Nippon Professional Baseball-Nippon Series
SoftBank Hawks 1-0 Hanshin Tigers
Softbank Hawks win the Nippon Series 3-1!
The Softbank Hawks are the 2014 Nippon Series Champions!
Korean Baseball Organization--Semifinals
Nexen Heroes 6-2 LG Twins
Nexen takes the lead in the series, 2-1.
Australian Baseball League
Adelaide Bite 8-3 Brisbane Bandits
Cuban National Series
Cienfuegos 5-7 Granma
Camaguey 0-10 Holguin
Artemisa 4-3 Las Tunas
Isla de la Juventud - Ciego de Avila--postponed
Industriales - Matanzas--postpone
Santiago de Cuba 0-6 Sancti Spiritus
Pinar del Rio 3-5 Mayabeque
Guantamo 3-8 Villa Clara
Arizona Fall League
Glendale Desert Dogs 4-1 Peoria Javelinas
Scottsdale Scorpions 5-7 Mesa Solar Sox
Surprise Sagueros 5-4 Salt River Rafters
Liga de Beisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente (Puerto Rico)
Santurce Cangrejeros - San Juan Senadores--postponed
Caguas Criollos 7-3 Mayaguez Indios
Liga de Beisbol Profesional Dominicana
Aguilas Cibaenas 6-7 Tigres del Licey
Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional
Zulia Aguiles 6-0 Aragua Tigres
Anzoategui Caribes 6-2 Caracas Leones
Lara Cardenales 0-1 Magallanes Navegantes
La Guaira Tiburones 6-5 Los Bravos de Margarita
Mexican Pacific League
Hermosillo 6-14 Mexicali
Navojoa 6-1 Culiacan
Mazatlan 3-6 Los Mochis
Thursday, October 30, 2014
10/29, Baseball World Scores, Series wrap-ups
Major League Baseball-World Series
San Francisco Giants 3-2 Kansas City Royals
And the San Francisco Giants are your MLB World Series Champions! This was such a close one and came down the last at bat. One slight difference in the game could have taken it the other way. Congratulations to both teams, you more than proved your worth to be in the series despite both coming off of Wild Card berths!
Nippon Professional Baseball-Nippon Series
SoftBank Hawks 5-2 Hanshin Tigers
Due to my late posting of the scores today, I will go ahead and include the game for 10/30.
SoftBank Hawks 1-0 Hanshin Tigers
The Hawks win the Nippon Series 4-1 on a very controversial last call out of runner interference. This is one to look up something on, it's bizarre and it's exactly the sort of reason why the MLB bringing in instant replay has been a positive thing in my opinion.
Your 2014 NPB Nippon Series
Cuban National Series
Cienfuegos 2-1 Granma
Camaguey 3-9 Holguin
Artemisa 8-4 Las Tunas
Isla de la Juventud 8-7 Ciego de Avila
Industriales 9-3 Matanzas
Santiago de Cuba 5-1 Sancti Spiritus
Pinar del Rio 12-1 Mayabeque-postponed
Guantamo 0-3 Villa Clara-postponed
Arizona Fall League
Mesa Solar Sox 7-5 Scottsdale Scorpions
Peoria Javelinas 5-4 Glendale Desert Dogs
Salt River Rafters 4-4 Surprise Sagueros--tie-11
Liga de Beisbol Profesional Nacional
Indios de Boer 6-12 Fieras del Oriental
Tigres de Chinadega 7-6 Gigantes de Rivas
Liga de Beisbol Profesional Dominicana
Toros del Este 1-4 Aguilas Cibaenas
Leones del Escogido 6-4 Estrellas de Oreinte
Gigantes del Cibao 4-2 Tigres del Licey
Liga Metropolitana de Beisbol
Lanus - Comunicaciones-postponed due to rain
Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional
Lara Cardenales 5-2 Aragua Tigres
La Guaira Tiburones 2-8 Caracas Leones
Zulia Aguiles 3-4 Magallanes Navegantes
Anzoategui Caribes 4-2 Los Bravos de Margarita
Mexican Pacific League
Obregon 4-11 Jalisco
Culiacan 4-6 Navojoa
Mexicali 3-1 Hermosillo
Los Mochios 0-4 Mazatlan
San Francisco Giants 3-2 Kansas City Royals
And the San Francisco Giants are your MLB World Series Champions! This was such a close one and came down the last at bat. One slight difference in the game could have taken it the other way. Congratulations to both teams, you more than proved your worth to be in the series despite both coming off of Wild Card berths!
Nippon Professional Baseball-Nippon Series
SoftBank Hawks 5-2 Hanshin Tigers
Due to my late posting of the scores today, I will go ahead and include the game for 10/30.
SoftBank Hawks 1-0 Hanshin Tigers
The Hawks win the Nippon Series 4-1 on a very controversial last call out of runner interference. This is one to look up something on, it's bizarre and it's exactly the sort of reason why the MLB bringing in instant replay has been a positive thing in my opinion.
Your 2014 NPB Nippon Series
Cuban National Series
Cienfuegos 2-1 Granma
Camaguey 3-9 Holguin
Artemisa 8-4 Las Tunas
Isla de la Juventud 8-7 Ciego de Avila
Industriales 9-3 Matanzas
Santiago de Cuba 5-1 Sancti Spiritus
Pinar del Rio 12-1 Mayabeque-postponed
Guantamo 0-3 Villa Clara-postponed
Arizona Fall League
Mesa Solar Sox 7-5 Scottsdale Scorpions
Peoria Javelinas 5-4 Glendale Desert Dogs
Salt River Rafters 4-4 Surprise Sagueros--tie-11
Liga de Beisbol Profesional Nacional
Indios de Boer 6-12 Fieras del Oriental
Tigres de Chinadega 7-6 Gigantes de Rivas
Liga de Beisbol Profesional Dominicana
Toros del Este 1-4 Aguilas Cibaenas
Leones del Escogido 6-4 Estrellas de Oreinte
Gigantes del Cibao 4-2 Tigres del Licey
Liga Metropolitana de Beisbol
Lanus - Comunicaciones-postponed due to rain
Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional
Lara Cardenales 5-2 Aragua Tigres
La Guaira Tiburones 2-8 Caracas Leones
Zulia Aguiles 3-4 Magallanes Navegantes
Anzoategui Caribes 4-2 Los Bravos de Margarita
Mexican Pacific League
Obregon 4-11 Jalisco
Culiacan 4-6 Navojoa
Mexicali 3-1 Hermosillo
Los Mochios 0-4 Mazatlan
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
10/28 Baseball scores from International Date Line, forward
Nippon Professional Baseball-Nippon Series
Hanshin Tigers 1-5 SoftBank Hawks
The Hawks take the lead in the series 2-1.
Korea Baseball Organization-Semi-Finals
LG Twins 9-1 Nexen Heroes
Series is tied 1-1.
Cuban National Series
Cienfuegos 6-10 Granma
Camaguey 5-2 Holguin
Artemisa 4-3 Las Tunas
Isla de la Juventud 1-9 Ciego de Avila
Industriales 7-12 Matanzas
Santiago de Cuba 5-9 Sancti Spiritus
Pinar del Rio - Mayabeque-postponed
Guantamo - Villa Clara-postponed
Arizona Fall League
Glendale Desert Dogs 2-14 Salt River Rafters
Peoria Javelinas 2-1 Mesa Solar Sox
Scottsdale Scorpions 3-4 Surprise Sagueros
Liga de Beisbol Profesional Dominicana
Estrellas de Oriente 9-7 Gigantes del Cibao
Leones del Escogido 2-6 Toros del Este
Major League Baseball-World Series
San Francisco Giants 0-10 Kansas City Royals
Series tied up 3-3! The final deciding Game 7 tomorrow night!
Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional
Aragua Tigres 8-3 La Guaira Tiburones
Magallanes Navegantes 3-8 Lara Cardenales
Anzotegui Caribes 6-0 Los Bravos de Margarita
Mexican Pacific League
Obregon 6-4 Jalisco
Mexicali 7-6 Hermosillo
Culiacan 0-6 Navojoa
Los Mochios 0-2 Mazatlan
Hanshin Tigers 1-5 SoftBank Hawks
The Hawks take the lead in the series 2-1.
Korea Baseball Organization-Semi-Finals
LG Twins 9-1 Nexen Heroes
Series is tied 1-1.
Cuban National Series
Cienfuegos 6-10 Granma
Camaguey 5-2 Holguin
Artemisa 4-3 Las Tunas
Isla de la Juventud 1-9 Ciego de Avila
Industriales 7-12 Matanzas
Santiago de Cuba 5-9 Sancti Spiritus
Pinar del Rio - Mayabeque-postponed
Guantamo - Villa Clara-postponed
Arizona Fall League
Glendale Desert Dogs 2-14 Salt River Rafters
Peoria Javelinas 2-1 Mesa Solar Sox
Scottsdale Scorpions 3-4 Surprise Sagueros
Liga de Beisbol Profesional Dominicana
Estrellas de Oriente 9-7 Gigantes del Cibao
Leones del Escogido 2-6 Toros del Este
Major League Baseball-World Series
San Francisco Giants 0-10 Kansas City Royals
Series tied up 3-3! The final deciding Game 7 tomorrow night!
Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional
Aragua Tigres 8-3 La Guaira Tiburones
Magallanes Navegantes 3-8 Lara Cardenales
Anzotegui Caribes 6-0 Los Bravos de Margarita
Mexican Pacific League
Obregon 6-4 Jalisco
Mexicali 7-6 Hermosillo
Culiacan 0-6 Navojoa
Los Mochios 0-2 Mazatlan
Monday, October 27, 2014
10/28 World Baseball Scores, featuring the Chinese Baseball League and the Boys of Winter!
Chinese Baseball League
Since the information has been limited, I'm posting all the games at once. Thanks very much to William Chu at Baseball Bangqiu who posted the information on his own blog. I'll be adding him to the helpful links as one of the active blogs reporting and posting about baseball around the world.
10/24
Guangdong Leopards 0-13 Tiajin Lions
Beijing Tigers 2-8 Jiangsu Pegasus
10/25
Guangdong Leopards 1-15 Tiajin Lions
Beijing Tigers 1-0 Jiangsu Pegasus
10/26
Guangdong Leopards 1-4 Tiajin Lions
Beijing Tigers 8-5 Jiangsu Pegasus
So with Beijing at 5-1 and Tiajin at 6-0, they will face off in the final 3 games of "North vs South" for the CBL Finals. That will run this weekend, 10/31-11/2!
Korea Baseball Organization
LG Twins 3-6 Nexen Heroes
Heroes take the 1-0 advantage in the battle to who will face Rick Vander Hurk and the Samsung Lions!
