The Canlubang Sugar Barons were a baseball team that played in the now defunct Manila Bay Baseball League. They were the baseball team of the Canlubang Sugar Estate which is also now defunct. The baseball team was organized by the Yulo family of

Canlubang Canlubang is a major industrial zone located in the province of Laguna, southwest of Metro Manila in the Philippines. It was once a hacienda during the Spanish colonial period. Canlubang straddles two component cities of Laguna: Cabuyao, Calamba ...

, Laguna who were involved in the sugar industry. During the

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, when the Japanese occupiers of the Philippines established a baseball league in Manila, the Canlubang Sugar Barons competed under the name "Nan'yō Kōhatsu". The Sugar Barons dominated the Manila Bay Baseball League winning at least seven straight titles under manager, Rodolfo Tingzon. and had their home field in Laguna is the only regulation baseball field in the country at that time other than the

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. The team which existed for more than 50 years became defunct when the Manila Bay Baseball League folded in 1979. The Canlubang Sugar Barons also suffered from a significant rise of sugar prices in the world market. Among the team's notable players is national team player,

Filomeno Codiñera Filomeno Codiñera Jr. (March 25, 1939 – October 25, 2016), also known as Boy Codiñera, was a Filipino baseball and softball player. He has represented both the men's national softball and baseball teams of the Philippines. He played as an outf ...

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{{reflist Baseball teams in the Philippines Canlubang Sports in Laguna (province) 1979 disestablishments in the Philippines