What is Hawaii Winter Baseball?
Hawaii Winter Baseball is an organized professional baseball league sanctioned by Major League Baseball (MLB). It provides a setting for top young professional ball players to play against top-notch U.S. and international competition to accelerate U.S. player progress through their respective major league farm systems and to give top young Asian players opportunities for international competition. HWB East: Honolulu Sharks, Waikiki Beach Boys Home Field: Les Murakami Stadium HWB West: North Shore Honu, West Oahu Cane Fires Home Field: Hans L’Orange Field Each team will play 40 games during the 2007 season which runs from late September through late November. Our inaugural season was in 1993 with continuous seasons running through 1997. The league returned in 2007 for its seventh season and the North Shore Honu claimed the league title with a 5-1 victory over the Waikiki BeachBoys. The level of professional baseball play is primarily at the A & AA level. Top prospects from MLB in the U.
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- The success of Hawaii Winter Baseball in developing Japanese ball players is legendary. What are some of the names of successful Japanese alumni?
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