2010
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| 2010 in baseball |
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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 2010.
Club competitions[edit]
Professional[edit]
Asia and Australia[edit]
- Nippon Professional Baseball
- Nippon Series: Chiba Lotte Marines over the Chunichi Dragons, 4-2-1 (Details)
- Korea Baseball Organization: SK Wyverns defeated the Samsung Lions in the Korean Series (Details)
- Chinese Professional Baseball League: Brother Elephants defeated the Sinon Bulls in the Taiwan Series (Details)
- China Baseball League: Guangdong Leopards
- Claxton Shield: Victoria Aces
Europe[edit]
- European Cup: Fortitudo Bologna, Italian Baseball League (Details)
- Division Élite: Rouen Huskies
- Baseball-Bundesliga: Regensburg Legionäre
- Hoofdklasse Honkbal: DOOR Neptunus
- Holland Series: DOOR Neptunus defeated the L&D Amsterdam Pirates, 4 games to 2 (Details)
- Italian Baseball League: Cariparma Parma defeated Bologna in the Italian Series, 4 games to 3 ( Details)
North America[edit]
- Major League Baseball
- Minor League Baseball
- Triple-A National Championship: Columbus Clippers (IL) over the Tacoma Rainiers (PCL), 12-6
- International League: Columbus Clippers (Details)
- Pacific Coast League: Tacoma Rainiers (Details)
- Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Saraperos de Saltillo
- Cuban Serie Nacional: Industriales (Details)
Winter Leagues[edit]
- Serie del Caribe: in Venezuela; Leones del Escogido (Details)
- Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana: Leones del Escogido defeated the Gigantes del Cibao in the finals, 5-4
- Liga Mexicana del Pacífico: Naranjeros de Hermosillo defeated the Venados de Mazatlan in the finals, 4-3
- Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Indios de Mayagüez defeated the Criollos de Caguas in the finals, 4-1
- Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional: Leones del Caracas defeated the Navegantes del Magallanes in the finals, 4-3
Amateur[edit]
- National Collegiate Athletic Association
- College World Series (Division I): University of South Carolina defeated UCLA in the finals, 7-1, 2-1 (Details)
- Division II Baseball Championship: University of Southern Indiana over UC San Diego, 6-4 (Details)
- Division III Baseball Championship: Illinois Wesleyan University over SUNY Cortland, 17-5 (Details)
- NAIA College World Series: Cumberland University over Lee University, 4-3 (Details)
- National Junior College Athletic Association
- Community College League of California: Ohlone College beat College of San Mateo 16 - 10
- National Baseball Congress World Series: Liberal BeeJays (Details)
- National Club Baseball Association:
- Canadian Intercollegiate Baseball Association/Association de Baseball Inter-Universitaire Canadienne: McGill University
- All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series: Toyo University defeated Tokai University in the final, 5 - 0
- Japan High School Baseball Federation
- Little League
- Little League World Series: Tokyo defeats Waipahu, HI, 4-1, in the championship (Details)
International competitions[edit]
- Intercontinental Cup in Taiwan (Details)
- Cuba (Gold); Netherlands (Silver); Italy (Bronze)
- Asian Games in Guangzhou, China (Details)
- South Korea (Gold); Taiwan (Silver); Japan (Bronze)
- Central American and Caribbean Games in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico (Details)
- Dominican Republic (Gold); Mexico (Silver); Nicaragua (Bronze)
- European Championship in Germany (Details)
- Italy (Gold); Netherlands (Silver); Germany (Bronze)
- World Junior Championship in Thunder Bay, ON, Canada (Details)
- Chinese Taipei (Gold); Australia (Silver); Cuba (Bronze)
- Central American Games in Panama City, Panama (Details)
- Pamana (Gold); Nicaragua (Silver); Costa Rica (Bronze)
- South American Games in Medellin, Colombia (Details)
- World University Championship in Japan (Details)
- Cuba (Gold); United States (Silver); Japan (Bronze)
- Women's Baseball World Cup in Caracas and Maracay, Venezuela (Details)
- Japan (Gold); Australia (Silver); United States (Bronze)
Events[edit]
Culture[edit]
Literature[edit]
- 1921: The Yankees, the Giants, and the Battle for Baseball Supremacy in New York, by Lyle Spatz and Steve Steinberg
- Blockade Billy, by Stephen King
- The Bullpen Gospels, by Dirk Hayhurst
- Cardboard Gods, by Josh Wilker
- Chasing Baseball, by Dorothy Seymour Mills
- Diamond Ruby, by Joseph Wallace
- The Game From Where I Stand, by Doug Glanville
- Joe Cronin: A Life in Baseball, by Mark Armour
- The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood, by Jane Leavy
- Tasting Freedom: Octavius Catto and the Battle for Equality in Civil War America, by Daniel R. Biddle and Murray Dubbin
- The Yankee Years, by Joe Torre and Tom Verducci
- Willie Mays: The Life, The Legend, by James S. Hirsch
Song[edit]
- Howlin' For You, by the Black Keys
Film[edit]
Births[edit]
- Further information: Births in 2010
Deaths[edit]
- Further information: Deaths in 2010
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