Arizona Fall League
Glendale Desert Dogs 6-5 Surprise Sagueros
Mesa Solar Sox 3-3 Salt River Rafters--tie after 11 innings
Peoria Javelinas 2-6 Scottsdale Scorpions
Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional
Caracas Leones 11-7 Zulia Aguiles
Liga de Beisbol Dominicano
Gigantes de Cibao 1-3 Estrellas de Oriente
Major League Baseball-World Series
Kansas City Royals 0-5 San Francisco Giants
Giants take the lead at 3-2. Bumgarner owned the whole game. Back to KC now!
Mexican Pacific League
Obregon 5-4 Jalisco
Since the information has been limited, I'm posting all the games at once. Thanks very much to William Chu at Baseball Bangqiu who posted the information on his own blog. I'll be adding him to the helpful links as one of the active blogs reporting and posting about baseball around the world.
10/24
Guangdong Leopards 0-13 Tiajin Lions
Beijing Tigers 2-8 Jiangsu Pegasus
10/25
Guangdong Leopards 1-15 Tiajin Lions
Beijing Tigers 1-0 Jiangsu Pegasus
10/26
Guangdong Leopards 1-4 Tiajin Lions
Beijing Tigers 8-5 Jiangsu Pegasus
So with Beijing at 5-1 and Tiajin at 6-0, they will face off in the final 3 games of "North vs South" for the CBL Finals. That will run this weekend, 10/31-11/2!
Korea Baseball Organization
LG Twins 3-6 Nexen Heroes
Heroes take the 1-0 advantage in the battle to who will face Rick Vander Hurk and the Samsung Lions!
Arizona Fall League
Glendale Desert Dogs 6-5 Surprise Sagueros
Mesa Solar Sox 3-3 Salt River Rafters--tie after 11 innings
Peoria Javelinas 2-6 Scottsdale Scorpions
Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional
Caracas Leones 11-7 Zulia Aguiles
Liga de Beisbol Dominicano
Gigantes de Cibao 1-3 Estrellas de Oriente
Major League Baseball-World Series
Kansas City Royals 0-5 San Francisco Giants
Giants take the lead at 3-2. Bumgarner owned the whole game. Back to KC now!
Mexican Pacific League
Obregon 5-4 Jalisco
World Baseball Standings, Week ending 10/26
Here we go, your weekly baseball roundup! Nicaragua joins the pack with a few games into their season, next week we'll have our first look at Australia, Puerto Rico, and Colombia joining the bunch.
Cuban National Series
Liga Metropolitana de Beisbol (Argentina)
Arizona Fall League
Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional
Mexican Pacific League
Liga de Beisbol Profesional de Dominicano
Liga de Beisbol Profesional Nacional Nicaragua
10/26, World Baseball Scores
So, is anyone reading this blog? Keeping up with the scores? Would you prefer I do more write-ups? I essentially believe there's not enough information IN ONE PLACE about the other baseball leagues that exist throughout the world, and I want to provide that, but is the audience there is the question. So let me know, by email, headlessego AT gmail.com or comment on the post, but let me know you'd like to continue seeing what I'm putting out here each day. Thanks!
Nippon Professional Baseball-Japan Series
Hanshin Tigers 1-2 Softbank Hawks
Series is now even at 1-1
Cuban National Series
Mantanzas 3-7 Artemisa
Villa Clara 11-0 Industriales
Sancti Spiritus 0-3 Isla de la Juventud
Mayabeque 1-2 Cienfuegos
Santiago de Cuba 2-1 Cielo de Avila
Las Tunas 4-2 Holguin
Camaguey 3-4 Granma
Pinar del Rio 2-1 Guantanamo
Liga de Beisbol Profesional Nacional (Nicaragua)
Cinadega Tigres 4-2 Fieras del Oriental
Indios del Boer 2-16 Gigantes de Rivas
Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional
Los Bravos de Margarita 5-2 La Guaira Tiburones
Anzoategui Carbies 4-2 Lara Cardenales
Caracas Leones 0-2 Zulia Aguiles
Magallanes Navegantes - Aragua Tigres--postponed
Liga de Beisbol Dominicano
Tigres del Licey 1-6 Aguilas Cibaenas
Toros del Este 4-3 Leones del Escogido
Liga Metropolitana de Beisbol
La Plata 5-8 Daom
Comunicaciones 8-11 Jupiter
Lanus 1-9 Nichia
Velez 8-10 Ferro
Major League Baseball-World Series
Kansas City Royals 0-5 San Francisco Giants
Giants take the lead at 3-2. Bumgarner owned the whole game. Back to KC now!
Mexican Pacific League
Mexicali 1-2 Jalisco
Mazatlan 2-9 Cuiliacan
Los Mochis 1-12 Obregon
Navojoa 1-9 Hermosillo
Nippon Professional Baseball-Japan Series
Hanshin Tigers 1-2 Softbank Hawks
Series is now even at 1-1
Cuban National Series
Mantanzas 3-7 Artemisa
Villa Clara 11-0 Industriales
Sancti Spiritus 0-3 Isla de la Juventud
Mayabeque 1-2 Cienfuegos
Santiago de Cuba 2-1 Cielo de Avila
Las Tunas 4-2 Holguin
Camaguey 3-4 Granma
Pinar del Rio 2-1 Guantanamo
Liga de Beisbol Profesional Nacional (Nicaragua)
Cinadega Tigres 4-2 Fieras del Oriental
Indios del Boer 2-16 Gigantes de Rivas
Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional
Los Bravos de Margarita 5-2 La Guaira Tiburones
Anzoategui Carbies 4-2 Lara Cardenales
Caracas Leones 0-2 Zulia Aguiles
Magallanes Navegantes - Aragua Tigres--postponed
Liga de Beisbol Dominicano
Tigres del Licey 1-6 Aguilas Cibaenas
Toros del Este 4-3 Leones del Escogido
Liga Metropolitana de Beisbol
La Plata 5-8 Daom
Comunicaciones 8-11 Jupiter
Lanus 1-9 Nichia
Velez 8-10 Ferro
Major League Baseball-World Series
Kansas City Royals 0-5 San Francisco Giants
Giants take the lead at 3-2. Bumgarner owned the whole game. Back to KC now!
Mexican Pacific League
Mexicali 1-2 Jalisco
Mazatlan 2-9 Cuiliacan
Los Mochis 1-12 Obregon
Navojoa 1-9 Hermosillo
Sunday, October 26, 2014
10/25
Nippon Professional Baseball-Japan Series
Hanshin Tigers 6-2 Softbank Hawks
Korean Baseball Organization-Semi-finals
DC Dinos 3-11 LG Twins
Twins win the series 3-1! The move on to play the 2nd place Nexen Heroes on Monday.
Cuban National Series
Mantanzas 1-0 Artemisa
Villa Clara 3-2 Industriales
Sancti Spiritus 5-8 Isla de la Juventud
Mayabeque 10-0 Cienfuegos
Santiago de Cuba - Cielo de Avila-suspended
Las Tunas 2-7 Holguin
Camaguey 5-1 Granma-suspended 2nd
Pinar del Rio 13-3 Guantanamo
Arizona Fall League
Mesa Solar Sox 14-0 Surprise Sagueros
Peoria Javelinas 6-3 Salt River Rafters
Scottsdale Scorpions 12-3 Glendale Desert Dogs
Liga de Beisbol Profesional Nacional (Nicaragua)
Indios del Boer 8-2 Fieras del Oriental
Gigantes de Rivas 3-2 Cinadega Tigres
Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional
Aragua Tigres 4-8 La Guaira Tiburones
Los Bravos de Margarita 4-5 Magallanes Navegantes
Lara Cardenales 6-7 Anzoategui Caribes
Caracas Leones 1-5 Zulia Aguiles
Liga de Beisbol Dominicano
Estrellas del Oriente 9-4 Aguilas de Cibaenas
Toros del Este 3-8 Tigres de Licey
Gigantes de Cibao 3-4 Leones de Escogido
Major League Baseball-World Series
Kansas City Royals 4-11 San Francisco Giants
Giants even the series up at 2-2. Intense game for a WHILE.
Mexican Pacific League
Mexicali 1-3 Jalisco
Mazatlan 9-4 Cuiliacan
Los Mochis - Obregon
Navojoa - Hermosillo
La Liga
Real Madrid 3-1 Barcelona
English League Championship
Sheffield Wednesday 0-0 Norwitch City
Hanshin Tigers 6-2 Softbank Hawks
Korean Baseball Organization-Semi-finals
DC Dinos 3-11 LG Twins
Twins win the series 3-1! The move on to play the 2nd place Nexen Heroes on Monday.
Cuban National Series
Mantanzas 1-0 Artemisa
Villa Clara 3-2 Industriales
Sancti Spiritus 5-8 Isla de la Juventud
Mayabeque 10-0 Cienfuegos
Santiago de Cuba - Cielo de Avila-suspended
Las Tunas 2-7 Holguin
Camaguey 5-1 Granma-suspended 2nd
Pinar del Rio 13-3 Guantanamo
Arizona Fall League
Mesa Solar Sox 14-0 Surprise Sagueros
Peoria Javelinas 6-3 Salt River Rafters
Scottsdale Scorpions 12-3 Glendale Desert Dogs
Liga de Beisbol Profesional Nacional (Nicaragua)
Indios del Boer 8-2 Fieras del Oriental
Gigantes de Rivas 3-2 Cinadega Tigres
Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional
Aragua Tigres 4-8 La Guaira Tiburones
Los Bravos de Margarita 4-5 Magallanes Navegantes
Lara Cardenales 6-7 Anzoategui Caribes
Caracas Leones 1-5 Zulia Aguiles
Liga de Beisbol Dominicano
Estrellas del Oriente 9-4 Aguilas de Cibaenas
Toros del Este 3-8 Tigres de Licey
Gigantes de Cibao 3-4 Leones de Escogido
Major League Baseball-World Series
Kansas City Royals 4-11 San Francisco Giants
Giants even the series up at 2-2. Intense game for a WHILE.
Mexican Pacific League
Mexicali 1-3 Jalisco
Mazatlan 9-4 Cuiliacan
Los Mochis - Obregon
Navojoa - Hermosillo
La Liga
Real Madrid 3-1 Barcelona
English League Championship
Sheffield Wednesday 0-0 Norwitch City
Saturday, October 25, 2014
10/24 World Series of Baseball Scores!
Korean Baseball Organization-Quarter-finals
DC Dinos 4-3 LG Twins
Twins lead the series 2-1. They lost alot of gain time with the two delayed games.
