Tokyo Big6 Baseball League
| Tokyo Big6 Baseball League | |
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| Established | 1925 |
| Teams | 6 |
| National Championships | 23 |
| Meiji Jingu Tournament Championships | 12 |
| Region | Kantō, Japan |
| Prefectures | 1 – Tokyo |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
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Tokyo Big6 Baseball League (東京六大学野球連盟 Tōkyō roku daigaku yakyū renmei?) is an intercollegiate baseball league that features six prominent universities in the Tokyo area. Before the 1936 establishment of the Japanese Baseball League and subsequent growth (after 1950) of Nippon Professional Baseball, the Big6 League was widely considered the highest level of baseball in Japan.
Current as of November 3, 2012
The Tokyo Big6 Baseball League was established in 1925. It is also the origin of the Tokyo 6 Universities (東京六大学, Tōkyō roku daigaku) nickname that is given to the same six universities.
All games are played at Meiji Jingu Stadium in Kasumigaoka, Shinjuku in downtown Tokyo. Games are known to be rowdy and celebratory, with male cheerleaders (応援団, Ōendan), cheerleaders and bands working themselves and the crowd into a frenzy.
The six teams play short, eight-weekend seasons in the spring and autumn of each year. Each team plays a short series against each of the five other teams in the league. The series format is similar to a three-game playoff, where the first to two wins is given a series victory. Home field is alternated, and all games are played at Jingu Stadium. Should a team sweep the first two games, the third game is not played.
The champion of the league is determined by the team with the most series victories. The champion team is given the Emperor's Cup. This is unique in Japan in that the other Emperor's cups are given to national champions in other sports such as Emperor's Cup of Football. The spring champion is allowed to participate in the All Japan University Baseball Championship Series while the fall champion is allowed to compete in the Meiji Jingu Stadium Tournament.
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