Eastern League (Japanese baseball) Eastern League (Japanese baseball) The is one of the two minor leagues ("ni-gun") of Japanese professional baseball. The league is owned and managed by the Central League of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). Teams in the Eastern League generally play an 80-game schedule every year. In 1954 the six teams of NPB's Central League agreed to form their own minor league — the Shin Nippon League (or "New Japan League") — as a complement to the already extant Kansai Farm League, which had begun play in 1952. The minor league affiliates of the Chunichi Dragons and Hanshin Tigers moved over from
2010–11 Ukrainian First League 2010–11 Ukrainian First League The 2010–11 Ukrainian First League was the 20th since its establishment. Eighteen teams competed in the competition. Two teams were promoted from the 2009–10 Ukrainian Second League and a third team replaced a team that withdrew from the competition. The competition began on July 17, 2010 with six matches. The competition had a winter break and resumed March 19, 2011. These three teams were promoted from the 2009–10 Ukrainian Second League Two teams were relegated from the 2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League At the meeting of the Professional Football League of Ukraine, it was confirmed that "FC