Cuban National Series
Mantanzas 2-0 Artemisa
Villa Clara - Industriales-suspended
Sancti Spiritus 10-0 Isla de la Juventud
Mayabeque - Cienfuegos-suspended
Santiago de Cuba - Cielo de Avila-suspended
Las Tunas 2-7 Holguin
Camaguey 5-0 Granma
Pinar del Rio 9-3 Guantanamo
Arizona Fall League
Mesa Solar Sox 4-9 Peoria Javelinas
Salt River Rafters 8-1 Glendale Desert Dogs
Suprise Sagueros 2-1 Scottsdale Scorpions
Liga de Beisbol Profesional Nacional (Nicaragua)
Fieras del Oriental 1-3 Gigantes de Rivas
Cinadega Tigres 1-11 Indios del Boer
Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional
La Guaira Tiburones 3-7 Zulia Aguiles
Lara Cardenales 5-10 Caracas Leones
Los Bravos de Margarita 1-7 Aragua Tigres
Magallanes Navegantes 2-5 Anzoategui Caribes
Liga de Beisbol Dominicano
Aguilas de Cibaenas 5-6 Leones de Escogido
Tigres de Licey 6-8 Estrellas del Oriente
Toros del Este 4-7 Gigantes de Cibao
Major League Baseball-World Series
Kansas City Royals 3-2 San Francisco Giants
KC pulls ahead 2-1!
Mexican Pacific League
Mexicali 2-3 Jalisco
Mazatlan 5-6 Cuiliacan
Los Mochis 4-3 Obregon
Navojoa 4-2 Hermosillo
MLS
Houston Dynamo 1-2 Chicago Fire
DC Dinos 4-3 LG Twins
Twins lead the series 2-1. They lost alot of gain time with the two delayed games.
Cuban National Series
Mantanzas 2-0 Artemisa
Villa Clara - Industriales-suspended
Sancti Spiritus 10-0 Isla de la Juventud
Mayabeque - Cienfuegos-suspended
Santiago de Cuba - Cielo de Avila-suspended
Las Tunas 2-7 Holguin
Camaguey 5-0 Granma
Pinar del Rio 9-3 Guantanamo
Arizona Fall League
Mesa Solar Sox 4-9 Peoria Javelinas
Salt River Rafters 8-1 Glendale Desert Dogs
Suprise Sagueros 2-1 Scottsdale Scorpions
Liga de Beisbol Profesional Nacional (Nicaragua)
Fieras del Oriental 1-3 Gigantes de Rivas
Cinadega Tigres 1-11 Indios del Boer
Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional
La Guaira Tiburones 3-7 Zulia Aguiles
Lara Cardenales 5-10 Caracas Leones
Los Bravos de Margarita 1-7 Aragua Tigres
Magallanes Navegantes 2-5 Anzoategui Caribes
Liga de Beisbol Dominicano
Aguilas de Cibaenas 5-6 Leones de Escogido
Tigres de Licey 6-8 Estrellas del Oriente
Toros del Este 4-7 Gigantes de Cibao
Major League Baseball-World Series
Kansas City Royals 3-2 San Francisco Giants
KC pulls ahead 2-1!
Mexican Pacific League
Mexicali 2-3 Jalisco
Mazatlan 5-6 Cuiliacan
Los Mochis 4-3 Obregon
Navojoa 4-2 Hermosillo
MLS
Houston Dynamo 1-2 Chicago Fire
Friday, October 24, 2014
10/23 World Baseball Scores from Around the World, Plus some soccer scores Also from around the world.
Chinese Professional Baseball League-Taiwan Series
Lamigo Monkeys 8-3 Chinatrust Brother Elephants
Lamigo wins the Taiwan Series 4-1 after the Elephants took an early lead in this game. It was a pretty exciting game to watch, and one of the most notable things to me is the fans in Taiwan are LOUD. Ladies and gentlemen, your 2014, CPBL Champions, the Lamigo Monkeys!
Arizona Fall League
Glendale Desert Dogs 2-1 Peoria Javelinas
Scottsdale Scorpions 3-7 Mesa Solar Sox
Surprise Sagueros 3-5 Salt River Rafters
Liga de Beisbol Dominicano
Leones del Escogido 5-13 Gigantes de Cibao
Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional
Los Bravos del Margarita 5-8 Caracas Leones
Lara Cardenales 5-11 Aragua Tigres
Magallanes Navegantes 2-4 Anzoategui Caribes
La Guaira Tiburones 1-0 Zulia Aguiles
Mexican Pacific League
Hermosillo 5-0 Los Mochis
Obregon 5-5 Mazatlan
Jalisco 4-5 Navojoa
Culiacan 8-9 Mexicali
UEFA Europa League
Lille 0-0 Everton
CONCACAF Champions League
Leon 4-1 Metapan
Saprissa 2-0 Sporting Kansas City
With the second result here, I'd like to make an observation. The US and Costa Rica both have a set number of seeds granted to the tournament, 4 and 2, respectively. Canada has only 1 btw, and it will be advancing. However, the US only has one team that will move forward into the quarter-finals. Costa Rica will have 3, given that a 3rd Costa Rican team was granted admission when Belize was unable to provide an adequate stadium of play to CONCACAF. That's just kind of ridiculous. I don't think that the MLS teams that were eligible are worse than many of the teams they played. Quite the contrary. I just think the MLS teams, or at least perhaps their front office or management, didn't take the competition serious enough. It works both ways guys. If you don't put forth the effort, why should a viewing audience? I mean, already it's only regulated to web only/soccer specialty channel viewing. People will watch UEFA Champions League OVER league play, but what about our own Champions? What about Costa Ricas, or Mexico? Are they any less interesting? I should think not. If anything, there's been some great games played in this tournament that no one watched. Make them WANT to watch people. Show up.
Lamigo Monkeys 8-3 Chinatrust Brother Elephants
Lamigo wins the Taiwan Series 4-1 after the Elephants took an early lead in this game. It was a pretty exciting game to watch, and one of the most notable things to me is the fans in Taiwan are LOUD. Ladies and gentlemen, your 2014, CPBL Champions, the Lamigo Monkeys!
Arizona Fall League
Glendale Desert Dogs 2-1 Peoria Javelinas
Scottsdale Scorpions 3-7 Mesa Solar Sox
Surprise Sagueros 3-5 Salt River Rafters
Liga de Beisbol Dominicano
Leones del Escogido 5-13 Gigantes de Cibao
Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional
Los Bravos del Margarita 5-8 Caracas Leones
Lara Cardenales 5-11 Aragua Tigres
Magallanes Navegantes 2-4 Anzoategui Caribes
La Guaira Tiburones 1-0 Zulia Aguiles
Mexican Pacific League
Hermosillo 5-0 Los Mochis
Obregon 5-5 Mazatlan
Jalisco 4-5 Navojoa
Culiacan 8-9 Mexicali
UEFA Europa League
Lille 0-0 Everton
CONCACAF Champions League
Leon 4-1 Metapan
Saprissa 2-0 Sporting Kansas City
With the second result here, I'd like to make an observation. The US and Costa Rica both have a set number of seeds granted to the tournament, 4 and 2, respectively. Canada has only 1 btw, and it will be advancing. However, the US only has one team that will move forward into the quarter-finals. Costa Rica will have 3, given that a 3rd Costa Rican team was granted admission when Belize was unable to provide an adequate stadium of play to CONCACAF. That's just kind of ridiculous. I don't think that the MLS teams that were eligible are worse than many of the teams they played. Quite the contrary. I just think the MLS teams, or at least perhaps their front office or management, didn't take the competition serious enough. It works both ways guys. If you don't put forth the effort, why should a viewing audience? I mean, already it's only regulated to web only/soccer specialty channel viewing. People will watch UEFA Champions League OVER league play, but what about our own Champions? What about Costa Ricas, or Mexico? Are they any less interesting? I should think not. If anything, there's been some great games played in this tournament that no one watched. Make them WANT to watch people. Show up.
Thursday, October 23, 2014
10/22-World Baseball Scores and a bit of soccer
Chinese Professional Baseball League-Taiwan Series
Lamigo Monkeys 1-3 Chinatrust Brother Elephants
Elephants disrupt Lamigo's winning streak! Still face elimination at a moments notice!
China Baseball League-Championship
Beijing Tigers 10-2 Jiansu Pegasus
Beijing Tigers 8-4 Jiansu Pegasus
Beijing Tigers 6-4 Jiansu Pegasus
Tianjin Lions 6-1 Guangdong Leopards
Tianjin Lions 9-3 Guangdong Leopards
Tianjin Lions 15-1 Guangdong Leopards
If anyone is fluent in reading Chinese, so far the only news about this does not translate through Google-translate. These games were played 10/18-10/20.
Korean Baseball Organization-Korea Series--Semi-Playoffs
LG Twins 4-2 NC Dinos (2-0)
Cuban National Series
Holguin - Isla de la Juventud--suspended
Granma 11-0 Mayabeque
Sancti Spiritus 2-7 Cienfuegos
Pinar del Rio 0-0 Villa Clara-suspended
Mantanzas 0-5 Camanguey
Industriales 12-5 Las Tunas
Artemisa 3-4 Santiago de Cuba
Ciego de Avila 1-8 Guantanamo
Arizona Fall League
Mesa Solar Sox 9-3 Scottsdale Scorpions
Peoria Javelinas 1-10 Glendale Desert Dogs
Salt River Rafters 9-2 Surprise Sagueros
Liga de Beisbol Dominicano
Estrellas de Oriente 11-1 Tigres de Licey
Gigantes de Cibao 4-1 Toros del Este
Leones de Escogido 1-2 Aguiles Cibaenas
Mexican Pacific League
Hermosillo 2-3 Los Mochis
Obregon 6-7 Mazatlan
Jalisco 1-6 Navojoa
Culiacan 3-2 Mexicali
Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional
Los Bravos de Margarita 3-13 Anzoategui Caribes
Magallanes Navegantes 4-1 Caracas Leones
La Guaria Tiburones 8-2 Lara Cardenales
Major League Baseball-World Series
San Francisco Giants 2-7 Kansas City Royals
CONCACAF Champions League
New York Red Bulls 1-1 Montreal Impact
Real Espana 3-2 Pachuca
Lamigo Monkeys 1-3 Chinatrust Brother Elephants
Elephants disrupt Lamigo's winning streak! Still face elimination at a moments notice!
China Baseball League-Championship
Beijing Tigers 10-2 Jiansu Pegasus
Beijing Tigers 8-4 Jiansu Pegasus
Beijing Tigers 6-4 Jiansu Pegasus
Tianjin Lions 6-1 Guangdong Leopards
Tianjin Lions 9-3 Guangdong Leopards
Tianjin Lions 15-1 Guangdong Leopards
If anyone is fluent in reading Chinese, so far the only news about this does not translate through Google-translate. These games were played 10/18-10/20.
