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Baseball · Level 10: Professional · Sub-level 10.4

Leagues Around the World

10 tests · 100 facts · updated 28 October 2026 · markdown

Japan's, Korea's and Taiwan's leagues today, the Caribbean winter leagues, Mexico's and Cuba's game today, MLB's partner leagues, US college baseball, imported stars in Asia, and baseball's newer countries.

Each test below is ten questions on Insporta. The list under a test is what the questions check: one fact per question, with the source it was written from. Read it before the test, or come back from a wrong answer.

Test 1Japan's leagues todayTake a test

  1. Six play in the Central League and six in the Pacific League.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  2. The top three in each league take part.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  3. Ties count in the standings.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  4. The other league let pitchers bat for much longer.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  5. Clubs may sign more but play only four at once.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  6. It is a shorter season than MLB's.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  7. Newspapers, railways and tech firms own clubs.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  8. The Japan Series decides the champion.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

  9. 30, 12, then 10.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

  10. Each hitter has his own song.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

Test 2Korea's KBO League todayTake a test

  1. The league began with six.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  2. The regular-season winner waits there for its opponent.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  3. A tracking system calls each pitch.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  4. It won its twelfth title in 2024.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  5. Most clubs sign two pitchers and a hitter.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  6. One more than in Japan.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  7. It plays in Suwon.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  8. 1982, 2015, then 2024.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

  9. Higher-placed clubs wait for the winners.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

  10. Cheering teams are part of every KBO game.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

Test 3Taiwan's CPBL todayTake a test

  1. The newest joined in 2024.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  2. It held the 2024 Premier12 group games.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  3. It plays in the south of the island.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  4. It is a best-of-seven series.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  5. The winners of each half qualify for the playoffs.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  6. Cheering teams lead the songs all game.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  7. Its full name is the Chinese Professional Baseball League.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  8. 1990, 2023, then 2024.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

  9. Half-season winners go to the postseason.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

  10. It holds about 40,000 fans.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

Test 4Winter leagues todayTake a test

  1. Its season runs from October to January.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  2. Their games fill the island's ballparks.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  3. It has played every winter since 1945-46.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  4. The summer league is a different competition.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  5. It ends the winter season.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  6. Clubs set innings and playing-time limits.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  7. Its large Latin American population filled the ballpark.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  8. Players then head to spring training.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

  9. Each league sends its champion.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

  10. Their rivalry is the biggest in Venezuelan baseball.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

Test 5Mexico's game todayTake a test

  1. It is one of the oldest leagues outside the US.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  2. The Pacific coast league plays in winter.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  3. It is the home of the capital's best-known club.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  4. The city is more than 2,000 metres above sea level.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  5. Monterrey has one of Mexico's biggest ballparks.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  6. He had become a Mexican citizen.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  7. Its name means Red Devils.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  8. 1925, 1946, 2019, then 2023.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

  9. Mexico City is higher even than Denver.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

  10. Altitude makes long hits easier.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

Test 6Cuba's game todayTake a test

  1. It replaced the professional league.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  2. Its fans wear blue.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  3. Cuba began loaning players to Japanese clubs.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  4. Without it, players still had to leave Cuba to sign.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  5. Stars such as Yoán Moncada joined the national team.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  6. He had left Cuba as a teenager.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  7. The USA beat it in Miami.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  8. 1962, 2014, 2019, then 2023.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

  9. The semi-final ended 14-2.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

  10. Fans call it 'the Colossus of the Cerro'.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

Test 7Partner leagues and rule labsTake a test

  1. It agreed to try MLB's ideas in its games.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  2. The plate umpire heard each call through an earpiece.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  3. MLB wanted to see if it helped hitters.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  4. A batter could run to first if the catcher did not catch the pitch.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  5. A team lost its DH once its starter left early.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  6. The Atlantic, American Association, Frontier and Pioneer leagues.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  7. Some players return to affiliated baseball from them.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  8. Early 2019, summer 2019, then 2021.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

  9. It worked like a dropped third strike on any count.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

  10. He still made the signal himself.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

Test 8College baseball in the USTake a test

  1. They have come through regionals and super regionals.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  2. Two double-elimination brackets come first.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  3. The rules limit how lively the bats can be.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  4. Scouts flock to Massachusetts each summer.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  5. USA Baseball presents it.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  6. Southern California won twelve.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  7. It replaced the old Rosenblatt Stadium in 2011.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  8. Sixty-four teams start the tournament.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

  9. Many top prospects play on Cape Cod after the season.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

  10. Omaha has hosted it since 1950.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

Test 9Imports in AsiaTake a test

  1. He led the Tigers to their 1985 title.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  2. He played for Kintetsu.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  3. He broke the 55 of Oh, Rhodes and Cabrera.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  4. Japan helped him become a feared hitter.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  5. He hit 47 homers and stole 40 bases that year.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  6. He led the league in wins, ERA and strikeouts.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  7. Some come back to MLB much improved.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  8. 1985, 1990, 2013, then 2015.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

  9. Several players have taken this road.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

  10. Fans later blamed a 'curse' for the club's long wait for another title.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

Test 10Baseball's newer countriesTake a test

  1. The catcher later played in the World Series.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  2. He grew up in Perth.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  3. Their story became the film 'Million Dollar Arm'.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  4. He grew up in Berlin.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  5. The pitcher made his debut for Pittsburgh.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  6. The team played in Williamsport that August.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  7. Every new player brings new fans at home.

    Source: General baseball reference · recall

  8. 2008, May 2012, August 2012, then 2017.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

  9. Brazil has sent a handful, Lithuania one.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

  10. He was the first player from Africa in the majors.

    Source: General baseball reference · applied

Sources

General baseball references, WBSC and league material, coaching manuals; original questions authored, nothing reproduced. Numbered rules belong to the Rules category.

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