Canlubang Sugar Barons

Canlubang Sugar Barons
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League Manila Bay Baseball League
Location Bo. Canlubang, Barangay Canlubang, Calamba City, Laguna, Philippines
Ballpark Canlubang Stadium
Year founded c. 1920s
Year folded 1979
Nickname(s) Sugar Barons
League championships at least 7
Former name(s) Nan’yō Kōhatsu
(c. 1940s)
Ownership Canlubang Sugar Estate

The Canlubang Sugar Barons were a baseball team that played in the now defunct Manila Bay Baseball League. They were the baseball team of the Canlubang Sugar Estate which is also now defunct.[1]

The baseball team was organized by the Yulo family of Canlubang, Laguna who were involved in the sugar industry.[2] During the World War II, when the Japanese occupiers of the Philippines established a baseball league in Manila, the Canlubang Sugar Barons competed under the name "Nan'yō Kōhatsu".[3] The Sugar Barons dominated the Manila Bay Baseball League[1] winning at least seven straight titles under manager, Rodolfo Tingzon.[4] and had their home field in Laguna is the only regulation baseball field in the country at that time other than the Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium.[1]

The team which existed for more than 50 years became defunct when the Manila Bay Baseball League folded in 1979.[1] The Canlubang Sugar Barons also suffered from a significant rise of sugar prices in the world market.[2] Among the team's notable players is national team player, Filomeno Codiñera.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Modern Sports in Asia. Routledge. 14 April 2016. p. 83. ISBN 1-317-58638-7.
  2. 1 2 Juico, Philip Ella (19 September 2012). "Philippine sports traditions". Sports for All. The Philippine Star. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  3. ↑ Antolihao, Lou (1 May 2015). "Baseball Colony to Basketball Republic". Playing with the Big Boys: Basketball, American Imperialism, and Subaltern Discourse in the Philippines. U of Nebraska Press. pp. 86–87. ISBN 0-8032-7853-5. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "Pinoy sportsman Tingzon gets spot in PONY baseball/softball Hall". GMA News. 10 January 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
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