Korean Baseball Organization-Korea Series--Semi-Playoffs
LG Twins 4-2 NC Dinos (2-0)
Cuban National Series
Holguin - Isla de la Juventud--suspended
Granma 11-0 Mayabeque
Sancti Spiritus 2-7 Cienfuegos
Pinar del Rio 0-0 Villa Clara-suspended
Mantanzas 0-5 Camanguey
Industriales 12-5 Las Tunas
Artemisa 3-4 Santiago de Cuba
Ciego de Avila 1-8 Guantanamo
Arizona Fall League
Mesa Solar Sox 9-3 Scottsdale Scorpions
Peoria Javelinas 1-10 Glendale Desert Dogs
Salt River Rafters 9-2 Surprise Sagueros
Liga de Beisbol Dominicano
Estrellas de Oriente 11-1 Tigres de Licey
Gigantes de Cibao 4-1 Toros del Este
Leones de Escogido 1-2 Aguiles Cibaenas
Mexican Pacific League
Hermosillo 2-3 Los Mochis
Obregon 6-7 Mazatlan
Jalisco 1-6 Navojoa
Culiacan 3-2 Mexicali
Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional
Los Bravos de Margarita 3-13 Anzoategui Caribes
Magallanes Navegantes 4-1 Caracas Leones
La Guaria Tiburones 8-2 Lara Cardenales
Major League Baseball-World Series
San Francisco Giants 2-7 Kansas City Royals
CONCACAF Champions League
New York Red Bulls 1-1 Montreal Impact
Real Espana 3-2 Pachuca
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
10/21-Baseball Scores AROUND THE WORLD. Also some Champions League scores
Korean Baseball Organization-Playoffs
NC Dinos - LG Twins-Postponed
Chinese Professional Baseball League--Taiwan Series
Lamigo Monkeys 8-2 Chinatrust Brother Elephants
Cuban National Series
Lamigo Monkeys 8-2 Chinatrust Brother Elephants
Cuban National Series
Holguin 1-1 Isla de la Juventud-suspended after
Granma - Mayabeque--suspended
Sancti Spiritus 3-4 Cienfuegos
Pinar del Rio 0-1 Villa Clara
Mantanzas 4-3 Camanguey
Industriales 6-11 Las Tunas
Artemisa 5-4 Santiago de Cuba
Cielo de Avila 13-3 Guantanamo
Arizona Fall League
Mesa Solar Sox 11-6 Surprise Sagueros
Peoria Javelinas 0-5 Salt River Rafters
Scottsdale Scorpions 7-6 Glendale Desert Dogs
Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional
Los Bravos del Margarita 4-5 Anzoategui Caribes
Caracas Leones 4-3 Magallanes Navegantes
Mexican Pacific League
Hermosillo 1-3 Los Mochis
Obregon 4-1 Mazatlan
Jalisco 6-4 Navojoa
Culiacan 2-4 Mexicali
Liga de Beisbol Dominicana
Aguilas Cibaenas 10-7 Estrellas de Oriente
Toros del Este 5-3 Tigres del Licey
Major League Baseball
San Francisco Giants 7-1 Kansas City Royals
Other games that are not baseball, but they're okay (if you're into that sort of thing).
UEFA Champions League
FC Barcelona 3-1 Amsterdam Ajax
English Championship League
Brentford 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday
CONCACAF Champions League
Tauro 0-1 DC United
America 2-0 Comunicaciones
Olimpia 3-1 Portland Timbers
Alajualense 1-1 Cruz Azul
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
10/20 World Baseball Scores
Nippon Professional Baseball--Climax Series Final Stage
SoftBank Hawks 6-1 Nippon-Ham Fighters
SoftBank Hawks pull off the win and advance to the Japan Series against the Hanshin Tigers!
Korean Baseball Organization-Playoffs
NC Dinos - LG Twins-Postponed
Cuban National Series
Holguin 5-7 Isla de la Juventud
Granma 12-2 Mayabeque
Sancti Spiritus 15-0 Cienfuegos
Pinar del Rio 5-6 Villa Clara
Mantanzas 5-1 Camanguey
Industriales - Las Tunas-Suspended
Artemisa 9-5 Santiago de Cuba
Cielo de Avila 1-14 Guantanamo
Arizona Fall League
Salt River Rafters 4-2 Peoria Javelinas
Surprise Sagureros 6-5 Mesa Solar Sox
Glendale Desert Dogs 3-7 Scottsdale Scorpions
Liga Metropolitana de Beisbol
10/19 Scores:
Nichia 9-7 Daom
Lanus 12-0 Jupiter
Ferro 5-6 La Plata
Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional
Zulia Aguilas 10-5 Aragua Tigres
Liga de Beisbol Dominicana
Aguilas Cibaenas 7-1 Gigantes del Cibao
Monday, October 20, 2014
So where do we stand?
Want to be able to give a good idea of what I'm throwing up here every week. Here's a look at the standings for each league we're following right now, as of 10/19/2014.
We'll take these on one by one, depending on their start time.
Which begins with the Argentinian league, in their second half, going on since August 3rd. While yes, Argentina has a remarkably long season, they also don't play that often compared to how we normally think of it. The information on the functioning of the league is kind of sparse, so I take what I can get.
The Cuban National Series began on September 21st. First of the Caribbean leagues to get started, but they'll be playing long after the others end.
The Arizona Fall League and the Venezualan Winter League started around the same time, followed shortly after by the Mexican Pacific League. These are our big MLB backed leagues, and we've got 2 more (Australian and Puerto Rican) to get started, as well as 3 to 4 (depending on Panama) leagues that aren't MLB affiliated, but will get started in the next two months.
As far as the other leagues are concerned, Panama often doesn't get rolling til January, so it's uncertain as to the league's current status for this year. There's also one more Mexican league (specifically in the state of Veracruz) that will begin along with Nicaragua and Colombia's yearly leagues.
We'll take these on one by one, depending on their start time.
Which begins with the Argentinian league, in their second half, going on since August 3rd. While yes, Argentina has a remarkably long season, they also don't play that often compared to how we normally think of it. The information on the functioning of the league is kind of sparse, so I take what I can get.
Liga Metropolitana de Beisbol
The Cuban National Series began on September 21st. First of the Caribbean leagues to get started, but they'll be playing long after the others end.
Cuban National Series
The Arizona Fall League and the Venezualan Winter League started around the same time, followed shortly after by the Mexican Pacific League. These are our big MLB backed leagues, and we've got 2 more (Australian and Puerto Rican) to get started, as well as 3 to 4 (depending on Panama) leagues that aren't MLB affiliated, but will get started in the next two months.
Arizona Fall League
Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional
Mexican Pacific League
Liga de Dominicana Profesional
As far as the other leagues are concerned, Panama often doesn't get rolling til January, so it's uncertain as to the league's current status for this year. There's also one more Mexican league (specifically in the state of Veracruz) that will begin along with Nicaragua and Colombia's yearly leagues.
10/19 Baseball Scores From all the Places, plus some scores from some other sparts too, I guess.
Nippon Professional Baseball--Climax Series Final Stage
SoftBank Hawks 4-6 Nippon-Ham Fighters (series tied 3-3)
Korean Baseball Organization-Playoffs
NC Dinos 4-13 LG Twins
Chinese Professional Baseball League-Taiwan Series
Chinatrust Brother Elephants 6-7 Lamingo Monkeys
The Lamingo Monkeys lead the series 2-0. Lamingo was the top team for the first half of year.
Chinese Baseball League-Division Championship
Update from 10/18:
Jiangsu Pegasus 2-8 Beijing Tigers
Guangdong Leopards 1-6 Tiajin Lions
Looks like there's gonna be about a day's delay on these, so I'll report them as I get them.
City of Barcelona Baseball Competition
Catalonia 1-0 Navarre
Italian All-Stars 8-4 Italy North
The Italian All-Stars win the tournament, with Italy North coming in 2nd, Catalonia 3rd, and Navarre 4th.
Liga Metropolitana de Beisbol-Updates
10/16 Ferro 15-12 Jupiter
10/18 Comuniciones - Velez-postponed due to rain
Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional
Anzoategui Caribes 8-3 Caracas Leones
Zulia Aguiles 9-2 Los Bravos de Margarita
La Guaira Tiburones 1-2 Aragua Tigres
Lara Cardenales 7-8 Magallanes Navegantes
Liga de Beisbol Dominicana
Tigres de Licey 11-8 Leones del Escogido
Gigantes del Cibao - Aguilas Cibaenas--postponed due to rain
Mexican Pacific League
Los Mochis 4-3 Mexicali
Jalisco 6-5 Culiacan
Mazatlan 3-2 Hermosillo
Obregon 3-4 Navojoa
NFL
New Orleans Saints 23-24 Detroit Lions
Sunday, October 19, 2014
10/18 Baseball scores and some stuff I was looking at beside that
Nippon Professional Baseball--Climax Series Final Stage
Hanshin Tigers 8-4 Yomiuri Giants (Tigers win series 4-1, advance to Japan Series)
SoftBank Hawks 13-4 Nippon-Ham Fighters (series at 2-1)
Chinese Professional Baseball League-Taiwan Series
Chinatrust Brother Elephants 0-3 Lamingo Monkeys
Chinese Baseball League-Tournament 2014
Beijing Tigers - Jiangsu Pegasus
Guandong Leopards - Tiajin Lions
Cuban National Series
Sancti Spiritus 12-6 Industriales
Isla de la Juventud 6-2 Mayabeque
Granma 1-3 Mantanzas
Holguin 6-8 Cienfuegos
Camanguey 8-6 Villa Clara
Ciego de Avila - Las Tunas-postponded
Pinar del Rio 0-4 Santiago de Cuba
Artemisa 7-3 Guantanamo
City of Barcelona Baseball Competition
Italy North 4-3 Navarra
Catalonia 0-3 Italian All-Stars
Navarra 3-12 Italian All-Stars
Catalonia 4-0 Italy North
Arizona Fall League
Scottsdale Scorpions 3-4 Peoria Javelina
Salt River Rafters 4-8 Mesa Solar Sox
Surprise Sagueros 4-9 Glendale Desert Dogs
Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional
Anzoategui Caribes 1-5 Aragua Tigres
Magallanes Navegantes 4-11 Lara Cardenales
Zulia Aguiles 2-3 Los Bravos de la Margarita
La Guaria Tiburones 6-4 Caracas Leones
Mexican Pacific League
Jalisco 9-5 Culiacan
Los Mochis 1-5 Mexicali
Mazatlan 8-5 Hermosillo
Obregon 5-10 Navajoa
Liga de Beisbol Dominicano
Estrellas de Oriente 4-1 Leones del Escogido
Tigres del Licey 0-3 Gigantes del Cibao
Aguilas Cibaenas 4-7 Toros del Este
We have football scores, lots of 'em! All different kinds. One of which is a new on for me, introducing.... SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY!
