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2017 World Baseball Classic – Pool A
Pool A of the first round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic was held at Gocheok Sky Dome, Seoul, South Korea from March 6 to 9, 2017, between Israel and the Netherlands (the top two teams in the pool, who advanced to the next round in Japan) and South Korea and Taiwan. Pool A was a round-robin tournament. Each team played the other three teams once, with the top two teams advancing to Pool E. Prior to the start of the tournament, ESPN considered Team Israel, ranked 41st in the world, to be the biggest underdog in the tournament, referring to them as the "Jamaican bobsled team of the WBC". Team Israel (3−0) and Team Netherlands (2−1) qualified for the next round, in Japan. Israel became the first baseball team to go undefeated in the first round of the WBC’s main draw after entering the main draw by winning in a qualifying round. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 World Baseball Classic
The 2017 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was an international professional baseball competition, composed of 16 competing nations, held from March 6 to March 22, 2017. It was the fourth iteration of the World Baseball Classic. The first-round hosts were Seoul, Tokyo, Miami, and Zapopan. The second-round hosts were Tokyo and San Diego, and the championship round was played in Los Angeles. Twelve of the 16 competing nations qualified based on their performance during the first round of the 2013 tournament; the remaining four nations were the winners of four qualification tournaments that took place in February, March, and September 2016. Two of the four qualifiers, Colombia and Israel, made their first appearance in the WBC, and both have secured their positions for the 2023 World Baseball Classic. The Netherlands, Japan, Puerto Rico, and the United States advanced to the championship round. Defending champion Dominican Republic was eliminated in the second round. The United State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ty Kelly
Tyler Patrick Kelly (טיי קלי; born July 20, 1988) is an American-Israeli professional baseball utility player who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Mets. He plays for Team Israel. At the University of California, Davis, Kelly led the Big West Conference with a .397 batting average as a sophomore in 2008. That summer he was a 2008 Cape Cod League All Star playing for the Brewster Whitecaps. The Baltimore Orioles selected Kelly in the 13th round (386th overall) of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft. Kelly was a 2009 New York-Penn League All Star, a 2011 South Atlantic League All Star, a 2012 Carolina League All Star, and a 2013 Eastern League All Star. The Mets promoted Kelly to the major leagues in his eighth pro season, in 2016, after 855 minor league games, and 3,063 minor league at bats. He was the starting third baseman for Team Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic. In April ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shairon Martis
Shairon Benjamin Martis (born March 30, 1987) is a Dutch-Curaçaoan professional baseball pitcher for L&D Amsterdam of the Honkbal Hoofdklasse. He has previously pitched for the Washington Nationals and Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball. Martis was a member of the Netherlands in the 2006 World Baseball Classic and the 2013 World Baseball Classic, as well as the 2011 Baseball World Cup. He played for Team Netherlands in the 2019 European Baseball Championship, at the Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification tournament in Italy in September 2019. Amateur and international career In 2002, Martis was a member of the Curaçao team that claimed the Senior League World Series, which took place in Bangor, Maine. Martis pitched a no-hitter on March 10, 2006, in the World Baseball Classic against Panama, in a game stopped in the 7th inning due to the mercy rule. He played for Team Netherlands in the 2017 World Baseball Classic. He played for Team Netherlands in the 2019 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 World Baseball Classic
The 2013 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was an international professional baseball competition, held from March 2 to March 19, 2013. This was the third iteration of the WBC, following the two previous tournaments, held in 2006 and 2009. Unlike the two previous WBCs, which consisted of the same sixteen countries, only the twelve countries that won at least one game in the 2009 WBC were guaranteed a berth in the main tournament. The automatic qualifiers were Australia, China, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Puerto Rico, South Korea, the United States, and Venezuela. Four qualification brackets were held in late 2012 and respectively won by Canada, Taiwan, Spain, and Brazil, who joined the WBC as the final four teams (the latter two making their Classic debuts). As in the 2006 tournament, the first round had a round-robin format, which led to South Korea being eliminated on a run difference tiebreaker. Venezuela also failed to advance out of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shut Out
Shut Out may refer to: * Shutout In team sports, a shutout ( US) or clean sheet ( UK) is a game in which one team prevents the other from scoring any points. While possible in most major sports, they are highly improbable in some sports, such as basketball. Shutouts are usuall ..., a game in which one team prevents the opposing team from scoring * ''Shut Out'' (album), a 1977 album by Paul Jabara * "Shut Out" (song), a 1977 song by Paul Jabara and Donna Summer * "Shutout", a song by The Walker Brothers from their 1978 album '' Nite Flights'' * Shut Out (horse), a thoroughbred racehorse {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randolph Oduber
Randolph F. Oduber (born March 18, 1989 in Paradera, Aruba) is a professional baseball outfielder for the Hoofddorp Pioniers of the Honkbal Hoofdklasse. He played for Team Netherlands in the 2019 European Baseball Championship, and at the Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification tournament in Italy in September 2019. Career Washington Nationals Oduber was originally drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 48th round of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft, but he did not sign. The following draft, the Washington Nationals selected Oduber out of Western Oklahoma State College in the 32nd round. He made his professional debut for the GCL Nationals, and also played for the Single-A Hagerstown Suns, accumulating a .324/.387/.503 batting line between the two teams. He spent 2011 with the GCL Nationals and Hagerstown again, slashing .311/.373/.421 with 5 home runs and 26 RBI. He spent the 2012 season in High-A with the Potomac Nationals, hitting .252/.288/.383 in 80 games. He spen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jurickson Profar
