Leonardo Matos Berrido, president of the Dominican Professional Baseball League has announced that the 2008-2009 Dominican Winter Professional Baseball League championship will start on Wednesday, 15 October. Games will be played at the Quisqueya Stadium (home to the Tigres del Licey and Leones del Escogido), at the Tetelo Vargas Stadium in San Pedro de Macoris (home to the Estrellas Orientales), the Frank Micheli Stadium in La Romana (home to the Azucareros del Este) the Julian Javier Stadium in San Francisco de Macoris (home to the Gigantes del Cibao) and at the Cibao Stadium (home to the Aguilas Cibaenas). The All-Stars Game will take place on 6, 7, 8 December. The regular season runs into December. In January, the semi finals take place, and the playoffs will be held in the first week of February.
This year, more Major League Baseball stars than usual are expected to play, as the games will be used to prepare the Dominican Republic team for the World Baseball Classic that starts in Puerto Rico in March 2009.