Watch Semi Final Cuban National Series here
Currently, the playoffs in Cuban baseball are being played. Today the game between Alazanes de Granma and Vegueros de Pinar del Rio is streamed live by the WBSC. Enjoy. https://fb.watch/3R2WOky1AI/ VS
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Today in Baseball: The Netherlands World Champion
Today in 2011, the unthinkable happened. The Netherlands beat Cuba in the final of the last World Championship, sanctioned back then by the IBAF (now WBSC). From 2013 on, the World Baseball Classic would replace the official World Championship. As European champion, the Netherlands represented Europe together with Greece, Germany and Italy. That 2011 team…
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Cuban players and human trafficking
I just read this article on Universo Beisbol, a Cuban online baseball magazine. It is an interesting article I want baseball fans to read. I will not copy the text or make an own version of it because the author of this article deserves all the credits. A must read IMHO. https://universobeisbol.mlblogs.com/cuban-players-human-trafficking-and-other-x-files-tales-70043bced0ab?fbclid=IwAR3hNmBrmNEsKjomcoTVja8CP9dnAwpnvlZm5FbPV0w6khpcjlJCbqL3Ie0
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Haarlem Baseball Week 2018: Cubans still without a win
After Cuba fell to Germany, Japan and Italy, it also was beaten by the Netherlands tonight. Even though the score may indicate a close game, Cuba never really was dangerous. The Dutch won 6-4. After Cuba took a 1-0 lead in the first inning, the Kingdom of the Netherlands bounced back in the second inning….
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Haarlem Baseball Week 2018: Surprising win by Germany
Tonight, the Germans, who fell to the Kingdom of the Netherlands yesterday, stunted vs Cuba, the 25-time world champion. In a seesaw game, the Germans eventually prevailed as they clinched the surprising 5-4 win. Germany took an early 1-0 lead in the first inning that lasted until the top of the second when the Cubans…
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Another player leaves Cuba for MLB
In past few years, Cuba has suffered from many baseball players leaving the island to try their luck in America. As a result, Cuban baseball is deteriorating. Proof of that? What about the 14-1 defeat by the Kingdom of the Netherlands during the 2017 WBC? A new player has decided to leave the socialist republic…
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U18 World Cup 2017: Dutch fall to Cuba despite good game
In a rather close game between Cuba and the Netherlands, the Dutch stayed at the wrong side of the score (3-0) for the second day in a row. But the bright spot was it wasn’t a trouncing like yesterday. Unlike yesterday, the Kingdom of the Netherlands managed to collect several hits, seven to be exact,…
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World Port Tournament 2017: Dutch win consolation game vs Cuba
In what was the last game for both teams, the Kingdom of the Netherlands bested Cuba 3-1. A three-run inning was all the Dutch needed to beat Cuba for the second time this week. Manager Sidney de Jong used four pitchers to keep the Cubans in check. Before the game, pitcher Rob Cordemans and infielder…
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World Port Tournament 2017: Easy victory for Dutch vs Cuba
A juvenile team Kingdom of the Netherlands beat Cuba in a surprisingly easy way. The Dutch pitching limited the Cubans to one run and seven hits in a 6-1 victory as the Dutch outhit them 12-7. After Gianison Boekhoudt doubled home Stijn van der Meer from second base, Cuba tied the game in the bottom…
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WBC 2017: Dutch humiliate Cuba in seven innings
In a must-win situation for both teams, the Dutch totally humiliated Cuba in a walk over. It was painful to see how Cuba was slaughtered by the Dutch. As a fan, you always hope for an exciting game, but this one was very lopsided as the Dutch beat Cuba 14-1 in seven innings. Diegomar Markwell…