In the final of the World Baseball Classic Qualifier in Panama City, the host natino took on neighbour Colombia. In what would become a close game, Panama could not clinch the championship for the second time in a row. Four years ago, the team fell to underdog Brazil Panama 1 – …
After the Rockies released him at the end of the 2015 season, Jair Jurrjens went looking for a new employer. He found one in the Uni President 7-Eleven Lions of the CPBL in Taiwan. After a relative short preparation on the 2016 season, as he only signed with the team last month, Jurrjens had his first start…
In a game that was close for the most part, Panama eventually stayed on the right side of the score as the French pitching staff had a hard time finding the strike zone at moments that mattered. Panama 7 – 4 France France took an early 2-0 lead as…
Both the Czech Republic and Nicaragua were in a must win situation. The Czechs advanced to this game by beating neighbour Germany and Nicaragua was sentenced to this game because of their loss vs Mexico. Nicaragua 7 – 6 Czech Republic The Czech Republic started the game well with…
In the night cap of the World Baseball Classic, played at Rod Carew Stadium in Panama City, Colombia and Panama pulled up a nice game that wasn’t as lopsided as the night game in Mexicali. Colombia 6 – 3 Panama Both teams kept each other in check rather…
In the night cap of the World Baseball Classic Qualifier in Mexicali, Mexico took on Nicaragua and proved to be way too strong for the small neighbour. The fact that Mexico scored the first nine runs on only three hits, shows the balance of power in this game. Nicaragua 0 – …
Czech Republic 15 – 3 Germany Another surprising result in the game in the losers bracket, between the Czech Republic and Germany. In the first inning the Germans took a 1-0 lead when Kent Matthes scored on Donald Lutz’ sac fly to left field. But in the third inning…
The WBSC released the new World Rankings today. https://twitter.com/WBSCBaseball/status/710794210555854848 As expected Japan remained in first place as did the USA remained in second. Chinese Taipei moved up a spot and Korea moved up four due to their great performance during the inaugural Premier 12. Cuba dropped to fifth place. The biggest free fall made team…
On March 17 the third qualifier of the World Baseball Classic will start. Panama will host Columbia, France and Spain during this four day event. The stadium where this four day event will be played is Rod Carew Stadium, which served as stadium for the 2011 World Cup final which was won by the Netherlands. Also…
As defending champion, the Dutch team was already invited for the France International Baseball Tournament, that will be played in Sénart, home of the Templiers. Two years ago, the Dutch won the invitational by beating France in the final. Next to Kingdom of the Netherlands and France, the other two participants are Germany and a team…
