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2008 Women's Baseball World Cup
The 2008 IBAF Women's Baseball World Cup was held in Botchan Stadium at Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan and won by Japan. Final results Results ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- All-Star team External linksIBAF - 2008 IBAF Women's Baseball World Cup {{Women's Baseball World Cup Women's Baseball World Cup 2000s in women's baseball 2008 in baseball Women's Baseball World Cup, 2008 2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ... Matsuyama, Ehime August 2008 sports events in Asia Women's baseball in Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matsuyama, Ehime
270px, Matsuyama City Hall 270px, Ehime Prefectural Capital Building is the capital city of Ehime Prefecture on the island of Shikoku in Japan and also Shikoku's largest city. , the city had an estimated population of 505,948 in 243541 households and a population density of 1200 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Matsuyama is located in central Ehime Prefecture, facing the Seto Inland Sea to the north, the mountains of the Takanawa Peninsula to the north and east, and the Saragamine Mountain Range, an extension of the Shikoku Mountains, to the south. It is located on the northeastern portion of the Dōgo Plain. The city also includes the Kutsuna Islands, an archipelago of 29 islands in the Seto Inland Sea. Neighbouring municipalities Ehime Prefecture * Tōon *Imabari * Tobe * Masaki * Kumakōgen Climate Matsuyama has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfa''; Trewartha climate classification ''Cf'') with hot summers and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomomi Takashima
is a Japanese given name which can be given to either gender. Possible writings *智美, "wisdom, intellect, reason, beauty" *知美, "knowledge, beauty" *朋美, "companion, friend, beauty" *友美, "friend, beauty" *智実, "wisdom, fruit" *智実, "wisdom, intellect, reason, truth" *知実, "knowledge, truth" *供実, "offer, truth" *共美, "together, beauty" *トモミ, katakana characters for Tomomi *ともみ, hiragana characters for Tomomi People with the name * Tomomi Abiko (born 1988), Japanese pole vaulter *Tomomi Adachi (足立 智美, born 1972), Japanese musician and composer * Tomomi Aoki (born 1994), Japanese swimmer *Tomomi Hayashi (born 1971), Japanese-Estonian architect * Tomomi Hosoda (born 1971), Japanese swimmer *Tomomi Itano (板野 友美, born 1991), Japanese singer and idol *Tomomi Inada (稲田 朋美, born 1959), Japanese politician *, Japanese ice hockey player *Tomomi Iwakura (岩倉 具視, 1825–1883), Japanese politician *Tomomi Kahara (華原 朋 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natsumi Nakano
is a feminine Japanese given name which is occasionally used as a surname. Possible writings Natsumi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: ;as a given name *夏美, "summer, beauty" *夏実, "summer, truth" *夏未, "summer, still" *夏海, "summer, sea" *夏生, "summer, life" *奈津美 "Nara, harbor, beauty" *奈津実 " Nara, harbor, truth" ;as a surname *夏見, "summer, look" The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. Places *Natsumi (夏見), a place located in Funabashi, Chiba, Japan *Natsumi Temple complex (夏見廃寺), a Japanese archaeological site People Given name *, Japanese singer and actress *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese tennis player *, Japanese football player *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese tarento and actress *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese idol *, Japanese tennis player *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese actress and singer from Chiba *, Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashley Stephenson
Ashley Stephenson (born November 22, 1982) is a former two-sport athlete from Ontario who played baseball for Canada women's national baseball team and ice hockey in the original NWHL and the CWHL. She won a silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games. Playing career Hockey Stephenson played her university hockey with the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks women's ice hockey program from 2000 through 2005. Having won four Ontario University Athletics conference titles (2002, 2004–06), she was part of the Golden Hawks team that claimed the CIS National Championship in 2005. In addition, she was recognized as the Most Valuable Player of the CIS National Championship tournament. Recognized as a CIS First-Team All-Canadian in 2006, she was inducted into the Golden Hawks Hall of Fame in 2011. A member of the Brampton Thunder from 2005–07, she played for the Mississauga Chiefs from 2007-10. Among the highlights of her time with the Chiefs, she competed in the inaugural CWHL season (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kasumi Noguchi '', a video game
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Kasumi may refer to: Places * Kasumi, Hyōgo (香住), a former town in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan * Kasumigaseki (霞が関 "Gate of Mist"), a district in downtown Tokyo * Kasumi, Jajce, a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina Other uses * Kasumi (given name), a feminine Japanese given name * Japanese destroyer Kasumi (霞 "Mist"), two Imperial Japanese destroyers * KASUMI (block cipher), a cipher used in the 3GPP mobile communications network * "Kasumi", a single in the Dir En Grey discography * ''Kasumi'' (comics), a shoujo/shojo manga series by Surt Lim and Hirofumi Sugimoto * Kasumi (Danzan-ryu technique), technique of Kodokan judo See also * ''Kasumi Ninja ''Kasumi Ninja'' is a fighting game, developed by Hand Made Software and published by Atari Corporation. Initially it was for the Atari Jaguar in North America and Europe on December 21, 1994, and was later released in Japan by Messe Sanoh in Jul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's Baseball World Cup
