Euro Baseball: The Quarter Finals
NOTE: In the interest of time and keeping these articles manageable, not covering the 9-16 seeding games. I will also omit the 5-8...
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June 2004 marked the most important inflection point in my life. I attended my first Blue Jays game. They lost but I fell in love for the first time. I threw myself into reading and knowing everything about the game, knowing everything about the game. This blog is a step on what I hope will be a journey towards leaving a lasting impact on the game I love. Whilst at it, I hope to also share interesting inisghts on other sports like hockey or soccer. Here's to hoping that you will join me on the journey.
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Euro Baseball: Day Three
Day number three consumated a shock early exit for one of the historic big three. It was also a watershed moment in the history of both...
Euro Baseball: Day One
It's begun convincingly enough for some of the favorites, with two 14-1 score lines in the books and a 15-2 for good measure. If runs are...
2023 European Baseball Championships Preview
The 2023 European Baseball Championships will kick off in slightly over a week. It will be a tournament where the traditional powers of...
World Baseball Classic Recap: The Quarter Finals
Cuba 4 - 3 Australia By a familiar scoreline against a familiar foe, and at a familiar venue for that matter, Cuba punched their first...
Why Baseball Needs The World Baseball Classic
The injury suffered by Edwin Diaz has brought out the World Baseball Classic haters in full force trying to point out why the tournament...
World Baseball Classic Daily Dispatch March 10th and 11th
Australia 12 - 2 China Mercy rule was used for the first time in this WBC at the expense of China. Australia smells blood in the water...
World Baseball Classic Daily Dispatch March 9th and 10th
Cuba 13 - 4 Panama That was much better from Team Cuba. More importantly, they finally found their offense at the expense of Panama's...
World Baseball Classic Daily Dispatch March 8th and 9th
Australia 8 - 7 Korea Crikey! The first major upset of the 2023 World Baseball Classic is in the books and as was the case in 2017, it...
World Baseball Classic Daily Dispatch Mar 7-8
Netherlands 4 - 2 Cuba The two-time semi-finalists said "let there be baseball" with a hard fought triumph over historical powerhouse...
On World Baseball Classic Eve
By 10PM Toronto time, tomorrow night, the World Baseball Classic will officially begin with the game between Cuba and the Netherlands....
2023 World Baseball Classic Pool A Preview
Overview: Location: Taichung, Taiwan Teams: Netherlands, Cuba, Taiwan, Panama, Italy Venue: Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium...
What the World Baseball Classic Can Leverage From The World Cup
The FIFA World Cup is about to enter the quarterfinals as I write this. It has been a tournament of upsets, heroics, tragedies and the...
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