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Posted at 7:52 p.m., Monday, November 19, 2007

Rain cancels Hawaii Winter Baseball title game

By Stacy Kaneshiro
Advertiser Staff Writer

WAIPAHU — The skies cleared a bit too late tonight at Hans L'Orange Park.

Hawaii Winter Baseball's championship between the North Shore Honu and Waikiki BeachBoys was canceled because of rain. The game could not be made up because most of the players and coaches had flights tomorrow. Also, safety was an issue for the players, some of whom are future major leaguers.

"I'm very disappointed," Waikiki manager Donovan Mitchell said. "It would've been a good championship game. We had our best pitcher (Kyohei Muranaka) going against one of their best pitchers (Shinya Nakayama). You just never would've known in a one-game playoff. But you can't do anything about Mother Nature."

The Honu (26-12), the Western Division champion, was named the overall champion by virtue of having the best record. The BeachBoys (19-19), the East champion, were named the runner-up. Their .500 record was the second-best mark in the four-team developmental league.