2013
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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 2013.
Club competitions[edit]
Professional[edit]
Asia and Australia[edit]
- Asia Series: Canberra Cavalry (Details)
- Nippon Professional Baseball
- Korea Baseball Organization: Samsung Lions defeated the Doosan Bears in the Korean Series, 4-3 (Details)
- Chinese Professional Baseball League: Uni-President Lions defeated the EDA Rhinos in the Taiwan Series, 4-0 (Details)
- Australian Baseball League: Canberra Cavalry (Details)
Europe[edit]
- European Cup: Unipol Bologna, Italian Baseball League (Details)
- French Division I: Rouen Huskies
- Baseball-Bundesliga: Regensburg Legionäre
- Hoofdklasse Honkbal: DOOR Neptunus
- Holland Series: DOOR Neptunus defeated the Vaessen Pioniers, 4 games to 0 (Details)
- Italian Baseball League: T&A San Marino defeated Telemarket Rimini in the Italian Series, 3 games to 2 (Details)
North America[edit]
- Major League Baseball
- World Series: Boston Red Sox over the St. Louis Cardinals, 4-2 (Details)
- Minor League Baseball
- Triple-A National Championship: Omaha Storm Chasers (PCL) over the Durham Bulls (IL), 2-1
- International League: Durham Bulls (Details)
- Pacific Coast League: Omaha Storm Chasers (Details)
- Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Rojos del Águila de Veracruz
- Cuban Serie Nacional: Villa Clara (Details)
Winter Leagues[edit]
Amateur[edit]
- National Collegiate Athletic Association
- College World Series (Division I): UCLA defeated Mississippi State University in the finals, 3-1, 8-0 (Details)
- Division II Baseball Championship: University of Tampa over Minnesota State University, Mankato, 8-2 (Details)
- Division III Baseball Championship: Linfield College over University of Southern Maine, 4-1 (Details)
- NAIA College World Series: Faulkner University over Lewis-Clark State College, 11-4 (Details)
- National Junior College Athletic Association
- Community College League of California: Cypress College beat Fullerton College 10 - 3 in the final. (Details)
- National Baseball Congress World Series: Seattle Studs (Details)
- National Club Baseball Association:
- Canadian Intercollegiate Baseball Association/Association de Baseball Inter-Universitaire Canadienne: University of Windsor
- All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series: Jobu University defeated Asia University in the finals, 6-5
- Japan High School Baseball Federation
- Little League
- Little League World Series: Tokyo defeats Chula Vista, CA, 6-4, in the championship (Details)
International competitions[edit]
- World Baseball Classic in four countries (Details)
- Dominican Republic (1st); Puerto Rico (2nd); Japan (3rd)
- East Asian Games in Tianjin China (Details)
- Japan (Gold); South Korea (Silver); Taiwan (Bronze)
- Bolivarian Games in Trujillo Peru (Details)
- World Junior Championship in Taichung Taiwan (2013 World Junior Championship)
Events[edit]
Culture[edit]
Literature[edit]
- The DiMaggios, by Tom Clavin
- Going the Distance, by Michael Joyce
- Hank Greenberg: The Hero Who Didn't Want to Be One, by Mark Kurlansky
- High and Inside, by Russell Rowland
- Mickey and Willie, by Allen Barra
- The Powers, by Valerie Sayers
- Smoky Joe Wood, by Gerald C. Wood
- Southern League, by Larry Colton
- The Victory Season, by Robert Weintraub
Song[edit]
- The First Four Seasons (album), by the Isotopes
- Jimmy Collins' Wake, by the Dropkick Murphys
- Son of an American, by the So So Glos
Film[edit]
- 42
- Mr. Go
Births[edit]
- Further information: Births in 2013
Deaths[edit]
- Further information: Deaths in 2013
Further Reading[edit]
- Ben Blatt and Eric Brewster: I Don't Care if We Never Get Back: 30 Games in 30 Days on the Best Worst Baseball Road Trip Ever, Grove Press, New York, NY, 2014. ISBN 978-0802122742
- Will Leitch: "2013: Boston Strong, Mo's farewell, DR's dominance", mlb.com, May 30, 2020. [1]
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