Category Archives: Asia

1982 World’s Fair Baseball Camp and the Under-18 World Championship

Posted on April 15, 2020 by

One of the most frustrating omissions from international baseball records has been the results of the 1982 Knoxville World’s Fair Camp baseball tournament. The tournament is considered to be the second Under-18 World Championship, but nothing more has been found … Continue reading →

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Olympic Baseball, Softball, Tokyo 2020 Games postponed to 2021

Posted on March 24, 2020 by

LAUSANNE, Switzerland—The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) welcomed the difficult joint decision today of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee and Japan Prime Minister Abe Shinzo to postpone the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 to a date … Continue reading →

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Women’s Baseball Calendar 2020: Egypt, Pakistan Among History-Makers

Posted on March 8, 2020 by

  We cannot think of a better way to celebrate International Women’s Day than to unveil out first-ever women’s baseball calendar. The number of women’s baseball events has been growing in the last few years, with Europe joining Asia, the … Continue reading →

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WBCQ Projected Rosters: Philippines

Posted on February 19, 2020 by

In every World Baseball Classic Qualifier, a Southeast Asian representative has always had one player with impressive name recognition. In 2013, Thailand featured Johnny Damon. Last time, the Philippines had Chris Aguila and Clay Rapada. This time, the island nation … Continue reading →

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Play Everywhere: Baseball5 Update and 2020 Schedule

Posted on February 18, 2020 by

Since we published our history of baseball5 events last March [updated link], the WBSC’s newest discipline has spread quickly around the globe. From its creation 18 months before then, 75 events had been held involving 39 countries. As we shall … Continue reading →

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EXCLUSIVE: A Sneak Peak into Pakistan’s Official WBCQ Roster

Posted on February 13, 2020 by

Days after we released guest author Alex Ayala’s roster projection on Pakistan [link], we have been given an exclusive preview into Pakistan Federation Baseball’s (PFB) official World Baseball Classic Qualifier roster. The federation’s official list includes 29 players, of which … Continue reading →

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WBCQ Projected Rosters: Pakistan

Posted on February 9, 2020 by

    By Gabriel Fidler and Alex Ayala  [Ed. Note] Pakistan made its global debut in the 2017 World Baseball Classic Qualifiers, the first time any of the players had ever seen a baseball field outside of Asia. Although it was easily … Continue reading →

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WBSC Rankings 2019 (Part IV): Debutants, Revised Rankings, and More

Posted on February 4, 2020 by

In our fourth article on the most recent world baseball rankings, we delve even deeper into the methodology to explain some idiosyncracies. Our research affirmed that two nations are missing from the rankings, multiple important tournaments did not deliver rankings … Continue reading →

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WBSC Rankings 2019 (Part II): Cuba, Canada, Italy Fall to Record Lows

Posted on February 2, 2020 by

Yesterday, we introduced a series that analyses the latest WBSC rankings [link]. In it, we noted the ascendant nations of Europe, led by helium-filled Israel, which completed a shocking treble of tournament wins in 2019. Today, we look at a … Continue reading →

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BREAKING: New WBC Qualifiers Format Suggests Classic Expansion

Posted on January 11, 2020 by

Qualification for the World Baseball Classic has changed to a new format that seems to indicate an expansion of the main tournament by four more countries. Multiple sources, including one from a European federation, as well as newspapers in Central … Continue reading →

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