Fijo, Venezuela) Cape Cod Baseball League: Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox def. Wareham Gatemen Valley Baseball League: Luray Wranglers Outside of the United States World Baseball Classic: Japan; Daisuke Matsuzaka, MVP Intercontinental Cup: Cuba Asian Games: Chinese Taipei Caribbean World Series: Leones del Caracas (Venezuela) European Cup: San Marino (San Marino/Italy) Konami Cup Asia Series: Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters (Japan) China Baseball League: Tianjin Lions Cuban National Series: Industriales def. Santiago de Cuba Dominican Winter League: Tigres del Licey def. Águilas Cibaeñas Holland Series: Corendon Kinheim Italian Serie A1 Scudetto: Telemarket Rimini Japan Series: Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters Korean Series: Samsung Lions Mexican Pacific League: Venados de Mazatlán Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League: Gigantes de Carolina Taiwan Series: La New Bears over Uni-President Lions （4–0） Venezuelan Professional Baseball League: Leones del Caracas Awards and honors Baseball Hall of Fame inductions Bruce Sutter is selected by the BBWAA. In a special election by the Committee on African-American Baseball, seventeen Negro league figures are elected (all posthumously): Ray Brown, Willard Brown, Andy Cooper, Frank Grant, Pete Hill, Biz Mackey, Effa Manley, José Méndez, Alex Pompez, Cum Posey, Louis Santop, Mule Suttles, Ben Taylor, Cristóbal Torriente, Sol White, J. L. Wilkinson, and Jud Wilson. Manley is the first woman ever elected to the Hall. Including Sutter, the 18 inductees are the largest class in the Hall's history. Gene Elston is selected to receive the Ford C. Frick Award. During his 47 years in the broadcast booth, the former Astros announcer brought a no-nonsense approach to reporting the happenings on the diamond. Tracy Ringolsby, longtime columnist for the Rocky Mountain News, is awarded the J. G. Taylor Spink Award. Woman Executive of the Year (major or minor league): Ashley Forlini, Reading Phillies, Eastern League Events January–March February 2 – Ramón Hernández hits for the cycle and drives in five runs, leading the Leones del Caracas of Venezuela to a 17–1 rout of Mexico's Venados de Mazatlán in the Caribbean Series opener. Alex Cabrera adds a home run with four RBI, and starting pitcher Geremi González strikes out seven in seven innings. In the other Series opener, Anderson Hernández hits a tiebreaking single in the 11th inning to help the Dominican Republic's Tigres del Licey beat the Gigantes de Carolina of Puerto Rico, 5–4. Miguel Tejada drives in two runs in the third inning, giving the Dominicans a 2–0 lead. According to baseball historians, Hernández's feat is