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Baseball At The 1981 World Games
The World Games I baseball competition was held on July 27–30, 1981, at San Jose Municipal Stadium in San Jose, California. The 1981 Games were the first World Games, an international quadrennial multi-sport event, and were held in California's Santa Clara Valley The Santa Clara Valley is a geologic trough in Northern California that extends 90 miles (145 km) south–southeast from San Francisco to Hollister. The longitudinal valley is bordered on the west by the Santa Cruz Mountains and on the east .... Teams from the United States, Australia, South Korea and Panama participated. Medalists Standing Details Tuesday, July 28, 1981: :United States 9, Panama 1South Korea 10, Australia 0 Wednesday, July 29, 1981: :United States 11, Australia 7South Korea 7, Panama 6 Thursday, July 30, 1981: :Australia 6, Panama 5United States 4, South Korea 2 Other known individual participants: PAN – R Dominguez, de Leon, Proveda References {{EventsAt1981WorldGa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WG Australia Baseball July 1981
WG may refer to: In arts and entertainment * W&G Records, an Australian recording company * ''Will & Grace'', a television series * Wonder Girls, a South Korean girl group Businesses * W. G. Bagnall, a locomotive manufacturer in Stafford, England * Sunwing Airlines (IATA code WG) * Westminster Group, an international security group listed on London Stock Exchange * Wargaming.net (or just Wargaming), a video game designer People * W. G. Grace, English cricketer * W. G. Sebald (1944–2001), a German writer * W. G. Snuffy Walden (born 1950), a musician and composer * Whoopi Goldberg (born 1955), American actor, comedian and moderator of ''The View (US TV series), The View'' (2007–present) Places * Grenada (geocode WG) * Wood Green, an area in North London In science and technology * Wegener's granulomatosis, now known as granulomatosis with polyangiitis, is an inflammatory disease that affects blood vessels and organs * Wnt signaling pathway#History, Wingless (Wg) A ''Droso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oddibe McDowell
Oddibe McDowell (born August 25, 1962) is an American former center fielder in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played from 1985 to 1994 for the Texas Rangers, Cleveland Indians, and Atlanta Braves. His first name is pronounced "owed a bee" or "oh-ta-bee." Because it also sounds vaguely like a slurred rendition of "oh to be", ESPN personality and announcer Chris Berman dubbed him Oddibe "Young Again" McDowell. Amateur baseball McDowell was a noted multi-sport athlete at McArthur High School in Hollywood, Florida, and won the Florida High School Activities Association Class 4A wrestling championship at 155 pounds in 1979. McDowell won the Golden Spikes Award, which is given annually to the best amateur baseball player, in 1984 while playing college baseball at Arizona State University (ASU). He wore uniform number 0 at ASU; ASU inducted McDowell to the university's athletic hall of fame in 1991 and has retired his number. In 1981, McDowell won a gold medal as a member of the Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choi Dong-won
Choi Dong-won ( Hangul: 최동원, Hanja: 崔東原) (May 24, 1958 – September 14, 2011) was a South Korean pitcher in the KBO League who played for the Lotte Giants and Samsung Lions. Choi batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Busan. Amateur career In 1975, Choi gained national attention at the Champions Invitational Tournament where he threw a complete game no-hitter against 1974 national champion Kyungbuk High School and took another no-hitter into the ninth inning in the team's next game before it was broken up by an infield single. In 1976, he led his team to win the Blue Dragon Flag National Championship, setting a high-school record for most strikeouts in a major-tournament game with 20 in the semifinal and earning 4 out of the team's 5 wins during the tourney. In September 1976, Choi was selected for the South Korean junior national team and competed in the 3–game friendly series against Japan where he hurled a one-run complete game victory in Game 1, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
