The Aguilas Cibaenas, winners of most of the championships in past years, now leads the Dominican Professional Baseball Championship, which has been underway since 31 October. The Aguilas celebrated on Sunday the feat of long-time player Luis Polonia, who became only the 10th player in the history of Dominican baseball to accumulate 600 hits or more in a regular season. Polonia has scored 941 hits throughout the regular season, semi-finals and finals, ranking him third for most hits in the history of Dominican baseball, behind Miguel Dilone and Jesus Rojas Alou.
The winter baseball championship’s standing this year has the Aguilas Cibaenas in the lead, followed by the Gigantes del Cibao, Tigres del Licey, Azucarerros del Este, Estrellas Orientales and, in last place, the Leones del Escogido.