English League Championship
Sheffield Wednesday 0-3 Watford
No one's get promoted here anytime soon. I feel for this little second tier team, which I honestly didn't know existed until I heard a bit about them on the Men in Blazers TV show. I love me an underdog, and they're not even close to that, it's been doing that poorly for them. Heads up, still a long season to go!
Speaking of a long season so far, back into the Barclay's
Barclay's Premier League
Everton 3-0 Aston Villa
Oh what a beautiful win. It feels like it's all back together an honestly, one could point to Barkley's return as exactly what was needed, the key piece. And just because the first one was so good, Jags scored another goal. Just so that announcers the worlds over could yell JAGS in their microphone once again. Good going men, nice clean sheet at that.
NCAA Football
Southern Miss 30-20 North Texas
Iowa State 45-48 Univeristy of Texas
Hanshin Tigers 8-4 Yomiuri Giants (Tigers win series 4-1, advance to Japan Series)
SoftBank Hawks 13-4 Nippon-Ham Fighters (series at 2-1)
Chinese Professional Baseball League-Taiwan Series
Chinatrust Brother Elephants 0-3 Lamingo Monkeys
Chinese Baseball League-Tournament 2014
Beijing Tigers - Jiangsu Pegasus
Guandong Leopards - Tiajin Lions
Cuban National Series
Sancti Spiritus 12-6 Industriales
Isla de la Juventud 6-2 Mayabeque
Granma 1-3 Mantanzas
Holguin 6-8 Cienfuegos
Camanguey 8-6 Villa Clara
Ciego de Avila - Las Tunas-postponded
Pinar del Rio 0-4 Santiago de Cuba
Artemisa 7-3 Guantanamo
City of Barcelona Baseball Competition
Italy North 4-3 Navarra
Catalonia 0-3 Italian All-Stars
Navarra 3-12 Italian All-Stars
Catalonia 4-0 Italy North
Arizona Fall League
Scottsdale Scorpions 3-4 Peoria Javelina
Salt River Rafters 4-8 Mesa Solar Sox
Surprise Sagueros 4-9 Glendale Desert Dogs
Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional
Anzoategui Caribes 1-5 Aragua Tigres
Magallanes Navegantes 4-11 Lara Cardenales
Zulia Aguiles 2-3 Los Bravos de la Margarita
La Guaria Tiburones 6-4 Caracas Leones
Mexican Pacific League
Jalisco 9-5 Culiacan
Los Mochis 1-5 Mexicali
Mazatlan 8-5 Hermosillo
Obregon 5-10 Navajoa
Liga de Beisbol Dominicano
Estrellas de Oriente 4-1 Leones del Escogido
Tigres del Licey 0-3 Gigantes del Cibao
Aguilas Cibaenas 4-7 Toros del Este
We have football scores, lots of 'em! All different kinds. One of which is a new on for me, introducing.... SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY!
English League Championship
Sheffield Wednesday 0-3 Watford
No one's get promoted here anytime soon. I feel for this little second tier team, which I honestly didn't know existed until I heard a bit about them on the Men in Blazers TV show. I love me an underdog, and they're not even close to that, it's been doing that poorly for them. Heads up, still a long season to go!
Speaking of a long season so far, back into the Barclay's
Barclay's Premier League
Everton 3-0 Aston Villa
Oh what a beautiful win. It feels like it's all back together an honestly, one could point to Barkley's return as exactly what was needed, the key piece. And just because the first one was so good, Jags scored another goal. Just so that announcers the worlds over could yell JAGS in their microphone once again. Good going men, nice clean sheet at that.
NCAA Football
Southern Miss 30-20 North Texas
Iowa State 45-48 Univeristy of Texas
Saturday, October 18, 2014
My promise of covering my thoughts on college football, and celebrating mini-tournaments
Every weekend college gameday rolls around. I look at what times the two teams I follow will play at and file it away. And then I go about my day as normal. Depending on the time, I'll look it up later and see how they're doing or did. And that's it.
I can respect football as a sport. I still struggle in respecting many of the players for various reasons that I still have problems with Major League Baseball as well. But football I always approach at a distance, I've just never been THAT interested, and college football even moreso. This is all while growing up in Mississippi, a state entrenched in college football rivalry between MSU and Ole Miss. Part of it is my parents never watched football, so that opportunity wasn't there. Eventually I did have friends who watched football, but even being at every football game in band, and having days off and free tickets to the see the game of my college team, Southern Miss, I never went. I did, however, take some tailgater's tray of chicken fingers. I'm sorry.
Anyway, I still approach it with nonchalance, but I actually follow Southern Miss more now than I did then. At first it was just to see if we'd win a game last year, when we were doing so bad. I'd like them to do well, but I recognize that as an uphill battle. So one game at a time guys. Living in Austin, TX, it's hard not to be a supporter of UT, and they've fallen a bit at the start of this year to the point that both them and USM have the same record of 2-4. I feel like some type of balance set in. But in the end, I'm still not that concerned. I'll check in, great. If not, eh, it happens. I mean, I like it better than basketball. But not more than hockey, or lacrosse for that matter. But I follow teams in football where I don't in the other two sports. I don't have a good explanation for it, I'm just here as a fan. Not "here as a fan," but "just here."
SHIFTING GEARS
We're in the playoffs! For lots of folks. We started off with the Netherlands getting things going, and have moved into the MLB, the NPB, and the CPBL all running their finals around the same time! It's exciting, but that's how baseball goes, there's a few leagues all running around the same time. You just never noticed before, did you? Tut-tut.
Anyhow, one thing I was very excited about as a follower of the international game is the re-emergency of the Chinese Baseball Association/League in mainland China. In the past two World Baseball Classics, the national team had at least edged out one win, one of which came against fierce rivals and IBAF ranked #4 Chinese Taipei. However, when gathering my top 30 league info a month or so back, I found out the league had folded or put on hold back in 2011. Now, after a few false starts, they seem ready to roll again, in the form of a smaller 4 team tournament. I'm excited.
Neighboring Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) is also in the playoff range, two teams playing each other as they have all year. I think there's a certain admirability to their persistance. They've played a full season, and there's only 4 teams in the whole league. So each team knows so much about each other, there's no way it's not intimate.
There's a little tournament running through Barcelona the next two days, featuring players from teams representing the Catalonia and Navarre regions of Spain, as well as from the North Italian baseball teams, and the Italian All-Stars. It's the 20th annual "City of Barcelona" Tournament, and it's just held over these two days. Each team played a game on Friday, two games today, and then there'll be the 3rd place and championship games on Sunday. Very quick tournament, and there's a bit of video footage of the games at this website here.
I can respect football as a sport. I still struggle in respecting many of the players for various reasons that I still have problems with Major League Baseball as well. But football I always approach at a distance, I've just never been THAT interested, and college football even moreso. This is all while growing up in Mississippi, a state entrenched in college football rivalry between MSU and Ole Miss. Part of it is my parents never watched football, so that opportunity wasn't there. Eventually I did have friends who watched football, but even being at every football game in band, and having days off and free tickets to the see the game of my college team, Southern Miss, I never went. I did, however, take some tailgater's tray of chicken fingers. I'm sorry.
Anyway, I still approach it with nonchalance, but I actually follow Southern Miss more now than I did then. At first it was just to see if we'd win a game last year, when we were doing so bad. I'd like them to do well, but I recognize that as an uphill battle. So one game at a time guys. Living in Austin, TX, it's hard not to be a supporter of UT, and they've fallen a bit at the start of this year to the point that both them and USM have the same record of 2-4. I feel like some type of balance set in. But in the end, I'm still not that concerned. I'll check in, great. If not, eh, it happens. I mean, I like it better than basketball. But not more than hockey, or lacrosse for that matter. But I follow teams in football where I don't in the other two sports. I don't have a good explanation for it, I'm just here as a fan. Not "here as a fan," but "just here."
SHIFTING GEARS
We're in the playoffs! For lots of folks. We started off with the Netherlands getting things going, and have moved into the MLB, the NPB, and the CPBL all running their finals around the same time! It's exciting, but that's how baseball goes, there's a few leagues all running around the same time. You just never noticed before, did you? Tut-tut.
Anyhow, one thing I was very excited about as a follower of the international game is the re-emergency of the Chinese Baseball Association/League in mainland China. In the past two World Baseball Classics, the national team had at least edged out one win, one of which came against fierce rivals and IBAF ranked #4 Chinese Taipei. However, when gathering my top 30 league info a month or so back, I found out the league had folded or put on hold back in 2011. Now, after a few false starts, they seem ready to roll again, in the form of a smaller 4 team tournament. I'm excited.
Neighboring Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) is also in the playoff range, two teams playing each other as they have all year. I think there's a certain admirability to their persistance. They've played a full season, and there's only 4 teams in the whole league. So each team knows so much about each other, there's no way it's not intimate.
There's a little tournament running through Barcelona the next two days, featuring players from teams representing the Catalonia and Navarre regions of Spain, as well as from the North Italian baseball teams, and the Italian All-Stars. It's the 20th annual "City of Barcelona" Tournament, and it's just held over these two days. Each team played a game on Friday, two games today, and then there'll be the 3rd place and championship games on Sunday. Very quick tournament, and there's a bit of video footage of the games at this website here.
10/17 Resultados del Béisbol de Todo el Mundo!
