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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 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 sixteen 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 Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ty Kelly
Tyler Patrick Kelly (; born July 20, 1988) is an American-Israeli former professional baseball utility player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies and 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 2017, he was acquired by the Phillies, and in ... [...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 Curaçao Neptunus of the Honkbal Hoofdklasse. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Washington Nationals and Minnesota Twins, and in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) for the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions. 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 ... [...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 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 a tough ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shut Out
Shut Out may refer to: * Shutout In team sports, a shutout (North American English, US) or clean sheet (Commonwealth English, UK) is a game in which the losing team fails to score. While possible in most major sports, they are highly improbable in some sports, such as basketba ..., 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) is an Aruban former professional baseball outfielder. 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 spent the majority of the 2013 season in Potomac, also appeari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jurickson Profar
Jurickson Barthelomeus Profar (born February 20, 1993) is a Curaçaoan professional baseball outfielder for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Texas Rangers, Oakland Athletics, San Diego Padres, and Colorado Rockies. Profar was born in 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 ... [...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 *Woo Kyu-min Fancafeat Daum Daum may refer to: People * Ahron Daum (1951–2018), Israeli-born Modern-Orthodox rabbi, educator, and author *Andreas Daum (active from 1995), German-American historian * Auguste Daum (1853–1909), French ceramist *Christoph Daum (1953–2024), ... LG Twins players Samsung Lions players KBO League pitchers 2015 WBSC Premier12 players Asian Games bronze medalists in baseball Asian Games baseball players for South Korea Baseball players at the 2006 Asian Games Baseball players f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick VandenHurk
Henricus "Rick" Nicolas van den Hurk (Eindhoven, May 22, 1985) is a Dutch former professional baseball pitcher. He 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. He pitched for the Netherlands national team in international tournaments. Early years At the age of 16, van den Hurk was scouted by Chicho Jesurun when he was playing for the Twins Oosterhout baseball team, where his father was a 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. He made his professional debut with the Rookie league GCL Marlins in 2003, pitching to a 2–6 record and 5.35 ERA in 11 games. In 2004, Van den Hurk had a 2–3 record and 3.26 ERA in 14 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuo Tai-yuan
Kuo Tai-yuan (; (Kaku Taigen); born 20 March 1962) is a Taiwanese former professional baseball pitcher who played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He is 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. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Barrett
Edward George Barrett (born July 31, 1965) is an American former Major League Baseball umpire. He joined the American League's staff in 1994, and worked throughout both major leagues from 2000 until his retirement in 2022. Promoted to crew chief in 2013, Barrett worked in 33 play-off series (tied for most all-time), including five World Series. He retired following the 2022 season. 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 motion, dribble drive offense. In college, he was captain (sports), captain of the college football, football team. He earned a degree in kinesiology at California State University, East Bay, Cal State-Hayward in 1988. Prior to pursuing umpiring, Barrett was an amateur boxing, 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 C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chikara Tsugawa , or Indian gazelles
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Chikara may refer to: * 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 1988 album by Kiss * Chikara (professional wrestling), a professional wrestling organization * Colonel Chikara, a fictional villain in the 1993 Indian film ''Waqt Hamara Hai'', played by Rami Reddy See also * * Chinkara The chinkara (''Gazella bennettii''), also known as the Indian gazelle, is a gazelle species native to India, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Taxonomy The following six subspecies are considered valid: * Deccan chinkara (''G. b. bennettii'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
