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...
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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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World Baseball Classic Daily Dispatch March 12th and 13th
Venezuela 9 - 6 Puerto Rico Venezuela started fast but hard to find off a bit of a scare late to see off a hot Puerto Rico team. They got...
World Baseball Classic Daily Dispatch March 11th and 12th
Venezuela 5 - 1 Dominican Republic The group of death got a little deathier overnight as Venezuela pinned a surprise loss on the...
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...
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....
New Year's Message
I want to start by first of all by sending you all my very best wishes for 2023. I wish to follow this up by also thanking each and every...
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...
The World Baseball Classic Comes Of Age
Over the first four editions of the World Baseball Classic the common complaint has been that many of the game’s brightest stars tend to...
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