Nippon Professional Baseball--Climax Series Final Stage
Yomiuri Giants 2-4 Hanshin Tigers
SoftBank Hawks 4-12 Nippon-Ham Fighters (series at 1-1)
Korea Baseball Organization
Doosan Bears 2-1 NC Dinos
KIA Tigers 5-4 Hanwha Eagles
Lotte Giants 8-5 LG Twins
Nexen Heroes 7-2 SK Wyverns
Cuban National Series
Sancti Spiritus 2-5 Industriales
Isla de la Juventud 8-7 Mayabeque
Granma 4-3 Mantanzas
Holguin 7-12 Cienfuegos
Camanguey 4-3 Villa Clara
Ciego de Avila 3-4 Las Tunas
Pinar del Rio 11-5 Santiago de Cuba
Artemisa 2-11 Guantanamo
City of Barcelona Baseball Competition
Catalonia 2-1 Navarre
Italian All-Stars 3-8 Italy North
Arizona Fall League
Surprise Sagueros 3-5 Mesa Solar Sox
Glendale Desert Dogs 6-5 Scottsdale Scorpions
Peoria Javelinas 3-3 Salt River Rafters (Tie after 11)
Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional
Anzaotegui Caribes 9-4 Lara Cardenales (7 innings)
Anzaotegui Caribes 5-4 Lara Cardenales
Zulia Aguiles 6-4 La Guaira Tiburones
Caracas Leones 4-3 Los Bravos de Margarita
Magallanes Navegantes - Aragua Tigres--postponed
Mexican Pacific League
Jalisco 1-3 Culiacan
Los Mochis 2-3 Mexicali
Mazatlan 2-3 Hermosillo
Obregon 11-12 Navojoa
Liga de Beisbol Dominicano
Toros del Este 9-4 Estrelles del Oriente
Leones del Escogido 6-3 Tigres de Licey
Gigantes del Cibao - Aguilas Cibaenas--postponed due to rain
Yomiuri Giants 2-4 Hanshin Tigers
SoftBank Hawks 4-12 Nippon-Ham Fighters (series at 1-1)
Korea Baseball Organization
Doosan Bears 2-1 NC Dinos
KIA Tigers 5-4 Hanwha Eagles
Lotte Giants 8-5 LG Twins
Nexen Heroes 7-2 SK Wyverns
Cuban National Series
Sancti Spiritus 2-5 Industriales
Isla de la Juventud 8-7 Mayabeque
Granma 4-3 Mantanzas
Holguin 7-12 Cienfuegos
Camanguey 4-3 Villa Clara
Ciego de Avila 3-4 Las Tunas
Pinar del Rio 11-5 Santiago de Cuba
Artemisa 2-11 Guantanamo
City of Barcelona Baseball Competition
Catalonia 2-1 Navarre
Italian All-Stars 3-8 Italy North
Arizona Fall League
Surprise Sagueros 3-5 Mesa Solar Sox
Glendale Desert Dogs 6-5 Scottsdale Scorpions
Peoria Javelinas 3-3 Salt River Rafters (Tie after 11)
Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional
Anzaotegui Caribes 9-4 Lara Cardenales (7 innings)
Anzaotegui Caribes 5-4 Lara Cardenales
Zulia Aguiles 6-4 La Guaira Tiburones
Caracas Leones 4-3 Los Bravos de Margarita
Magallanes Navegantes - Aragua Tigres--postponed
Mexican Pacific League
Jalisco 1-3 Culiacan
Los Mochis 2-3 Mexicali
Mazatlan 2-3 Hermosillo
Obregon 11-12 Navojoa
Liga de Beisbol Dominicano
Toros del Este 9-4 Estrelles del Oriente
Leones del Escogido 6-3 Tigres de Licey
Gigantes del Cibao - Aguilas Cibaenas--postponed due to rain
Friday, October 17, 2014
See! Baseball Scores from Round the World! See! Unheard Competitions on 10/16!
Nippon Professional Baseball--Climax Series Final Stage
Yomiuri Giants 2-5 Hanshin Tigers
SoftBank Hawks 1-5 Nippon-Ham Fighters (series at 1-1)
Korea Baseball Organization
Doosan Bears 5-7 SK Wyverns
Samsung Lions 5-7 KIA Tigers
Cuban National Series
Sancti Spiritus 1-4 Industriales
Isla de la Juventud 4-4 Mayabeque (tie after 13 innings)
Granma 1-6 Mantanzas
Holguin 10-5 Cienfuegos
Camanguey 1-2 Villa Clara
Ciego de Avila 11-5 Las Tunas
Pinar del Rio 1-9 Santiago de Cuba
Artemisa 3-5 Guantanamo
Arizona Fall League
Scottsdale Scorpions 3-7 Surprise Sagueros
Glendale Desert Dogs 1-5 Salt River Rafters
Peoria Javelinas 2-6 Mesa Solar Sox
Liga Metropolitana de Beisbol
Ferro - Jupiter
10/15 Update
Daom 8-6 Velez
Major League Baseball--NL Championship
St. Louis Cardinals 3-6 San Fransisco Giants
Giants advance to make a return to the World Series, Kansas City awaits! This going to be a very interesting World Series. Kansas City is this crazy return to small ball, which I love, and the Giants, to me, are the continuing progression forward out of the steriod era--hard hitters, hard pitchers, not necessarily home run/strikeout crazy, but just, expanding out of where we stood with that. I'd say it's definitely a Series worth watching.
Liga de Beisbol Dominicano
Estrellas de Oriente 5-4 Toros del Este
Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional
Zulia 6-2 La Guaira
Caracas 9-5 Margarita
Mexican Pacific League
Hermosillo 8-3 Jalisco
Culiacan 2-5 Los Mochis
Mexicali 4-7 Obregon
MLS
Houston Dynamo 2-1 New England Revolution
Yomiuri Giants 2-5 Hanshin Tigers
SoftBank Hawks 1-5 Nippon-Ham Fighters (series at 1-1)
Korea Baseball Organization
Doosan Bears 5-7 SK Wyverns
Samsung Lions 5-7 KIA Tigers
Cuban National Series
Sancti Spiritus 1-4 Industriales
Isla de la Juventud 4-4 Mayabeque (tie after 13 innings)
Granma 1-6 Mantanzas
Holguin 10-5 Cienfuegos
Camanguey 1-2 Villa Clara
Ciego de Avila 11-5 Las Tunas
Pinar del Rio 1-9 Santiago de Cuba
Artemisa 3-5 Guantanamo
Arizona Fall League
Scottsdale Scorpions 3-7 Surprise Sagueros
Glendale Desert Dogs 1-5 Salt River Rafters
Peoria Javelinas 2-6 Mesa Solar Sox
Liga Metropolitana de Beisbol
Ferro - Jupiter
10/15 Update
Daom 8-6 Velez
Major League Baseball--NL Championship
St. Louis Cardinals 3-6 San Fransisco Giants
Giants advance to make a return to the World Series, Kansas City awaits! This going to be a very interesting World Series. Kansas City is this crazy return to small ball, which I love, and the Giants, to me, are the continuing progression forward out of the steriod era--hard hitters, hard pitchers, not necessarily home run/strikeout crazy, but just, expanding out of where we stood with that. I'd say it's definitely a Series worth watching.
Liga de Beisbol Dominicano
Estrellas de Oriente 5-4 Toros del Este
Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional
Zulia 6-2 La Guaira
Caracas 9-5 Margarita
Mexican Pacific League
Hermosillo 8-3 Jalisco
Culiacan 2-5 Los Mochis
Mexicali 4-7 Obregon
MLS
Houston Dynamo 2-1 New England Revolution
Thursday, October 16, 2014
10/15 World Baseball Scores
Nippon Professional Baseball--Climax Series Final Stage
Hanshin Tigers 4-1 Yomiuri Giants
Nippon-Ham Fighter 2-3 SoftBank Hawks
Korea Baseball Organization
SK Wyverns 3-6 Doosan Bears
LG Twins 3-5 Samsung Lions
Nexen Heroes 7-6 Lotte Giants
Arizona Fall League
Mesa Solar Sox 5-2 Peoria Javelinas
Salt River Rafters 5-7 Glendale Desert Dogs
Surprise Sagueros 13-11 Scottsdale Scorpions
Liga Metropolitana de Beisbol
Daom - Velez
Update to 10/12
Velez 11-7 Lanus
Major League Baseball--AL/NL Championship
Baltimore Orioles 1-2 Kansas City Royals
St. Louis Cardinals 4-6 San Fransisco Giants
Kansas City advances to the World Series!
Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional
Zulia 5-4 Caracas
Lara 3-4 Margarita
Caribes 8-3 Magallanes
La Guaira 3-5 Aragua
Mexican Pacific League
Hermosillo 2-9 Jalisco
Culiacan 3-5 Los Mochis
Navojoa 2-7 Mazatlan
Mexicali 8-4 Obregon
No soccer to note, though I did get a chance to watch the game with Caribes and Magallanes. At least of it. It ran 14 innings, apparently, and I left around the 7th to go home from work. So after no runs from innings 10-14, Caribes broke through and whomped 5 on Los Navegantes in the top of the 14th. Magallanes is 2-4 for the year so far, Caribes is doing well at 4-1, though the Zulia Aguiles hold the top spot and are as of yet unbeaten.
But how about KC? I realize that my focus elsewhere has left me lacking. Omar Infante, former Marlins who totally busted his ass for my favorite team when he played for them, so I was happy to see that Kansas would be headed up to the World Series this year, him being part of it, despite him being on board with the team that should have been.
It also occurred to me, that a tragic oversight on my part had been had. These last two games had been in KC, so I missed a great opportunity for when the Royals first played in Baltimore, to inform the Orioles fans, that "Heyo, Omar comin'!" Yes.
Hanshin Tigers 4-1 Yomiuri Giants
Nippon-Ham Fighter 2-3 SoftBank Hawks
Korea Baseball Organization
SK Wyverns 3-6 Doosan Bears
LG Twins 3-5 Samsung Lions
Nexen Heroes 7-6 Lotte Giants
Arizona Fall League
Mesa Solar Sox 5-2 Peoria Javelinas
Salt River Rafters 5-7 Glendale Desert Dogs
Surprise Sagueros 13-11 Scottsdale Scorpions
Liga Metropolitana de Beisbol
Daom - Velez
Update to 10/12
Velez 11-7 Lanus
Major League Baseball--AL/NL Championship
Baltimore Orioles 1-2 Kansas City Royals
St. Louis Cardinals 4-6 San Fransisco Giants
Kansas City advances to the World Series!
Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional
Zulia 5-4 Caracas
Lara 3-4 Margarita
Caribes 8-3 Magallanes
La Guaira 3-5 Aragua
Mexican Pacific League
Hermosillo 2-9 Jalisco
Culiacan 3-5 Los Mochis
Navojoa 2-7 Mazatlan
Mexicali 8-4 Obregon
No soccer to note, though I did get a chance to watch the game with Caribes and Magallanes. At least of it. It ran 14 innings, apparently, and I left around the 7th to go home from work. So after no runs from innings 10-14, Caribes broke through and whomped 5 on Los Navegantes in the top of the 14th. Magallanes is 2-4 for the year so far, Caribes is doing well at 4-1, though the Zulia Aguiles hold the top spot and are as of yet unbeaten.
But how about KC? I realize that my focus elsewhere has left me lacking. Omar Infante, former Marlins who totally busted his ass for my favorite team when he played for them, so I was happy to see that Kansas would be headed up to the World Series this year, him being part of it, despite him being on board with the team that should have been.
It also occurred to me, that a tragic oversight on my part had been had. These last two games had been in KC, so I missed a great opportunity for when the Royals first played in Baltimore, to inform the Orioles fans, that "Heyo, Omar comin'!" Yes.
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
10/14 Baseball Around the World and nah nah nah, Some other stuff I'm following
As always, presented in order at which the games started for the day for each league, in case you were wondering where I was coming up with that.
Nippon Professional Baseball-Climax Series
Orix Buffalos 1-2 Nippon-Ham Fighters
Nippon-Ham takes their fight to the South Bank Hawks from here for the Pacific League championship, which is Final Stage of the Climax Series, beginning tomorrow.
