BR Bullpen:News Archive/2017

2017

• December 17: The Nicaraguan national team wins the 2017 Central American Games.
• December 14: Victor Reyes is the first pick of the 2017 Rule V Draft.
• December 13: Bob Costas wins the Ford Frick Award.
• December 12: Sheldon Ocker wins the J.G. Taylor Spink Award.
• December 10: The Veterans Committee elects long-time teammates Jack Morris and Alan Trammell to the Hall of Fame.
• November 23: The Colombian national team wins Gold at the 2017 Bolivarian Games, their first baseball Gold in the event in 44 years.
• November 20: Yoshihiro Maru wins the 2017 Central League MVP; Dennis Sarfate is the winner of the 2017 Pacific League Most Valuable Player Award. Yota Kyoda is named the 2017 Central League Rookie of the Year while Sosuke Genda takes the 2017 Pacific League Rookie of the Year Award.
• November 16: José Altuve wins the AL MVP Award and Giancarlo Stanton is the winner of the NL MVP Award.
• November 15: Max Scherzer wins his second consecutive National League Cy Young Award - his third overall - while Corey Kluber wins the American League Cy Young Award for the second time.
• November 14: Torey Lovullo and Paul Molitor win the 2017 Manager of the Year Awards in MLB.
• November 13: Hall of Famer Bobby Doerr , the Oldest Living MLB Player, passes away at the age of 99.
• November 13: Aaron Judge wins the 2017 American League Rookie of the Year Award and Cody Bellinger win the award in the National League.
• November 9: Dennis Sarfate is the first foreign player to win the Matsutaro Shoriki Award.
• November 7: Po-Jung Wang wins CPBL MVP for 2017, giving him MVP honors his first two seasons. Tzu-Hsien Chan wins Rookie of the Year.
• November 6: Hyeon-jong Yang is named KBO MVP for the 2017 season, the first player to be named Korean Series MVP and KBO MVP the same year. Jeong-hoo Lee wins KBO Rookie of the Year.
• November 4: The Softbank Hawks win their 4th Japan Series in seven years, taking the 2017 Japan Series. Dennis Sarfate is named Series MVP.
• November 3: Gary Owens wins MVP of the southern Bundesliga-1 a day after Maurice Wilhelm is named MVP in the north.
• November 2: The Lamigo Monkeys win the 2017 Taiwan Series for their fourth title this decade. Chun-Hsiu Chen wins Taiwan Series MVP.
• November 1: The Houston Astros win their first World Series title by defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 3, in the 2017 World Series. George Springer wins the Willie Mays Award as the series' MVP.
• October 30: The KIA Tigers win the 2017 Korean Series. Hyeon-jong Yang is named Korean Series MVP.
• October 30: Tomoyuki Sugano wins the Sawamura Award for 2017.
• October 28: Kenley Jansen becomes the first repeat winner of the Trevor Hoffman Award given to the best reliever in the National League, while Craig Kimbrel is the winner of the Mariano Rivera Award, its equivalent in the American League.
• October 28: Rob Cordemans wins his tenth Hoofdklasse Pitcher of the Year Award, tying Herman Beidschat's all-time record. At age 38, Danny Rombley is a first-time MVP.
• October 23: The British Baseball Hall of Fame announces its 2017 class: Don Smallwood, Ian Young and Nick Carter.
• October 21: The Houston Astros win the American League pennant, becoming the first team to win the pennant in both major leagues.
• October 21: The Borgerhout Squirrels win their fourth Belgian title.
• October 19: The Los Angeles Dodgers win their first National League pennant since 1988 by defeating the Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 1, in the National League Championship Series
• October 14: The Heidenheim Heideköpfe win the Baseball-Bundesliga title for the third time.
• October 8: Neptunus wins the 2017 Holland Series. Loek van Mil wins Series MVP.
• October 8: The Japanese national team wins the 2017 Asian Championship; Daiki Tajima is named tournament MVP.
• October 1: The Rouen Huskies win their third consecutive French Division I title.
• September 29: Draci Brno wins their 21st Extraliga championship.
• September 25: Aaron Judge sets a new rookie record for home runs, hitting number 50 on the season, breaking the previous mark of 49 by Mark McGwire in 1987.
• September 19: The Durham Bulls win the Triple-A Baseball National Championship‎‎. Kean Wong is named the game's MVP.
• September 16: The Sölvesborg Firehawks win their first Elitserien title.
• September 14: The Cleveland Indians set a new major league record with their 22nd consecutive win, erasing the record for consecutive games won with no ties, set by the 1935 Chicago Cubs. They have also passed the old American League record of 20 consecutive wins, by the 2002 Oakland Athletics.
• September 11: Jacoby Ellsbury sets the career record for reaching via catcher's interference.
