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Taiwan Struggles for Who Controls Baseball

Friday, May 24th, 2013

The Olympics may not have baseball but in Asia they have the Asian Games and they have baseball.  Just like the Olympics, the Asian games are played right in the middle of the professional seasons of the three big Asian Leagues.  It is played every two years.  Japan usually sends a group of industrial league players or college players and in the past even with those players they won the Asian Games.  Taiwan wants to have their professional players participate and there is the problem.

The China Professional Baseball League has stated they will not allow their players to participate in the Asian Games right in the middle of their season.  Sound familiar.  The Chinese Taipei Baseball Association, which is the Taiwanese arm of the International Baseball Federation would like to send their best players.  The CPBL would like to have more control of the formation of the national team and by refusing their professional player’s participation they can negotiate for more control in the creation of the National team.

In the past the CPBL has had sagging attendance and was not considered very popular in Taiwan.  With a successful showing in the World Baseball Classic and the arrival of Manny Ramirez to the league attendance has shot up in the CPBL.  The CPBL is now starting to flex its muscle.

Both the CPBL and the CTBA feel they have control of the baseball in Taiwan.  You can read about the power struggle here: http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2013/05/24/2003563034

The baseball for the Asian games has been won by Japan the last five times.  Taiwan won it in 2001 and finished second in 2003, 2005, 2009 and 2012.  Korea won it in 1999 and finished second in 2007.  You can see the history of the games here under Asian Baseball Championships: http://www.myworldofbaseball.com/id14.html

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18 and Under Tournament Pools Set

Thursday, May 16th, 2013

The pools for the 18 and under tournament to be played in Taichung, Taiwan on August 30 to September 8 has been set.Pool A - Canada, Taiwan, Japan, Venezuela, Czech Republic and Mexico

Pool B - United States, Colombia, Korea, Australia, Italy and Cuba

The United States defeated Canada last year in the event played in Korea. Taiwan defeated Colombia for the bronze medal.

You can read more about the tournament here: http://www.ibaf.org/en/news/2013/05/15/groups-set-for-xxvi-ibaf-18u-baseball-world-cup-in/4371600d-f20e-4f05-98a1-06fea88d425a

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Voting for the Next Sport in the Olympics

Thursday, May 2nd, 2013

Don’t know if it means anything, but you can help support baseball in the Olympics by voting here: http://www.insidethegames.biz/polls/71-which-sport-do-you-think-the-ioc-should-vote-to-include-on-the-olympic-programme-for-2020

Currently baseball is losing to wrestling and squash.  The wrestling folks seem to have quite a rabid following.

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12 and Under World Cup in July

Monday, April 22nd, 2013

It is not the Little League World Series, but it is a group of elementary school kids playing in an event to call themselves the best in the world at baseball for the 12 and under generation.  The difference between the Little League World Series and the World Cup is the Little League is restricted to players who palyed in a specific organization.  You couldn’t grab the best kids from each of the Little League’s from around the country to play in the Little League World Series.  You are kind of stuck with the players who played in your Little League organization.

The 12 and under World Cup is supposed to be composed of the best 12 year olds in your country, if you can find them and convice them to play.  They will be going to Taiwan to compete in the 12 and under World Cup.  It is not a surprise the defending champs from the last 12 and under World Cup is Taiwan.  They were briefly prohibited from playing in the Little League World Series after winning so many titles because many of their teams were All Star teams, and not just composed of players just from a specific Little League organization.

Now the world is not restricted by that.  Any country can select who they think are the best 12 year olds.  And they will be competing in Taiwan.  And because the United States does not have a separate bracket just for itself, there is no guarantee a United States team reaches the finals.  Let’s hope they don’t use their WBC major league brethen as an example of how you get to the finals.

16 teams have entered this tournament.  A true 12 year old World Series.  They have been broken out into two groups.  The event will be held from July 18 to July 25.  The top four teams from each group will advance to a quarter finals.  There will probably be major league scouts there trying to get a head start on their scouting reports.  There has to be another Jurickson Profar or Todd Frazier among that group.  Maybe even another Rinku Singh.

Group A - Taiwan, Mexico, Japan, Italy, Colombia, Czech Republic, India and Hong Kong

Group B - USA, Venezuela, Brazil, Korea, Panama, Nigeria, Russia and Pakistan

Myworld guesses a couple of those countries may drop out due to lack of funding.  It costs money to get to Taiwan and house the players.  I don’t believe the IBAF is funding their travel.  A team absent from this list is last year’s second place team Cuba.

For the USA, Colombia, Czech Republic, India, Panama, Nigeria, Russia and Pakistan it is the first time they are competing in this event.  Since this is only the second 12 and under World Cup that is not a surprise.  It is probably a good thing they put India and Pakistan in separate pools.  It might also be a good thing if they force the two to play each other.

Details of the event can be found here: http://www.ibaf.org/en/news/2013/04/22/16-teams-to-play-in-ii-ibaf-12u-baseball-world-cup/01cdca0d-faa7-4888-a654-88863d2f13b3

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IBAF 12 and Under Held in Taiwan

Wednesday, February 13th, 2013

The IBAF will be holding a 12 and under tournament in Taipei, Taiwan on July 20-28.  This differs from the Little League World Series since these 12 year olds would be a collection of the best 12 year olds representing their country, as opposed to the best 12 year olds in a Little League district.