Korea Baseball Organization
Nexen Heroes 12-4 Lotte Giants
Samsung Lions 1-2 NC Dinos
Cuban National Series
Holguin 1-7 Artemisa
Villa Clara 0-5 Isla de la Juventud
Cienfuegos 2-4 Santiago de Cuba
Industriales 11-1 Guantanamo
Sancti Spiritus 8-2 Pinar del Rio
Camanguey 0-4 Mayabeque
Las Tunas 3-6 Mantanzas
Ciego de Avila 2-3 Granma
Arizona Fall League
Scottsdale Scorpions 10-7 Mesa Solar Sox
Glendale Desert Dogs 9-0 Peoria Javelinas
Surprise Sagueros 0-1 Salt River Rafters
Major League Baseball-AL/NL Championship Series
Baltimore Orioles 1-2 Kansas City Royals
St. Louis Cardinals 3-4 San Fransisco Giants
KC leads 3-0 and only needs one more run to shut the door on Baltimore. The Giants take a 2-1 lead in the NLDS.
Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional
Lara Cardenales 2-3 Margarita Bravos
Magallanes Navegantes 5-4 Caracas Leones
Mexican Pacific League
Hermosillo Naranjeros 2-3 Jalisco Charros
Culiacan Tomateros 3-2 Los Mochios Caneros
Navojoa Mayos 0-2 Mazatlan Venados
Mexicali Aguielas 2-6 Obregon Yaquis
AND NOW TO SOCCA. I always keep an eye on what Ireland is doing, they usually don't get terribly far in international play, but they do fight hard, and we'll probably get to see more of them as they continue progress and if they get a chance to play with some of their better players, considering a few are injured right now. The smaller teams are definitely fighting harder than usual, and it looks like Ireland caught Germany by surprise here on this one. For Ireland this is definitely one of those "When a tie is a win situations."
Euro 2016-Qualifiers
Germany 1-1 Republic of Ireland
International Friendly
United States 1-1 Honduras
Canada 0-1 Colombia
Now Hondurus potentially might miss the Gold Cup next year depending on the 5th place matchup with the 5th place in the Caribbean Cup. So this may be the last time the US may play Honduras for a while. One thing that threw me: this is pretty much the A-squad, there's a couple of guys not playing, but otherwise, these are the same guys playing that were here for the World Cup.
But most of these guys play in the MLS, and their teams are leading up to the playoffs! And as a reminder, the MLS does not schedule around the International break. We only need to look at the Houston Dynamo, who had 3 very important games within a 7 day span, already missing a few guys to injuries ALSO lacking Boniak Garcia and Luis Gurrido to...oh, the Honduras team. So yeah, thanks MLS. Don't try to throw this on Hondurus.
I was actually very excited to catch a bit of the Canadian game, though at a bad time as I mostly just saw Colombian players trot on and off the field. Still, it seems Canada put up a great fight, and when you're up against Falcao and James Rodriguez, to only let in one goal? Not bad. So hopefully we'll see a bit more of this Canadian team, which has immense potential, they just need to hone down and they could be a threat for the Gold Cup next year.
Nippon Professional Baseball-Climax Series
Orix Buffalos 1-2 Nippon-Ham Fighters
Nippon-Ham takes their fight to the South Bank Hawks from here for the Pacific League championship, which is Final Stage of the Climax Series, beginning tomorrow.
Korea Baseball Organization
Nexen Heroes 12-4 Lotte Giants
Samsung Lions 1-2 NC Dinos
Cuban National Series
Holguin 1-7 Artemisa
Villa Clara 0-5 Isla de la Juventud
Cienfuegos 2-4 Santiago de Cuba
Industriales 11-1 Guantanamo
Sancti Spiritus 8-2 Pinar del Rio
Camanguey 0-4 Mayabeque
Las Tunas 3-6 Mantanzas
Ciego de Avila 2-3 Granma
Arizona Fall League
Scottsdale Scorpions 10-7 Mesa Solar Sox
Glendale Desert Dogs 9-0 Peoria Javelinas
Surprise Sagueros 0-1 Salt River Rafters
Major League Baseball-AL/NL Championship Series
Baltimore Orioles 1-2 Kansas City Royals
St. Louis Cardinals 3-4 San Fransisco Giants
KC leads 3-0 and only needs one more run to shut the door on Baltimore. The Giants take a 2-1 lead in the NLDS.
Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional
Lara Cardenales 2-3 Margarita Bravos
Magallanes Navegantes 5-4 Caracas Leones
Mexican Pacific League
Hermosillo Naranjeros 2-3 Jalisco Charros
Culiacan Tomateros 3-2 Los Mochios Caneros
Navojoa Mayos 0-2 Mazatlan Venados
Mexicali Aguielas 2-6 Obregon Yaquis
AND NOW TO SOCCA. I always keep an eye on what Ireland is doing, they usually don't get terribly far in international play, but they do fight hard, and we'll probably get to see more of them as they continue progress and if they get a chance to play with some of their better players, considering a few are injured right now. The smaller teams are definitely fighting harder than usual, and it looks like Ireland caught Germany by surprise here on this one. For Ireland this is definitely one of those "When a tie is a win situations."
Euro 2016-Qualifiers
Germany 1-1 Republic of Ireland
International Friendly
United States 1-1 Honduras
Canada 0-1 Colombia
Now Hondurus potentially might miss the Gold Cup next year depending on the 5th place matchup with the 5th place in the Caribbean Cup. So this may be the last time the US may play Honduras for a while. One thing that threw me: this is pretty much the A-squad, there's a couple of guys not playing, but otherwise, these are the same guys playing that were here for the World Cup.
But most of these guys play in the MLS, and their teams are leading up to the playoffs! And as a reminder, the MLS does not schedule around the International break. We only need to look at the Houston Dynamo, who had 3 very important games within a 7 day span, already missing a few guys to injuries ALSO lacking Boniak Garcia and Luis Gurrido to...oh, the Honduras team. So yeah, thanks MLS. Don't try to throw this on Hondurus.
I was actually very excited to catch a bit of the Canadian game, though at a bad time as I mostly just saw Colombian players trot on and off the field. Still, it seems Canada put up a great fight, and when you're up against Falcao and James Rodriguez, to only let in one goal? Not bad. So hopefully we'll see a bit more of this Canadian team, which has immense potential, they just need to hone down and they could be a threat for the Gold Cup next year.
Monday, October 13, 2014
10/13 Daily World Baseball Scores
Nippon Professional Baseball-Climax Series
Orix Buffalos - Nippon-Ham Fighters-postponed, rescheduled for Tuesday 10/13
Korean Baseball Organization
Doosan Bears 6-7 SK Wyverns
Samsung Lions 22-1 Hanwha Eagles
Nexen Heroes 8-5 KIA Tigers
Cuban National Series
Holguin 11-4 Artemisa
Villa Clara 10-2 Isla de la Juventud
Cienfuegos 2-0 Santiago de Cuba
Industriales 5-4 Guantanamo
Sancti Spiritus 8-1 Pinar del Rio
Camanguey 5-4 Mayabeque
Las Tunas 5-10 Mantanzas
Ciego de Avila 1-5 Granma
Arizona Fall League
Salt River Rafters 7-4 Surprise Sagueros
Mesa Solar Sox 1-2 Scottsdale Scorpions
Peoria Javelinas 2-2 Glendale Desert Dogs
Major League Baseball
Kansas City Royals - Baltimore Orioles-postponed due to rain, rescheduled for Tuesday 10/13
Mexican Pacific League
Navojoa Mayos 0-3 Mazatlan Venados
Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional
Aragua Tigres 10-1 La Guaira Tiburones
Liga Metropolitana de Beisbol WE HAVE UPDATES
10/8
Nichia -La Plata--postponed, reason not given
10/12
Daom 10-3 Ferro
La Plata 11-8 Comunicaciones
Jupiter - Nichia--postoned, unknown reason
Velez - Lanus--still no result. Hey, I'll take what I can get
For those interested in catching this last Buffalos/Fighters game, it'll be on at 3am ET, if your coffee is strong enough.
And in soccer, today was slow. Still the International break!
Euro 2016-Qualifiers
Boznia-Herzegovina 1-1 Belgium
Orix Buffalos - Nippon-Ham Fighters-postponed, rescheduled for Tuesday 10/13
Korean Baseball Organization
Doosan Bears 6-7 SK Wyverns
Samsung Lions 22-1 Hanwha Eagles
Nexen Heroes 8-5 KIA Tigers
Cuban National Series
Holguin 11-4 Artemisa
Villa Clara 10-2 Isla de la Juventud
Cienfuegos 2-0 Santiago de Cuba
Industriales 5-4 Guantanamo
Sancti Spiritus 8-1 Pinar del Rio
Camanguey 5-4 Mayabeque
Las Tunas 5-10 Mantanzas
Ciego de Avila 1-5 Granma
Arizona Fall League
Salt River Rafters 7-4 Surprise Sagueros
Mesa Solar Sox 1-2 Scottsdale Scorpions
Peoria Javelinas 2-2 Glendale Desert Dogs
Major League Baseball
Kansas City Royals - Baltimore Orioles-postponed due to rain, rescheduled for Tuesday 10/13
Mexican Pacific League
Navojoa Mayos 0-3 Mazatlan Venados
Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional
Aragua Tigres 10-1 La Guaira Tiburones
Liga Metropolitana de Beisbol WE HAVE UPDATES
10/8
Nichia -La Plata--postponed, reason not given
10/12
Daom 10-3 Ferro
La Plata 11-8 Comunicaciones
Jupiter - Nichia--postoned, unknown reason
Velez - Lanus--still no result. Hey, I'll take what I can get
For those interested in catching this last Buffalos/Fighters game, it'll be on at 3am ET, if your coffee is strong enough.
And in soccer, today was slow. Still the International break!
Euro 2016-Qualifiers
Boznia-Herzegovina 1-1 Belgium
A Good Bit of Nonsense-Relegation in the US
So after following the live updates of the Hoofdklasse Play Downs and watching Mampaey The Hawks be relegated to the second division baseball group, I thought about how often this might have happened in the MLB if they employed the same practice. In the MLB, and in most other US leagues, the relegation is non-existent. Lower level teams are considered farm teams, excepting the few Independent leagues in the country.Even in baseball abroad (to my knowledge), the Netherlands is the only country whose baseball leagues still do this, Italy having abandonded it back in 2010.
I'm not the only person who's looked at this, the reason why it doesn't exist in the MLB and the US as well is long entrenched in professional sports, and it's been court approved, at that. But if we look at say, the English Premier League as an example, most of the Second division teams have much affection from their fans, though some of that might be from the idea that their teams are not just fodder of rookies and players struggling or recovering from injury. And in the EPL and other European leagues, there are plenty of farms teams too. The minors (themselves comparitive leagues before they started struggling in the early parts of the last century) are one of the hardest bits to get around on the concept of MLB relegation, and I've come up with some controversial suggests on how to work around that.
