Posted by thesportsjunky on March 14, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Cuba is one of the biggest baseball countries in the world but a commitment to an old policy despite a changing environment continues to cost them a better chance at a title.
Posted by thesportsjunky on March 3, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Pool B in the World Baseball Classic is a mix of two established powers and two teams still finding their way in the sport in what could be interesting or expected all based on one or two games.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on March 13, 2013 · Leave a Comment
The second round of the WBC has gone through the halfway point with Pool 1 finishing off the Asian leg of the tournament. In the end two teams would survive and earn a trip to California for the semi-finals and a 1 in four chance at the WBC Championship. Pool 1 would simply continue the trend that has been set for this tournament with the unexpected around every corner.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on March 7, 2013 · Leave a Comment
The World Baseball Classic got underway this past week as the Asian pools began their tournament and their quest for the WBC title. Pool A and Pool B were in need of a very different schedule than the other pools in the tournament. With game staking place in Japan and Taiwan these two pools needed time to adjust when they eventually move to the USA.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on March 1, 2013 · 1 Comment
The 2013 World Baseball Classic is about to get underway as the best team in the world will once again be determined. The WBC has been an awakening, of sorts, in the baseball world as the tournament has shocked the original thought of the best teams in the world. Before 2006 many just assumed that the USA was were the best players came from with the Caribbean countries producing some very good talent as well.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on February 25, 2013 · Leave a Comment
The World Baseball Classic is a unique tournament in that it pits teams from around the world against each other. It is even more unique in the fact that there are a number of teams that rarely are seen in the international stage. This is true of the Brazilian team in Pool A of this year’s tournament as they will enter a pool that could be one of the tougher pools in the tournament.
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