{"id":426292,"date":"2024-11-19T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=426292"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"SBL-Masters-League-starts-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/SBL-Masters-League-starts-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"SBL Masters League starts tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2024 Saipan Baseball League Master\u2019s League season starts this Wednesday, Nov. 20, at the Francisco \u201cTan Ko\u201d Palacios Baseball Field.<\/p>\n<p>There are six teams vying for the title this season, with last season\u2019s champions Pirates back and ready to defend their title.<\/p>\n<p>There are two new master\u2019s teams\u2014Brewers and Falcons, and returning teams Dodgers, Blue Jays, and Marlins.<\/p>\n<p>Games are played every 6:30pm. The first game tomorrow is set between the Pirates and the Dodgers. The next game is on Thursday between the Falcons and Brewers, and on Friday, the Blue Jays take on the Marlins.<\/p>\n<p>After that, games are played every Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. The post season is slated for February 10, 11, 17, and 18, with the best-of-three championship series on Feb. 24, 26, and 28 if needed.<\/p>\n<p>SBL board member Shine Tenorio said of the upcoming league that it\u2019s \u201cLooking to be a great season with teams pretty balanced. Pirates looking to repeat as last season\u2019s champion. [It\u2019s] just good to see the older guys on the field. [It] provides an opportunity for guys in their late 30s and up to play organized baseball. This season, players are eligible if they were born on calendar year 1985.<\/p>\n<p>He then thanked Tan Holdings and the Northern Marianas Sports Association for their continued support of SBL and for the use of the facilities.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/1df551ad89614cf22e4eec4d0d1887f6.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p>Manny Sablan, right, swings at a ball during batting practice last Friday in preparation for the 2024 Saipan Baseball League Master\u2019s League tomorrow at the Francisco \u201cTan Ko\u201d Palacios Baseball Field.<\/p>\n<p>-LEIGH GASES<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2024 Saipan Baseball League Master\u2019s League season starts this Wednesday, Nov. 20, at the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-426292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426292\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}