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League: Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional (LVBP)

Teams: 8
Structure: Two divisions; División Oriental, División Occidental
Roster Restrictions: Each team is required to have between 18 and 26 players under contract and on their roster. A maximum of eight foreigners may be on the roster; their contracts may not be canceled mid-season. Substitutions may be made prior to each playoff round (including foreigners); 4 substitutions may be done prior to the round robin, and 2 prior to the finals. There is also a 75-man protected player list which must be submitted by October 20th. These are the only players that may be signed by a team and the team has exclusive rights over these players (they may not be signed by other LVBP teams). [I believe this is how the protected players system works. This rule 8.06 from the LVBP’s rules list, located here (pdf), if I have understood this rule incorrectly can some please tell me.] The league uses a designated hitter.
Regular Season: The regular season is 62 games long. Each team plays ten games (5, home; 5, away) versus each divisional opponent and eight games (4, home; 4, away) versus each non-divisional opponent. There are no series to speak of, although most teams do have home-stands with different opponents daily. Games are rarely played on Mondays, most often this occurs in the last month of the season and there is never a full slate of games. No games are played on December 24 and December 25. Double-headers are sometimes schedules and are usually on the weekend. The league begins on the second Friday in October and lasts for twelve weeks until late December. Weekday games start at 7:30 PM, Saturday games usually start between 5:30 PM and 6:30 PM, one Sunday games starts at 1:00 PM (televised) and the other games start at 4:00 PM or 5:30 PM.
Postseason: The top two teams in each division along with the third place team with the highest winning percentage advance to the first stage of the playoffs, a Round Robin. Each team plays each other team four times (two at home and two away) for a total of 16 games. The top two teams advance to the finals, a best-of-seven series with home field advantage given to the top ranked team in the semifinals (2-3-2). The Round Robin begins on the first Wednesday after the end of the regular season and continues for 20 days at two games per day. The finals begin on the first Wednesday after the completion of the Round Robin. There are no travel days in the finals. Weekday games start at 7:30 PM, weekend games usually start between 5:30 PM and 6:30 PM.
All-Star Game: There is and all-star game played on the Tuesday after the eighth week of the season (usually around December 1). There is an all-star gala and no games on the day before the game.
Tryouts/Draft: None
Awards: ? Unknown ?
Salaries: ? Unknown ?
Continental Qualifiers: The winner of the league advances to play in the Caribbean Series.
Teams:
División Oriental
Caribes de Anzoátegui
Estadio Alfonso "Chico" Carrasquel, Puerto la Cruz: 18000, 330ft-400ft-330ft
Leones del Caracas
Estadio Universitario de Caracas, Caracas: 25690, 107m-128m-107m
Navegantes del Magallanes
Estadio José Bernardo Pérez, Valencia: 14638, 334ft-375ft-334ft
Tiburones de La Guaira
Estadio Universitario de Caracas, Caracas: 25690, 107m-128m-107m
División Occidental
Águilas del Zulia
Estadio Luis Aparicio el Grande, Maracaibo: 23900, 345ft-375ft-345ft
Cardenales de Lara
Estadio Antonio Herrera Gutiérrez, Barquisimeto: 20853, 100.97m-124.05m-102.4m
Tigres de Aragua
Estadio José Pérez Colmenares, Maracay: 20328, 348ft-384ft-348ft
Pastora de los Llanos
Estadio Bachiller Julio Hernández Molina, Araure: 10347, 333ft-383ft-333ft