2012
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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 2012.
Club competitions[edit]
Professional[edit]
Asia and Australia[edit]
- Asia Series: Yomiuri Giants (Details)
- Nippon Professional Baseball
- Nippon Series: Yomiuri Giants over the Nippon Ham Fighters, 4-2 (Details)
- Korea Baseball Organization: Samsung Lions defeated the SK Wyverns in the Korean Series, 4-2 (Details)
- Chinese Professional Baseball League: Lamigo Monkeys defeated the Uni-President Lions in the Taiwan Series, 4-1 (Details)
- Australian Baseball League: Perth Heat (Details)
Europe[edit]
- European Cup: Fortitudo Bologna, Italian Baseball League (Details)
- French Division I: Rouen Huskies
- Baseball-Bundesliga: Regensburg Legionäre
- Hoofdklasse Honkbal: L&D Amsterdam Pirates
- Holland Series: Corendon Kinheim defeated the DOOR Neptunus, 4 games to 0 (Details)
- Italian Baseball League: T&A San Marino defeated Rimini in the Italian Series, 4 games to 2 ( Details)
North America[edit]
- Major League Baseball
- Minor League Baseball
- Triple-A National Championship: Reno Aces (PCL) over the Pawtucket Red Sox (IL), 10-3
- International League: Pawtucket Red Sox (Details)
- Pacific Coast League: Reno Aces (Details)
- Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Rojos del Águila de Veracruz
- Cuban Serie Nacional: Ciego de Ávila (Details)
Winter Leagues[edit]
Amateur[edit]
- National Collegiate Athletic Association
- College World Series (Division I): University of Arizona defeated University of South Carolina in the finals, 5-1, 4-1 (Details)
- Division II Baseball Championship: West Chester University over Delta State University, 9-0 (Details)
- Division III Baseball Championship: Marietta College over Wheaton College, 7-2 (Details)
- NAIA College World Series: Tennessee Wesleyan College over Rogers State University, 10-6 (Details)
- National Junior College Athletic Association
- Community College League of California: Cosumnes River College beat Rio Hondo College 8 - 6 in the final. (Details)
- National Baseball Congress World Series: Santa Barbara Foresters (Details)
- National Club Baseball Association:
- Canadian Intercollegiate Baseball Association/Association de Baseball Inter-Universitaire Canadienne: St. Clair College
- All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series: Waseda University defeated Asia University in the finals, 4-0
- Japan High School Baseball Federation
- Little League
- Little League World Series: Tokyo defeats Goodlettsville, TN, 12-2, in the championship (Details)
International competitions[edit]
- Asian Championship in Taitung City Taiwan (Details)
- Japan (Gold); Taiwan (Silver); South Korea (Bronze)
- European Championship in Rotterdam Netherlands (Details)
- Italy (Gold); Netherlands (Silver); Spain (Bronze)
- South American Championship in Guayaquil Ecuador (Details)
- 2012 World Baseball Classic Qualifiers:
- Pool A, in Jupiter, FL: Spain
- Pool B, in Regensburg, Germany: Canada
- Pool C, in Taipei, Taiwan: Taiwan
- Pool D, in Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá: Brazil
- Women's Baseball World Cup in Edmonton Canada (Details)
- World Junior Championship in Seoul South Korea (Details)
Events[edit]
Culture[edit]
Literature[edit]
- Banzai Babe Ruth, by Robert K. Fitts
- Baseball Myths, by Bill Deane
- Bill Veeck: Baseball's Greatest Maverick, by Paul Dickson
- Connie Mack, the Turbulent and Triumphant Years, by Norman L. Macht
- Drawing Card, by Dorothy Seymour Mills
- Halbman Steals Home, by B. Glen Rotchin
- "If You Were Only White": The Life of Leroy "Satchel" Paige, by Donald Spivey
- The Might Have Been, by Joseph M. Schuster
- One Last Strike, by Tony LaRussa and Rick Hummel
- Out of My League, by Dirk Hayhurst
- Raceball, by Rob Ruck
- The Signal and the Noise, by Nate Silver
- Wherever I Wind Up, by R.A. Dickey
Song[edit]
- Mickey Mantle, by Waters
Film[edit]
- Knuckleball
- Trouble With the Curve
Births[edit]
- Further information: Births in 2012
Deaths[edit]
- Further information: Deaths in 2012
Further Reading[edit]
- John Feinstein: Where Nobody Knows Your Name: Life In the Minor Leagues of Baseball, Doubleday, Random House, New York, NY, 2014. ISBN 978-0385535939
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