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................
