Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Dutch Win Baseball World Cup

Dutch Baseball Team Celebrating World Cup
This may be startling news to American baseball fans, but there is a new Baseball World Cup champion, and it’s not the San Francisco Giants, Boston Red Sox or the New York Yankees. It's the Netherlands baseball team that won the 2011 Baseball World Cup, beating Cuba 2-1 in the final played last weekend in Panama City, Panama.  First, something about the Baseball World Cup:  initially known as the Amateur World Series and until 1998 only open to amateur players, has since included professional players (incl. minor league players, although Major League Baseball still does not allow its players to join.) This tournament has grown from its founding in 1938 – when only two teams participated and Great Britain won by beating a team of U.S. college students– to last week’s tournament consisting of 22 countries including................