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Joensuu prepare for their opening match against Siilinjärvi with a win over Kitee Photograph from Joensuu Facebook.  (C) Joensuun Maila 2020 Halli SM 2020 preview With the new year only just begun, eyes turn to the start of the Halli SM tournament starting on 12th January when Joensuu host Siilinjärvi. But before the first pitch is tossed, we take a look at who we think will take the medals in 2020. The group stage of the tournament shapes up as follows, with the top team from each group advancing to the semi finals: Group A (3 teams) Kempeleen Kiri Pattijoen Urheilijat, Raahe Sotkamon Jymy Group B (4 teams) Joensuun Maila Imatran Pallo-Veikot Kiteen Pallo -90 Siilinjärven Pesis Group C (4 teams) Kankaanpään Maila Koskenkorvan Urheilijat Seinäjoen JymyJussit Vimpelin Veto Group D (3 teams) Kouvolan Pallonlyöjat Tampere Manse PP Hyvinkään Tahko Who will advance from each group? Groups A and D have 3 teams in each and t...

Superpesis Roundup Christmas message It has been an absolute pleasure to produce this blog this year and bring commentary and interest to such a fantastic sport. I want to thank everyone who has viewed our posts and hope to bring much more content for the future. I want to take this opportunity to wish everyone joy and peace as people celebrate at this time of year; we wish you all a merry Christmas, however you may celebrate and we hope you all have a happy new year. Best wishes Superpesis Roundup Team

Who will make Superpesis Roundup’s 2019 Dream Team Photograph from Sotkamo Facebook (c) Sotkamon Jymy 2019 Superpesis Roundup Dream Team With 2019 coming to a close, we here at Superpesis Roundup have put together our dream team for the year. The teams highlighted are the teams the players played for in 2019 and are not necessarily their current club. The dream team has been chosen after carefully looking at the players statistics, how they performed in their team’s lineup and their fielding positions. The 2019 lineup is: Batting order Tommi Mäentausta (KPL) Joni Rytkönen (Sotkamon Jymy) Antti Hartikainen (KPL) Teemu Nurmio (IPV) Tuomas Jussila (Joensuun Maila) Juha Puhtimäki (Joensuun Maila) Olli Heikkala (Vimpelin Veto) Sami Haapakoski (Vimpelin Veto) Antti Korhonen (Sotkamon Jymy) Jokers Jukka-Pekka Vainionpää (Seinäjoen JymyJussit) Roope Korhonen (Sotkamon Jymy) Topi Hurskainen (Kiteen Pallo -90) Batting 1st - Outfielder Tommi Mäentau...

The roundup 12th November to 8th December 2019 First of all I want to apologise for the delay in this post - news is slow this time of year, but I’ve had a struggle to find time to post due to pressures of work. Stay tuned as we have some posts in the pipeline before we start the Halli-SM coverage in the new year... The big stories Structure for 2020 season is released The executive committee has released the format for the 2020 season, which will see all 14 teams play each other twice and play 4 other fixtures to bring total games played to 30. The teams are divided into groups, which determines who they play for the 4 additional fixtures. The groups are: Group 1 - each team plays each other team twice, one home and one away game per opponent Hyvinkään Tahko Imatran Pallo-Veikot Kouvolan Pallonlyöjat  Group 2 - each team plays each other team twice, one home and one away game per opponent Joensuun Maila Kiteen Pallo -90 Siilinjärven Pesis G...

The roundup 28th October to 11th November 2019 The big stories The Halli-SM (indoor championship series) commences in January The groupings for the group stage and dates for the tournament have been released as a curtain raiser to the 2020 Superpesis season. The groups are: Group A (3 teams) Kempeleen Kiri Pattijoen Urheilijat, Raahe Sotkamon Jymy Group B (4 teams) Joensuun Maila Imatran Pallo-Veikot Kiteen Pallo -90 Siilinjärven Pesis Group C (4 teams) Kankaanpään Maila Koskenkorvan Urheilijat Seinäjoen JymyJussit Vimpelin Veto Group D (3 teams) Kouvolan Pallonlyöjat Tampere Manse PP Hyvinkään Tahko Full details are available on the Superpesis website - https://www.superpesis.fi/halli-sm/ Superpesis Roundup will give the tournament full coverage and new articles and posts will appear over the winter holidays as well as throughout the tournament. Sotkamon Jymy and Oulun Lippo have signed a farm deal 2019 Silver me...

Who will take home this year’s Superpesis Roundup awards! Superpesis Roundup awards 2019 With the official awards now having been won, we turn to our very own Superpesis Roundup awards for 2019. The awards are chosen by the team here at Superpesis Roundup and fit different categories to the official awards. The categories are: Player of the year - awarded to the player who contributed the most during the season overall; Game of the year - the game this year that stood out as being of high quality and drama; Leadoff player of the year - the player at the top of the lineup who reached first base most successfully and ran home successfully from third base; Clutch player of the year -  Rookie of the year -  Kotiutuskilpailu pair of the year - the batter and runner who had the most success in kotiutuskilpailu during the year; Precision player of the year - the player who has had the best record moving players to 2nd or 3rd base, requiring accuracy and skill; Kunni...