What a pesäpallo tournament could look like
A new tournament could become a great symbol for the game and unite pesäpallo across Finland Just over a month ago, the Pessäpalloliito (Pesäpallo association) announced that the annual winter (pre-season) tournament was cancelled due to the ongoing pandemic. In the press release, the Pessäpalloliito stated that teams would still be able to play organised training games tournaments, but with the association’s approval. The association suggested that teams would have to “be creative” to create any tournaments... this got me thinking: what could a more expansive tournament look like in the future? What could a tournament look like now? With the Supercup now being cancelled and a hint that there may be a competition next year to mark the 100 year anniversary, I thought I should finally get round to putting my thoughts together in a post. Why change Halli-SM at all The truth is, there is no real reason to replace the current tournament; however the prospect of creating something new an...