Jurickson Barthelomeus Profar (born February 20, 1993) is a Curaçaoan professional baseball infielder and outfielder who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers, Oakland Athletics and San Diego Padres. Profar was born and Willemstad and has been involved in organized baseball from a young age, representing Curaçao at the Little League World Series in 2004 and 2005. In 2009, when he was 16 years old, Profar signed with the Rangers as an international free agent. He was called up to the major leagues in 2012 and received partial playing time in his first two seasons as a utility player. After suffering a shoulder injury, Profar missed two full seasons and did not rejoin the Rangers until mid-2016 when he filled an active roster vacancy. Texas continued to use Profar sparingly until 2018 when he played more than 100 games in a season for the first time in his career. After ten years in the Rangers organization, Profar was traded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woo Kyu-min
Woo Kyu-min (; born January 21, 1985) is a South Korean professional baseball pitcher for the KT Wiz of the KBO League. After the 2016 season, he became a free agent and transferred on December 5, 2016, under the terms of a total of 6.5 billion won, including four years of contract period, 3.7 billion won of down payment, and 700 million won of annual salary. References External linksCareer statistics and player informationfrom Korea Baseball Organization The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO; ko, 한국야구위원회) is the governing body for the professional leagues of baseball in South Korea. The KBO was founded in 1981 and has governed two leagues: the KBO League ( ko, KBO 리그) and KBO ... *Woo Kyu-min Fancafeat Daum LG Twins players Samsung Lions players KBO League pitchers South Korean baseball players 2015 WBSC Premier12 players Asian Games medalists in baseball Baseball players at the 2006 Asian Games Baseball players from Daegu 1985 birt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick VandenHurk
Henricus "Rick" Nicolas van den Hurk (Eindhoven, May 22, 1985) is a Dutch professional baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. He has also pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Florida Marlins, Baltimore Orioles, and Pittsburgh Pirates, in the KBO League for the Samsung Lions and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and Tokyo Yakult Swallows. In international play, he is a member of the Netherlands national baseball team. Early years At the age of 16, van den Hurk was scouted by Chicho Jesurun when playing for the Oosterhout baseball team Twins, where his father was coach. He went to Fort Lauderdale Preparatory School where he graduated in 2003. Professional career Florida Marlins van den Hurk was signed by the Florida Marlins as an international free agent in 2002. van den Hurk made his professional debut with the GCL Marlins in 2003, pitching to a 2-6 record and 5.35 ERA in 11 games. In 2004, Van den Hurk logged a 2-3 record an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuo Tai-yuan
Kuo Tai-yuan (; ja, かく たいげん (Kaku Taigen); born 20 March 1962) is a Taiwanese retired NPB baseball pitcher, and currently a baseball coach. With 117 wins accumulated during his 13 seasons pitching for the Seibu Lions, Kuo set the record of being the international player who achieved the most wins in NPB history, and is widely regarded as the greatest Taiwanese pitcher before Chien-Ming Wang (Kuo, Hong-Chih Kuo and Chin-Lung Hu are Tainan City natives). Career Amateur Kuo was born in Tainan City, Taiwan. Originally a shortstop, he started to pitch in high school and immediately became well known for his high quality fastball and slider. In the 1983 Chinese Taipei versus South Korea match in Asian Baseball Championship, Kuo did not allow a run to score during 17 consecutive innings, while his fastballs clocked up to 154 km/h (96 mph). He finally won the game and helped Chinese Taipei qualify for the 1984 Summer Olympics. In the 1984 Olympics preliminary rou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Barrett
Edward George Barrett (born July 31, 1965) is an American umpire in Major League Baseball. He joined the American League's staff in 1994, and has worked throughout both major leagues since 2000. He has worked in twenty three play-off series, including five World Series. Early life Barrett grew up in North Tonawanda, New York, and Mountain View, California. He played high school basketball for Vance Walberg, inventor of the dribble drive offense. In college, he was captain of the football team. He earned a degree in kinesiology at Cal State-Hayward in 1988. Prior to pursuing umpiring, Barrett was an amateur boxer. Umpiring career His professional umpiring career began after he attended the Joe Brinkman Umpire School in 1989, and he worked his way up to the Pacific Coast League for the 1993 season. He made his major league debut in 1994. For the next five seasons, Barrett served as a fill-in umpire for vacationing or injured major league umpires. Barrett was one of the 25 umpires ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chikara Tsugawa , or Indian gazelle
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Chikara may refer to: *The Four-horned Antelope, ''Tetraceros quadricornis'' *Chikara (given name) * Chikara (instrument), a stringed instrument from India. * Chikara-mizu (力水), a ritual at the beginning of a sumo match * ''Chikara'' (album), a compilation album by rock band Kiss * Chikara (professional wrestling), a professional wrestling organization See also *Chinkara The chinkara (''Gazella bennettii''), also known as the Indian gazelle, is a gazelle species native to Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. Taxonomy The following six subspecies are considered valid: * Deccan chinkara (''G. b. bennettii'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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