The Women's Baseball World Cup is an international tournament in which national women's baseball teams from around the world compete. Through its 2012 edition, it was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation; following the 2013 merger of the IBAF with the International Softball Federation, subsequent tournaments are sanctioned by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). In the eight times it has been held, the tournament has been won twice by the United States and six consecutive times by Japan in 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018. History The inaugural Women's Baseball World Cup was held in Edmonton, Canada from July 30 to August 8, after having been chartered by the International Baseball Federation in . Before this tournament the only other international women's baseball tournament was the Women's Baseball World Series, which usually involved only three or four nations, usually Australia, Canada, Japan and occasionally the USA. Competition format ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Botchan Stadium
The is a multi-purpose stadium in Matsuyama Central Park, Matsuyama, Ehime, Shikoku, Japan. It is currently used mostly for baseball matches. The stadium holds 30,136 people. The nickname is "Botchan Stadium". It is named after well-known novel Botchan written by Natsume Sōseki who once lived in Matsuyama. The stadium is the home ground of the Ehime Mandarin Pirates playing in Shikoku Island League The is an independent professional baseball league on the island of Shikoku in Japan. (None of the teams in Nippon Professional Baseball are based in Shikoku.) The league currently has four teams, and has its league headquarters in Takamatsu. Th .... References External links Stadium information Baseball venues in Japan Multi-purpose stadiums in Japan Buildings and structures in Ehime Prefecture Tourist attractions in Ehime Prefecture {{Japan-baseball-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marti Sementelli
Marti Sementelli (born November 17, 1992 in Boston) is a member of the United States women's national baseball team which won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games. Playing career Sementelli played Little League Baseball in Sherman Oaks, California, earning All-Star honors. During high school, she spent two years on the baseball team at Burbank High and two playing for Matt Mowry at Birmingham High. While at Birmingham, she pitched a complete game against San Marcos High School of Santa Barbara, throwing 102 pitches. At 15 years of age, she competed with Team USA at the Women's World Cup of Baseball. Of note, she was the youngest player on the US roster. In 2011, she earned a baseball scholarship to Montreat College in North Carolina, played for coach Michael Bender. Awards and honors * 2008 World Cup All-Tournament Team (Best Righthanded Pitcher) Personal She was once interviewed by Jimmy Kimmel James Christian Kimmel (born November 13, 1967) is an Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malaika Underwood
Malaika Underwood (born June 7, 1981) is a member of the United States women's national baseball team which won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games Fifteen or 15 may refer to: *15 (number), the natural number following 14 and preceding 16 *one of the years 15 BC, AD 15, 1915, 2015 Music *Fifteen (band), a punk rock band Albums * ''15'' (Buckcherry album), 2005 * ''15'' (Ani Lorak alb .... Playing career Raised in San Diego, Underwood played baseball, volleyball and basketball at La Jolla High School. She would earn the Female Athlete of the Year Award (1998–99) in San Diego County. Baseball As a child, she played baseball at Chollas Lake Little League. Volleyball She accepted a volleyball scholarship to the University of North Carolina. During her career, she would win the ACC Tournament MVP Award. Personal Underwood earned a bachelor's degree in international studies and a master's degree in sports administration from the University of North Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angela Catford
Angela Catford (born 13 January 1978 in Castle Hill, New South Wales) is an outfielder for the Australia women's national baseball team. In the 2008 Women's Baseball World Cup The 2008 IBAF Women's Baseball World Cup was held in Botchan Stadium at Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan and won by Japan. Final results Results ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- All-Star team External linksIBAF - 2008 IBAF Women's Base ... she was named as an outfielder in the All-Star team. She also won the batting award at the 2004 national women's championships which led to her selection in the national team for the 2004 Women's World Series and also played in the inaugural 2006 Women's Baseball World Cup. References Angel Catford''ABF Profile'' 1978 births Living people Australian baseball players Baseball outfielders Sportswomen from New South Wales Baseball players from Sydney {{australia-baseball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilly Jacobson
Lilly Jacobson (born June 27, 1988) is a former member of the United States women's national baseball team. Playing career Growing up, she played in the Albany, California Little League (like former US national team member Tamara Holmes). She would also play in the Reno, Nevada Little League, and in the Babe Ruth League. At Wooster High School in Reno, Jacobson played on the men's baseball team. She also earned letters in golf, skiing and basketball. While there, she was one of ten recipients of the Northern Nevada Student-Athletes of the Year Award. After her senior year of high school (2006), she was contacted by Jim Glennie about attending the Western Regional Tryouts for Team USA. Qualifying for the Team USA roster as a relief pitcher, she was converted to designate hitter by manager Julie Croteau. As a side note, she was one of four teenagers to qualify for the Team USA roster in 2006. She would attend Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York on a golf scholarship. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000s In Women's Baseball
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Origin Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a phoneme, so the derived Greek letter sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter '' samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ) "to hiss". The original name of the letter "sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the compli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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