The board of the Dominican Republic Professional Baseball League has unanimously approved the starting date for the 2017-2018 Professional Winter League Baseball Season. The season will begin on Friday, 13 October 2017 with a single game in Santo Domingo between the two most popular teams in the country: the Aguilas Cibaeñas and the Tigres del Licey.
It is interesting to note that the Aguilas will not play a home game until the third game of the season when they receive a visit by the Estrellas Orientales to the Estadio Cibao in Santiago.
There will be a total of 150 games played during what is called the regular section of the tournament, with each team playing 50 games. This part of the tournament ends on 17 December with games between the Aguilas and Tigres in Santo Domingo.
The great Santo Domingo rivalry between Escogido and Licey will see its first game on Sunday, 15 October.
The meeting of the board of directors was headed by Leonardo Matos Berrido and attended by delegates from all six teams that will take part in the tournament.
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Diario
2 June 2017
