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The Spanish Baseball League (formerly Division de Honor de Béisbol) is the highest level of baseball in Spain. [1] The league is overseen by the Royal Spanish Baseball and Softball Federation (RFEBS). It is played principally on weekends. The teams play against each other twice, once at home and once away, in two games during the same day.
Another theory is that the corn refers to the practice in the very early days of baseball of calling the outfield the "corn field", especially in early amateur baseball where the outfield may have been a farm field. Frequently used by Red Barber, a variation, 'A #8 CAN OF GOLDEN BANTAM' was favored by Bob Prince, Pittsburgh Pirates' announcer.
The 2020 División de Honor de Béisbol will be the 35th season of the top Spanish baseball league since its establishment and the 75th Spanish championship overall. The start of the season was postponed due to coronavirus pandemic. [1] Tenerife Marlins are the defending champions.
The Royal Spanish Baseball and Softball Federation was established on 23 March 1944 as the Federación Española de Pelota Base (Spanish Base Ball Federation) and Francisco Amescua García-López was appointed as the federation's first president.
Baseball began relatively early in Spain thanks to the descendants of immigrants from Cuba. They brought the sport along with them when Cuba ceased to be a Spanish colony. [2] [3] The heyday of baseball in Spain was in the 1950s and 1960s. [4] Owing to growing mass interest in football, many baseball clubs
The Spanish national team won the European Baseball Championship in 1955. In 1992, it took part in the Olympic Games, held in Barcelona. In 2013, they qualified for the first time for the World Baseball Classic. They lost all three games against Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Venezuela.
The 2019 División de Honor de Béisbol was the 34th season of the top Spanish baseball league since its establishment and the 74th Spanish championship overall.. Tenerife Marlins successfully defended their title from the previous season for their 11th championship.
División de Honor de Béisbol 2014 is the 29th season since its establishment. 2014 season started on March 15 and will finish on 3 August.. Only nine teams plays the Spanish baseball top league and no one will be relegated to Primera División.