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KBO announces 2017 WBC schedule
Byyankeebiscuitfan November 11, 2016

The (South) Korean baseball organisation, KBO, has announced the schedule of group D of the 2017 World Baseball Classic. The games of group D will be played at the Gecheok Sky Dome in Seoul. Group D contains Korea, Chinese Taipei, Israel and the Kingdom of the Netherlands. In the 2013 version of the WBC, the Dutch…

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World Baseball Classic Qualifier 4: Great Britain to face Israel for final spot in main tournament
Byyankeebiscuitfan September 25, 2016

In a very close game in which Great Britain had the lead from the third inning , a suicidal action by Brazil’s Juan Carlos Muniz, who tried to steal third base, ended the game, leaving Brazil eliminated from the tournament. Brazil 3 – 4 Great Britain After two scoreless innings Brazil took a…

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World Baseball Classic Qualifier 4: Great Britain slugs its way to semi final
Byyankeebiscuitfan September 24, 2016

It may not have come as a surprise that Great Britain beat Pakistan in the game of the losers bracket. But that it would be in seven innings and with a fourteen run margin, may. The British slugged their way to a 14-0 victory that eliminated Pakistan from the tournament. On Saturday, Great Britain will now…

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World Baseball Classic Qualifier 4: Israel beats Brazil in very close game
Byyankeebiscuitfan September 23, 2016

The game in the winners bracket was played in the afternoon today at MCU Park in Brooklyn. Israel and Brazil made it a promotion for baseball as this game was a real pitching duel. Eventually Israel stayed at the right side of the score with the smallest possible margin. Brazil 0 – Israel 1 …

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World Baseball Classic Qualifier 4: Israel clinches win with four run seventh
Byyankeebiscuitfan September 23, 2016

In the nightcap of the first day of the World Baseball Classic Qualifier in Brooklyn’s MCU Park, it was much more of a game than the previous one between Brazil and Pakistan. Both teams were pretty much each equal for the biggest part of the game until the bottom of the seventh innings when Israel…

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World Baseball Classic Qualifier 4: Pakistan no match for Brazil
Byyankeebiscuitfan September 22, 2016

Thursday, September 22, the fourth Qualifier of the World Baseball Classic teed off in Brooklyn. The home field of the Brooklyn Cyclones, MCU Park, serves as the arena of this four day tournament. The participants are Israel, Great Britain, Brazil and Pakistan. With Coney Island in the backdrop of the ballpark, Pakistan and Brazil played…

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WBC Brooklyn Qualifier rosters announced
Byyankeebiscuitfan August 26, 2016

The World Baseball Classic announced the rosters of the four participating countries in the Brooklyn Qualifier: Brazil, Great Britain, Israel and Pakistan.These four will take on each other from September 22 through September 25 at MCU Ballpark, home of the Brooklyn Cyclones (A Short Season affiliate of the New York Mets in the New York-Penn…

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Facilities for World Baseball Classic set
Byyankeebiscuitfan August 26, 2016

Early August it was announced that the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul South Korea would be one of the venues where the World Baseball Classic will be played. The other Asian venue will be the Tokyo Dome. The Gocheok Sky Dome is a brand new indoor ballpark in Gocheok-Dong, Seoul, home of the Nexen Heroes…

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Trevor Hoffman to join UK WBC staff
Byyankeebiscuitfan August 16, 2016

And now for something completely different. This time no news about players from the Netherlands, Curacao or Aruba, nor about the Minor Leagues or the Yankees. With the World Baseball Classic Qualifier 4 (in Brooklyn NY) getting near rapidly, the Twitter account of the WBC (retweet) and the website of UK Baseball announced that former…

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Jim Leyland to guide team USA in 2017 WBC
Byyankeebiscuitfan April 15, 2016

MLB.com announced today that former manager, Jim Leyland will be at the helm of team USA during the World Baseball Classic in 2017. It will be the first time since the 2013 ALCS that Leyland will guide a team. In that year the Tigers fell to the Boston Red Sox. As a manager, Leyland has…

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