Way, by Eddie Vedder
- The Baseball Project, Vol. 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails (album), by The Baseball Project
Film[edit]
- Sugar
- Touching Home
- Twilight
- Un été sans point ni coup sûr (A No-Hit No-Run Summer)
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