Hesche on 11/9/2009 at 12:20
For everyone interested in Baseball outside the MLB: the first round of the (
http://2009baseballworldcup.com/index.php?id=49) 2009 Baseball Worldcup has started yesterday. This years cup has been awarded to the whole continent of Europe with games of the 1st round hosted in Prague, Barcelona, Stockholm, Zagreb and Regensburg. The final will take place in Rome.
Participating teams are
Czech Republic, Spain, Sweden, Croatia, Germany, Australia, Cuba, Canada, Great Britain, China, Chinese Taipei, Puerto Rico, Netherlands Antilles, Japan, U.S.A., Mexico, Rep. South Africa, South Korea, Nicaragua, Venezuela
Team U.S.A. competes in Group E and lost against Venezuela yesterday after a tying Grand Slam forced them into extra Innings. The game China against Venezuela just started and tonight at 7 pm (MET) USA will play Germany.
I´m really exited, this is the first big Baseball event in Germany. Well, that´s if you don´t count the Baseball demonstration game at the Olympics 1936 in Berlin. Baseball here is a marginalized sport with an average of 300-400 people watching 1st League games. Now the finest stadium in Germany has been reconstructed to hold up to 10.000 people. Must be great to play infront of such a huge crowd.
Two of my teammates made the German roster, another one plays for Great-Britain. One of them got to close the game against China yesterday. Hope to see more of them...
Queue on 11/9/2009 at 12:24
Team USA lost to Venezuela? Let me guess, it's not stacked full of big name, professional ringers like all the US teams during the olympics.
...then again, it could be.
Those Germans sure known how to keep a crowd captivate.
Hesche on 11/9/2009 at 12:36
(
http://2009baseballworldcup.com/index.php?id=41) U.S.A. roster
Mostly AA and AAA guys, some ex MLB guys...
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Those Germans sure known how to keep a crowd captivate.
And we even spared some to tell the story...