The tournament will be limited to 12 teams.  Last year the United States did not have a team to participate in the tournament won by Taiwan.  The request for invitation by the IBAF can be found here: http://www.ibaf.org/en/news/2013/02/12/invitation-to-ii-ibaf-12u-baseball-world-cup-in-ta/6b910a21-6813-48f1-bd1d-04e107fe6e97

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Shilin High School (Taiwan) Repeats Phoenix Championship

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013

Shilin High School repeated their women’s baseball championship in Hong Kong with a perfect 6-0 record.  Their closest game was an early 7-6 win over three time champion Far East Bloomers of Japan.  The Bloomers finished third this year as an Australian high school development team finished in second place at 5-1.  They  beat the Far East Bloomers 13-3 to knock the Bloomers down to 4-2.  Unfortunately, the Australian team was handled pretty convincingly by Shilin 12-6.

You can see the results of the games here: http://www.hkphoenixcup.com/  They will also be name those players who won awards soon.

Shilin High School (Taiwan) 6-0

Team Australia 5-1

Far East Bloomers (Japan) 4-2

Allies (Hong Kong) 3-3

Guri City Ninevics (Korea) 2-4

Taipei Vanguard (Taiwan) 1-5

Development Team (Hong Kong) 0-6

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Three Undefeateds at Phoenix

Friday, January 18th, 2013

The defending champs Shilin High School of Taiwan defeated three time champion Far East Bloomers 7-6 in the biggest game of the first two days of the Phoenix Womens Baseball Tournament in Hong Kong.  Shilin also beat the Development Team, Hong Kong 10-0 to move to 2-0.

A local Hong Kong team, Allies of Hong Kong seem to be surprising the pack with somewhat easy victories over a Korean team (18-4) and Taipei Vanguard (10-1).  Both teams they beat have yet to win a game so their true test is in the future.

The other undefeated team is the Australian team with 9-1 and 13-0 wins over the same two teams beaten by the Allies of Hong Kong.  The schedule will get a bit tougher for both Allies, Hong Kong and Australia with the Far East Bloomers of Japan and Shilin High School of Taiwan on the horizon.

The Far East Bloomers recovered from their loss to Shilin by beating the Development team of Hong Kong 13-1.

You can follow the results here: http://www.hkphoenixcup.com/ No boxscores, just line scores.

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Pheonix Cup to Begin in Hong Kong This Weekend

Wednesday, January 16th, 2013

One of the larger women’s baseball tournaments will begin this weekend in of all places Hong Kong.  Teams from Hong Kong, Australia, Japan, Korea and Taiwan will compete on the baseball fields of Sai Tso Wan.  In the past a combined team from the United States and Canada competed in this tournament, but they appear absent this year.  When you look at the prices airlines are charging to fly to Asia now, who can blame them.

Myworld will provide updates on the results, but you can go to http://www.hkphoenixcup.com/ to see the results.  They have been playing this tournament in Hong Kong since 2008.  Last year’s champion was a team from Taiwan (Shilin High School).  Japan (Far East Bloomers) had won it three of the previous four years with Australia winning it in 2010 (Aussie Hearts).

The Bloomers look to retake their crown from the defending champion Shilin High School, who return for their second season.

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End of the Year World Rankings

Thursday, December 6th, 2012

Cuba finishes as the top baseball country according to rankings by the IBAF.  In second place stands the United States.  A good showing by the United States and a poor showing by Cuba in the WBC could vault the United States to the top spot.

The IBAF rankings are based on a number of different international tournaments.  The more tournaments a country enters the more points they can accumulate, provided they do well.  The big tournaments in 2012 were the 15 and under, 18 and under and WBC qualifying rounds, as well as showings in the European and Asian championships.

The Asian countries take the next three spots.  Japan is number three followed by Korea and Taiwan.  Taiwan accumulated the most points in 2012 with their top showings in the youth tournaments and the WBC qualifier.

Canada, Netherlands, Venezuela, Italy and Australia round out the top ten.  New Zealand made perhaps the biggest jump, moving from no ranking to number 29.  At the bottom of the list is American Samoa and Serbia.

You can see the full list here: http://www.ibaf.org/en/world-ranking.aspx?type=1

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Taiwan Squeezes Past China to Take Second

Monday, December 3rd, 2012

China played Chinese Taipei tough, leading 1-0 after four innings.  Taiwan scored a run in the fifth to tie it and added runs in the seventh and eighth to take the 3-1 victory.  Taiwan finished in second place at 4-1 while China settled for fourth at 2-3.

China started T. Bu.  In his first start he didn’t give up any runs in five innings of work, striking out nine.  In his second start he almost duplicated that, Taiwan going scoreless until scoring their lone run off him in the fifth.  Bu only gave up three hits, walking two and striking out three.

Taiwan got eight innings from the duo of H.C. Lai and Y.L. Wang.  Lai had only worked one inning of scoreless relief in a previous appearance, but threw four plus innings against China, giving up their lone run.  Wang got the start and the loss in the opener against Japan.  He went three plus innings without giving up a hit or walk and striking out five in his start against China.

S.W. Wang spanked two hits to drive in one run.  The box score can be found here: http://www.ctba.org.tw/show_record.php?id=3427

Final standings are Japan 5-0, Tawian, 4-1, Korea 3-2, China 2-3, Philippines 1-4, Pakistan 0-5.

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