1998 Baseball World Cup
The 1998 Baseball World Cup (BWC) was the 33rd international Men's amateur baseball tournament. The tournament was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation, which titled it the Amateur World Series from the 1938 tournament through the 1986 AWS. The tournament was held, for the third time, in Italy, from July 21 to August 2. The final was a repeat of the previous BWC tournament, with Cuba again defeating South Korea in the final, winning its 22nd title. There were 16 participating countries, split into two groups, with the first four of each group qualifying for the finals. This was the first edition of the tournament that allowed professional players to take part in the competition. The next six competitions were also held as the BWC tournament, which was replaced in 2015 by the quadrennial WBSC Premier12. Stadiums *Stadio Steno Borghese * Stadio Primo Nebiolo First round Pool A Pool B Final round Final standings Awards References External link ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Antonio Pacheco (baseball)
Antonio Pacheco Massó (born 4 June 1964) is a retired Cuban baseball player, and is also a 3 times Olympic medalist. He coached the Cuba national baseball team to a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He played for Japanese corporate team Shidax between 2002 and 2004. He has been a baseball instructor in the New York Yankees The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Amer ... farm system since 2014. References External links * 1964 births Living people Olympic baseball managers Olympic baseball players of Cuba Olympic gold medalists for Cuba Olympic silver medalists for Cuba Olympic medalists in baseball Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Baseball players at the 1992 Summer Olym ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Omar Linares
Omar Linares Izquierdo (born October 23, 1968)Biography of Omar Linares is a former Cuban player. He was born in , , . Linares played [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Juan Manrique
Juan Manrique García (born August 26, 1967 in Matanzas, Cuba) is a Cuban baseball player and Olympic gold and silver medalist. Manrique is a one time Gold medalist for baseball, winning at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He also won a Silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics for baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea .... Manrique also played for the Cuba national team in the 1999 Baltimore Orioles–Cuba national baseball team exhibition series. References * * 1967 births Living people Olympic baseball players for Cuba Olympic silver medalists for Cuba Olympic gold medalists for Cuba Olympic medalists in baseball Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Baseball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Baseball players ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yovany Aragón
Yovany Aragon (born 2 May 1974) is a Cuban former baseball player, who starred for the Cuban national baseball team. Aragon played for Cuba team in the 2000 Summer Olympic Games The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ... where his team won the silver medal. References 1974 births Living people Olympic baseball players for Cuba Olympic silver medalists for Cuba Olympic medalists in baseball Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Baseball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Baseball players at the 2003 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in baseball Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba Competitors at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hwang Woo-Gu
Huang or Hwang may refer to: Location * Huang County, former county in Shandong, China, current Longkou City * Yellow River, or Huang River, in China * Huangshan, mountain range in Anhui, China * Huang (state), state in ancient China. * Hwang River, in Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea People * Emperor of China, titled as Huángdì (皇帝) * Huang (surname) (黄 / 黃), Chinese surname with several Vietnamese variants * Hwang (surname) (黃), (皇), a common Korean family name Other uses * Huang (jade), a jade arc-shaped artifact that was used as a pendant * Fenghuang, mythological birds of East Asia * Huang, a character in the anime cartoon ''Darker than Black'' * Hwang Seong-gyeong, a character in the ''Soulcalibur'' video game series * Huang (Coca-Cola), a brand of Coca-Cola * Huang Harmonicas, a Chinese-based manufacturer of harmonica The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notab ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Davide Rigoli
Davide is an Italian given name (common) and an Italian/Filipino surname (relatively rare), and may refer to: Given name * Davide Alviti (born 1996), Italian basketball player * Davide Ancilotto (1974–1997), Italian basketball player * Davide Astori (1987-2018), Italian footballer * Davide Biale (born 1994), Italian Bass Slapper * Davide Dias (born 1983), a Portuguese footballer * Davide Faraone (born 1975), Italian politician * Davide Faraoni (born 1991), Italian footballer * Davide Lorenzini (born 1969), Italian diver * Davide Nicola (born 1973), former Italian footballer and manager * Davide Sanguinetti (born 1972), Italian former tennis player * Davide Valsecchi (born 1987), Italian racing driver * Davide Santon (born 1991) Italian footballer Surname *Hilario Davide Jr. (born 1935), Philippine chief justice *Hilario Davide III (born 1964), Filipino politician See also *David (other) David was the second king of the United Kingdom of Israel and a figure in the scrip ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chin-Feng Chen
Chen Chin-feng (; born 28 October 1977) is a retired baseball outfielder who was the first Taiwan-born player playing in Major League Baseball in 2002. Chen is a Taiwanese aborigine of Siraya tribal ancestry. Career In 1999 in the Cal League with Class-A San Bernardino in 1999, he batted .316/.404/.580 with 31 homers, 31 steals, 123 RBIs and 75 walks. Along with outfielder Joc Pederson who did it in AAA in 2014, he is one of only two LA Dodger minor leaguers to have a 30 home run, 30 stolen bases season. Chen became the first Taiwanese baseball player to play in Major League baseball when he made his debut on September 14, 2002. He played for the Los Angeles Dodgers in parts of the 2002-05 seasons, but only sparingly. In 2005, Chen was reluctant to accept a designation for assignment back to Dodgers' Las Vegas 51s AAA team, and try out with another major league team. In 2005, Chen was the first Taiwanese position player to ever get a hit in Major League Baseball, a 2-run ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Eiji Yano
Eiji is a common masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Eiji can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *, "prosperity, peace" *, "great, peace" *, "great, second" *, "eternity, next" The name can also be written in hiragana () or katakana (). The Eiji era (, "eternal peace") is a period in the history of Japan, dating from 1141 to 1142 AD. It follows the Hōen era and precedes the Kōji era. People with the name *, Japanese actor *, Japanese designer and video game director *, Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese film actor *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese football goalkeeper *, Japanese industrial designer *, Japanese professional mixed martial artist *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese boxer *, Japanese film actor *, Japanese conductor *, Japanese businessman *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation *, Japanese special effects director *, Japanese si ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |