Sunday, March 15, 2009

The World Baseball Classic.

Pool A. Korea won Pool A with a 3-1 record after they beat rival Japan 1-0 in the final game of the round, Japan also advanced with a 2-1 record. China and Chinese Taipei were eliminated with 1-2 and 0-2 records.
Pool B. Cuba won Pool B with a 3-0 record. The runner up was Mexico with a 2-2 record. (Mexico was in three mercy-rule games with a 1-2 record in those games.) Australia and Republic of South Africa were eliminated with 1-2 and 0-2 records.
Pool C. Venezuela won Pool C after beating Team U.S.A. 5-3 in the final game of the pool, after both teams had already advanced. Venezuela had a 3-1 record with a mercy-rule lose to the U.S.A. who had beat them in the second game of the pool. Team U.S.A. advanced with a 2-1 record. Canada and Italy were eliminated with 0-2 and 1-2 records.
Pool D. Porto Rico won Pool D with a 3-0 record. The Netherlands were the Runner-up with a 2-2 record. (The Netherlands two wins both came in huge upsets over the Dominican Republic.) Dominican Republic and Panama were eliminated with 1-2 and 0-2 records.

Robert L.

2 comments:

Hannah Leigh said...

*blinks a few times*
Oookay...I so did not get that! :)

Oh, BTW, did you ever figure THIS out?

"The bird has no buries, the snake no red meals, two bruise and two mere lads, where are the nests O? A pincer those five hid them well!"

:D

In Christ,
~Rose

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