• World Baseball Classic All-Tournament Team

    20Mar
    Categories: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Japan, Korea, USA, WBC2006 Comments: 0

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    Like every international tournament, World Baseball Classic has it’s own All-Tournament Team, and six of the 12 players were played in Championship game at PETCO Park.

    The all-tournament team, whose name probably should be changed to all-world, honored the best of the inaugural World Baseball Classic. It was an event that drew 737,112 spectators and was covered by 5,354 media outlets.

    Sixteen countries and nine languages were represented, and at seven different venues and three rounds, one champion was finally decided.

    Below is the All-Tournament Team:
    C Tomoya Satozaki, Japan .409, 1 HR, 5 RBI
    1B Seung Yeop Lee, Korea .333, 5 HR, 10 RBI
    2B Yulieski Gourriel, Cuba .303, 2 HR, 6 RBI
    SS Derek Jeter, United States .450, 9 hits
    3B Adrian Beltre, Dominican Republic .300, 4 HR, 9 RBI
    OF Ken Griffey Jr., United States .524, 3 HR, 10 RBI
    OF Jong Beom Lee, Korea .400, 6 2B, 10 hits
    OF Ichiro Suzuki, Japan .364, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 4 SB
    DH Yoandy Garlobo, Cuba .480, 1 HR, 4 RBI
    P Yadel Marti, Cuba 1-0, 0.00 ERA, 12.2 IP, 2 SV, 11 K
    P Daisuke Matsuzaka, Japan 3-0, 1.88 ERA, 10 K
    P Chan Ho Park, Korea 0.00 ERA, 10 IP, 3 SV, 8 K

  • Japan is WBC Champion.

    20Mar
    Categories: Cuba, Japan, WBC2006 Comments: 1

    It’s Japan, not Cuba, not USA, not Dominican Republic, not Venezuela, not Puerto Rico, not Korea, become the inaugural winner of World Baseball Classic.

    Final:
    Japan 10, Cuba 6

    JAPAN           - 400 020 004   --  10
CUBA            - 100 002 021   --   6

    No matter what the final score read when those tiny yellow bulbs high above left field stopped blinking, Cuba’s unforgettable and historic ride through the World Baseball Classic came to a memorable ending Monday night at PETCO Park. As expected. Even in defeat. Japan took advantage of an early lead and never looked back, paving the way for a 10-6 victory in front of 42,696 in the tournament’s championship game.

    Baseball fans around the globe have long been clamoring for an authentic world champion. Finally they have one. Japan is the winner of the inaugural World Baseball Classic. And now, baseball is not only spoken here, it is spoken everywhere. The Japanese put the crowning touch on the 17-day tournament that was played in Tokyo, Arizona, Florida, Puerto Rico and Southern California with the climax coming on Monday night at PETCO Park.

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