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Offline TomSea

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World Baseball Classic growing slowly, but far from mature
« on: March 05, 2017, 07:06:42 pm »
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World Baseball Classic growing slowly, but far from mature
By RONALD BLUM | March 3, 2017 | 5:33 AM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — The World Baseball Classic returns Monday for its fourth edition, growing slowly yet still far from rising to the prominence of soccer's World Cup or the Olympics.

South Korea hosts Israel at the opener of the 16-nation tournament in Seoul, and the Dominican Republic starts its title defense March 9 against Canada in Miami.

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Re: World Baseball Classic growing slowly, but far from mature
« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2017, 02:24:02 am »
Israel is participating AND...



Their mascot "Mensch."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2017/03/07/mensch-on-a-bench-team-israel-and-its-mascot-winning-at-the-world-baseball-classic/?utm_term=.3353b53c049a

https://twitter.com/RyanLavarnway/status/836301624062595073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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Some scores: http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/world-baseball-classic-results-scores-israel-looks-like-cinderella-japan-beats-cuba/

Israel 15 Taiwan (Chinese Taipei at webpage) 7

Japan 11 Cuba 6

Netherlands 5 S. Korea 0 (Netherlands btw, has taken to the game and have been able in these recent classics)

So when does the USA start playing?

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