• September 10: The Toros de Tijuana win their first Mexican League title. Roberto Lopez is honored as finals MVP.
• September 10: Team USA wins the 2017 U-18 Baseball World Cup. Triston Casas is named MVP.
• September 8: Ronald Acuna is named the Minor League Player of the Year by both USA Today and Baseball America.
• September 7: Japan wins the 2017 Women's Baseball Asian Cup. Yuka Ogata wins the MVP.
• September 4: J.D. Martinez becomes the 18th player in major league history to have a four-homer game, doing so in a 13-0 win by the Diamondbacks over the Dodgers.
• September 4: The Rimini Pirates win the 2017 Italian Series. Federico Celli is named Series MVP.
• August 27: Tokyo wins the 2017 Little League World Series.
• July 3: Adrian Beltre becomes the 31st member of the 3,000 hit club.
• July 15: The Pacific League sweeps the 2017 NPB All-Star Games, 6-3 and 3-1. Seiichi Uchikawa is game 1 MVP and Alfredo Despaigne is game 2 MVP.
• July 11: The American League wins the 2017 All-Star Game, 2-1 in 10 innings over the National League. Robinson Cano wins the Ted Williams Award as the game's MVP.
• July 9: The United States team wins the 2017 Futures Game, 7-6 over the World team. P Brent Honeywell is named the winner of the Larry Doby Award as the game's Most Valuable Player.
• July 9: The Marlins Puerto Cruz win their 9th Liga Nacional División de Honor title.
• June 27: The University of Florida wins the 2017 College World Series, defeating Louisiana State University, 6-1, in the final game. Florida P Alex Faedo is named tournament MVP.
• June 20: Joe West becomes the third umpire in major league history to work 5,000 games.
• June 12: California high school shortstop Royce Lewis is the first overall pick in the 2017 amateur draft, by the Minnesota Twins.
• June 11: Norichika Aoki joins the meikyukai.
• June 11: Curaçao Neptunus Rotterdam wins the 2017 European Cup. Gianison Boekhoudt is named MVP.
• June 6: Scooter Gennett becomes the 17th player in major league history to have a four-homer game.
• June 4: West Chester University of Pennsylvania wins the 2017 Division II College World Series.
• June 3: Albert Pujols becomes the 9th major league player to hit 600 home runs.
• June 3: Edinson Volquez pitches the first no-hitter of the major league season.
• May 30: California Lutheran University wins the 2017 Division III College World Series.
• May 26: Hall of Fame pitcher Jim Bunning, who later served in Congress as both a Representative and a Senator, passes away at age 85.
• April 26: Gift Ngoepe debuts for the Pirates, becoming the first major leaguer from Africa.
• April 25: Yuki Matsui becomes the 17th NPB player and first Rakuten Golden Eagles pitcher to strike out the side on nine pitches.
• April 24: Dovydas Neverauskas becomes the first major leaguer from Lithuania.
• March 22: The United States win the 2017 World Baseball Classic, defeating Puerto Rico, 8-0, in the final game. Marcus Stroman is named tournament MVP.
• March 20: The Baseball Australia Hall of Fame announces its 2017 class: John Stephens, Wally Buchanan and Bob Ossey.
• February 11: The Brisbane Bandits win the 2016-2017 Australian Baseball League, defending their title. Logan Wade is chosen as finals MVP.
• February 7: The Criollos de Caguas win the 2017 Caribbean Series, defeating the Aguilas de Mexicali, 1-0 in 10 innings in the finale. David Vidal is named Caribbean Series MVP.
• February 3: The Caribbean Baseball Hall of Fame inducts Vinny Castilla, Erubiel Durazo, Miguel Flores, Benjamin Reyes, Juan Manuel Ley and Alfonso Bojorquez.
• February 2: Roy Halladay, Vladimir Guerrero, Ray Carter, Doug Hudlin and the 2015 Canadian National Team are inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.
• January 28: The Tigres del Licey win their 22nd Dominican League title, extending their record.
• January 28: The Águilas de Mexicali win the Mexican Pacific League championship for the first time this century.
• January 25: The Águilas del Zulia‎ take their first Venezuelan League pennant in 17 years.
• January 25: The Criollos de Caguas win the Puerto Rican League title, their 17th.
• January 22: Granma wins the 2016-2017 Cuban Serie Nacional title for their first championship.
• January 22: 25-year-old Kansas City Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura and former top prospect Andy Marte, 33, die in separate automobile accidents on the same day in the Dominican Republic.
• January 18: Tim Raines is elected to the Hall of Fame by the BBWAA in his 10th and final year of eligibility; joining him are Jeff Bagwell and Ivan Rodriguez.
• January 16: Tsutomu Itoh, Senichi Hoshino, Masaji Hiramatsu, Hiroshi Goshi and Mirei Suzuki are voted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in the 2017 vote.