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WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC

BASEBALL / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Jul 20, 2013
Japan eyes full-time baseball skipper for national team
Japan will decide on a full-time national-team manager by this fall in a bid to recapture the World Baseball Classic title in 2017, Kyodo News learned Friday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 21, 2013
Dominicans claim WBC title
The Dominican Republic wins all eight of its games in the 2013 World Baseball Classic, capturing the title with a 3-0 shutout against Puerto Rico.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 21, 2013
Dominicans overcome by emotion after WBC victory
Fernando Rodney bounded around on a hastily assembled stage with a fresh World Baseball Classic winner's medal and a plantain that was more than a few days past its expiration date both dangling around his neck.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 21, 2013
Friendly rivalry brings out color in WBC final
Rivalries are perhaps the superfine ingredient that works to spice up teams and athletes and make fans louder.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 20, 2013
Dominicans make WBC final
Moises Sierra makes big plays in the field and at the plate as the Dominican Republic beats the Netherlands in the semifinals.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 19, 2013
Ghosts of past return as Dominicans get set to face Dutch
The Dominicans insist they're not motivated by revenge. The Dutch are adamant that the past is the past.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 18, 2013
Puerto Rico ends Japan's run
The World Baseball Classic will crown a champion in two days, and for the first time, a team other than Japan will be hoisting the trophy.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 18, 2013
Maeda relaxed as Japan prepares to face Puerto Rico
If Kenta Maeda gets the start for Japan against Puerto Rico on Sunday, he'll be pitching in the biggest game of his life.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 18, 2013
Dutch prospect Profar aiming to prolong WBC fairy tale
Depending on whom you ask, Jurickson Profar, an infielder in the Texas Rangers' system, is either the best middle infield prospect in baseball, or simply the best prospect in baseball.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 18, 2013
Scouts gather for precious look at global talent at WBC
With the World Baseball Classic acting as a showcase in front of major league scouts, Team Japan has obviously been one of the countries attracting attention from the men with stop watches and speed guns in the stands.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 16, 2013
Japan victorious against San Francisco Giants in tuneup game
Masahiro Tanaka threw two innings of one-run ball Thursday for two-time defending champion Japan against the San Francisco Giants in what appeared to be potential dress rehearsal for the World Baseball Classic final next Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 13, 2013
Japan ends second round with win over the Netherlands
Two-time defending WBC champion Japan beats the Netherlands 10-6 in the final second-round, Pool 1 game, scoring eight times in the second inning.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 12, 2013
Dutch shock Cuba to make WBC semifinals
The Netherlands' players began spilling out of the dugout after Xander Bogaerts' soft fly ball touched down in right field, and Andruw Jones rounded third representing the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning of what may have been the most important game in the history of baseball in the Netherlands.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 12, 2013
Japan's assault on Netherlands surprises manager Yamamoto
Team Japan sure put it all together Sunday night. But who would have thought it would earn the victory with a slugfest?
Japan Times
BASEBALL / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 12, 2013
Nashida unruffled by WBC brawl
Japan head coach Masataka Nashida said Monday he had no worries about his team getting involved in any brawls such as the one that marred Saturday's first-round Pool D game between Mexico and Canada.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 11, 2013
Japan pounds Netherlands to reach WBC final round
Japan punches its ticket to the final round of the World Baseball Classic with a 16-4 rout of the Netherlands.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 10, 2013
Hurler Maeda gets call to start against Netherlands
It will take one more win to punch a ticket to San Francisco. But of course nothing's secured yet for Team Japan.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 10, 2013
Cuba belts four homers, crushes Taiwan in mercy rule-shortened game
Facing elimination, mighty Cuba knocked balls out of the park almost as fast at it knocked Taiwan out of the World Baseball Classic.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 9, 2013
Japan beats Taiwan 4-3 at World Baseball Classic
Thanks to Sho Nakata's tie-breaking run with a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning, Japan inches its way toward the WBC semifinals.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 9, 2013
Netherlands' success no overnight phenomenon
The calls began coming in August, and they didn't stop. Netherlands manager Hensley Meulens had a player who was excited about the upcoming World Baseball Classic, and he wanted the manager to hear all about it.

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