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The Intercontinental Cup was a baseball tournament between the members of the then-International Baseball Federation (IBAF). It was first held in 1973 in Italy, and was held every other year following until 1999. After 1999, the tournament was held every few four years—in 2002, 2006 and 2010.
Nicaragua has a long history of international baseball, making its first appearance at the second Baseball World Cup (then called the Amateur World Series) in 1939; it hosted the BWC/AWS hosting five times and earned five second-place finishes, the last in 1990. It has participated in the Olympic Games twice, in 1984 and 1996.
Baseball is the national game of Nicaragua, and is one of the most popular sports in the country. [1] Nicaragua has a professional baseball league, the Nicaraguan Professional Baseball League, consisting of five teams, playing in the winter, and a semiprofessional league, the Germán Pomares Championship, playing in spring and summer.
January 9 – Hinkey Haines, 80, professional baseball and football player; outfielder over 12 minor-league campaigns and a single major-league season, appearing in 28 games for 1923 American League champion New York Yankees, then two games in 1923 World Series; in his final MLB contest, in Game 6, scored winning tally as a pinch runner during ...
The 1979 International League was a Class AAA baseball season played between April 11 and September 15. Eight teams played a 140-game schedule, with the top four teams qualifying for the post-season. Eight teams played a 140-game schedule, with the top four teams qualifying for the post-season.
1979 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting; I. 1979 International League season; J. 1979 Japan Series; L. 1979 Little League World Series; P. Baseball at the 1979 Pan ...
1979 Pan American Games men's competition held in San Juan, Puerto Rico and won by Argentina August – The 2nd Women's World Field Hockey Championships are held at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada with the Netherlands as the champions.
The 1979 American League Championship Series was a best-of-five series that was the semifinal on the American League side of the 1979 postseason, which pitted the East Division champion Baltimore Orioles against the West Division champion California Angels, who were making their first postseason appearance.