3044 - Kemijärvi, Lapland, Finland

A great cycling card from Leila. Even more interesting is the postage stamp of the 100th anniversary of baseball in Finland. Baseball in Finland? I didn't know either.

It's not baseball in Finland, but Finnish Baseball, otherwise known as Pesäpallo. Lauri "Tahko" Pihkala invented it in the 1920s and is based on other ball-batting teams games and North American baseball.

The offence tries to score by hitting a ball successfully and running through the based, while the defence tried to put the batter and runners out. The ball is pitched vertically, which makes hitting the ball, as well as controlling the power and the direction of the hit much easier. The offensive teams has more variety, speed, and tactics compared to baseball. This sounds a lot like what is called slopitch.

There is a Superpesis - the top professional Pesäpallo league in Finland. Both the men and women's top division is called Superpesis. There are 13 men's teams, and 12 women's teams. And like other European professional and amateur leagues, teams can be regulated to lower division, or promoted to higher divisions.

I've included a video that helps explain what Pesäpallo is.

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