So first of all, I think the most important part of making this move is the dissolution of the separate American and National Leagues. Blasphemy, you say! Yes, but if we're already throwing out the non-use of relegation, why not go ahead with knocking the rest of those boundaries down. This is science! We will break things for the science! So no National and American League, no
So that's the first step. The second is, when? So for me I said, let's say we did this at the end of the 2013. So all my numbers from where we started are based off of this. The second thing I said was, let's split them up into two tiers. All of it is still Major League Baseball, but Division I and Division II or perhaps, better names. Couldn't I have done AL/NL? Sure, but I'm sure someone would claim preference on who's on top. So the top 14 of the MLB would be D1, the bottom 16 D2. The playoffs for both would be a 5 team playoff to determine the champion.
But how about we throw a couple of other ringers into this? We've got the Blue Jays in here representating Toronto, but I thought "Why not have at least one representative from both Canada AND Mexico included?" How would we do this? The Mexican League is a AAA recognized but unaffiliated league of Mexican teams. So I thought, hey, let's introduce the top team from this league into the standings. If they become subject to relegation, then they would be replaced by the top team from that year of the Mexican League. I'd like to do the same with a Canadian team, to keep things fair. But there's not really a Canadian league, and aside from one minor league team, most baseball teams in Canada are either semi-pro or independent leagues. So I used those as an example. So the Canadian and Mexican teams would stay in the D1, unless facing relegation and moved back to the Mexican or Canadian league respectively. In the model we're using from 2013, this is the Quintana Roo Tigres, and since the Blue Jays would have been outside of D1 based on their 2013 record, they would be looking at being replaced by the Quebec Capitales, currently of the Can-Am independent league. In actual play I think it would only be fair for the Blue Jays to fight for their right to a continued MLB existence, but for the sake of argument I'm just sending them down.
Now since we've already hit one of the main concerns: how does that affect big market teams like the Blue Jays? Well, for these smaller leagues, it's a boost, suddenly their market is nationally known, or at least made more aware in the area for that team. For the regulated team, never has the inspiration to do better been accentuated. And think of it this way: they've finally got a chance for a championship, if they've been mired in years of no wins.
So continuing on. Here's how the two would break down, alphabetically.
Division 1:
I'm not the only person who's looked at this, the reason why it doesn't exist in the MLB and the US as well is long entrenched in professional sports, and it's been court approved, at that. But if we look at say, the English Premier League as an example, most of the Second division teams have much affection from their fans, though some of that might be from the idea that their teams are not just fodder of rookies and players struggling or recovering from injury. And in the EPL and other European leagues, there are plenty of farms teams too. The minors (themselves comparitive leagues before they started struggling in the early parts of the last century) are one of the hardest bits to get around on the concept of MLB relegation, and I've come up with some controversial suggests on how to work around that.
So first of all, I think the most important part of making this move is the dissolution of the separate American and National Leagues. Blasphemy, you say! Yes, but if we're already throwing out the non-use of relegation, why not go ahead with knocking the rest of those boundaries down. This is science! We will break things for the science! So no National and American League, no
So that's the first step. The second is, when? So for me I said, let's say we did this at the end of the 2013. So all my numbers from where we started are based off of this. The second thing I said was, let's split them up into two tiers. All of it is still Major League Baseball, but Division I and Division II or perhaps, better names. Couldn't I have done AL/NL? Sure, but I'm sure someone would claim preference on who's on top. So the top 14 of the MLB would be D1, the bottom 16 D2. The playoffs for both would be a 5 team playoff to determine the champion.
But how about we throw a couple of other ringers into this? We've got the Blue Jays in here representating Toronto, but I thought "Why not have at least one representative from both Canada AND Mexico included?" How would we do this? The Mexican League is a AAA recognized but unaffiliated league of Mexican teams. So I thought, hey, let's introduce the top team from this league into the standings. If they become subject to relegation, then they would be replaced by the top team from that year of the Mexican League. I'd like to do the same with a Canadian team, to keep things fair. But there's not really a Canadian league, and aside from one minor league team, most baseball teams in Canada are either semi-pro or independent leagues. So I used those as an example. So the Canadian and Mexican teams would stay in the D1, unless facing relegation and moved back to the Mexican or Canadian league respectively. In the model we're using from 2013, this is the Quintana Roo Tigres, and since the Blue Jays would have been outside of D1 based on their 2013 record, they would be looking at being replaced by the Quebec Capitales, currently of the Can-Am independent league. In actual play I think it would only be fair for the Blue Jays to fight for their right to a continued MLB existence, but for the sake of argument I'm just sending them down.
Now since we've already hit one of the main concerns: how does that affect big market teams like the Blue Jays? Well, for these smaller leagues, it's a boost, suddenly their market is nationally known, or at least made more aware in the area for that team. For the regulated team, never has the inspiration to do better been accentuated. And think of it this way: they've finally got a chance for a championship, if they've been mired in years of no wins.
So continuing on. Here's how the two would break down, alphabetically.
Division 1:
- Atlanta Braves
- Boston Red Sox
- Cincinnati Reds
- Cleveland Indians
- Detroit Tigers
- Kansas City Royals
- Los Angeles Dodgers
- Oakland Athletics
- Pittsburgh Pirates
- Quebec Capitales
- Quintana Roo Tigres
- St. Louis Cardinals
- Tampa Bay Rays
- Texas Rangers
- Washington Nationals
- Arizona Diamondbacks
- Baltimore Orioles
- Chicago Cubs
- Chicago White Sox
- Colorado Rockies
- Houston Astros
- Los Angeles Angels
- Miami Marlins
- Milwaukee Brewers
- Minnesota Twins
- New York Mets
- New York Yankees
- Philadelphia Phillies
- San Diego Padres
- San Fransisco Giants
- Seattle Mariners
World Baseball Summary 10/12 and Other Sad Games
Nippon Professional Baseball-Climax Series
Hiroshima Carp 0-0 Hanshin Tigers
Orix Buffalos 6-4 Nippon-Ham Fighters
Hanshin was awarded the win after 12 scoreless innings, moves on to the Central League playoffs against the Yomiuri Giants.
The series is tied between the Orix Buffalos and the Nippon-Ham Fighters. They have one more game to determine who will face SouthBank Hawks for the Pacific League final.
Korean Baseball Organization
LG Twins 1-6 Doosan Bears
Samsung Lions 8-4 KIA Tigers
Hanwha Eagles 2-0 Lotte Giants
Honkball Hoofdklasse--Holland Series Final
DOOR Neptunus 1-0 L&D Amsterdam Pirates
DOOR Neptunus defend their title by becoming the 2014 Holland Series champion!
Cuban National Series
Holguin 2-4 Artemisa
Villa Clara 0-5 Isla de la Juventud
Cienfuegos 3-11 Santiago de Cuba
Industriales 5-13 Guantanamo
Sancti Spiritus 5-8 Pinar del Rio
Camanguey 9-14 Mayabeque
Las Tunas 2-4 Mantanzas
Ciego de Avila 4-3 Granma
Major League Baseball-NLCS
San Francisco Giants 4-5 St. Louis Cardinals
Mexican Pacific League
Los Mochis Caneros 4-6 Obregon Yanquis
Hermosillo Naranjeros 3-2 Navojoa Mayos
Mazatlan Venados 4-2 Culiacan Tomateros
Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional
Aragua Tigres 3-5 Lara Cardenales
Magallanes Navegantes 2-3 Zulia Aguiles
Caracas Leones 5-7 Caribes Anzoategui
Margarita Bravos 4-6 La Guiara Tiburones
Liga Metropolitana de Beisbol
Ferro - La Plata
Comunicaciones - Velez
Nichia - Daom
Lanus - Jupiter
If anyone has any info on these games, it would be much appreciated. The website hasn't been updated :/
No Euros that I was following in soccer, mostly just following the Houston Dynamo game. Very important game from the Dynamo, if they win or tie they still have a chance at the playoffs.
MLS
DC United 3-1 Houston Dynamo
Whelp.
Hiroshima Carp 0-0 Hanshin Tigers
Orix Buffalos 6-4 Nippon-Ham Fighters
Hanshin was awarded the win after 12 scoreless innings, moves on to the Central League playoffs against the Yomiuri Giants.
The series is tied between the Orix Buffalos and the Nippon-Ham Fighters. They have one more game to determine who will face SouthBank Hawks for the Pacific League final.
Korean Baseball Organization
LG Twins 1-6 Doosan Bears
Samsung Lions 8-4 KIA Tigers
Hanwha Eagles 2-0 Lotte Giants
Honkball Hoofdklasse--Holland Series Final
DOOR Neptunus 1-0 L&D Amsterdam Pirates
DOOR Neptunus defend their title by becoming the 2014 Holland Series champion!
Cuban National Series
Holguin 2-4 Artemisa
Villa Clara 0-5 Isla de la Juventud
Cienfuegos 3-11 Santiago de Cuba
Industriales 5-13 Guantanamo
Sancti Spiritus 5-8 Pinar del Rio
Camanguey 9-14 Mayabeque
Las Tunas 2-4 Mantanzas
Ciego de Avila 4-3 Granma
Major League Baseball-NLCS
San Francisco Giants 4-5 St. Louis Cardinals
Mexican Pacific League
Los Mochis Caneros 4-6 Obregon Yanquis
Hermosillo Naranjeros 3-2 Navojoa Mayos
Mazatlan Venados 4-2 Culiacan Tomateros
Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional
Aragua Tigres 3-5 Lara Cardenales
Magallanes Navegantes 2-3 Zulia Aguiles
Caracas Leones 5-7 Caribes Anzoategui
Margarita Bravos 4-6 La Guiara Tiburones
Liga Metropolitana de Beisbol
Ferro - La Plata
Comunicaciones - Velez
Nichia - Daom
Lanus - Jupiter
If anyone has any info on these games, it would be much appreciated. The website hasn't been updated :/
No Euros that I was following in soccer, mostly just following the Houston Dynamo game. Very important game from the Dynamo, if they win or tie they still have a chance at the playoffs.
MLS
DC United 3-1 Houston Dynamo
Whelp.
Saturday, October 11, 2014
10/11 Daily World Baseball Summary & Some other games I'm following
Nippon Professional Baseball--Climax Series
Hiroshima Carp 0-1 Hanshin Tigers (Hanshin leads 1-0)
Orix Buffalo 3-6 Nippon Ham Fighters (Nippon Ham leads 1-0)
Korean Baseball Organization
LG Twins 15-2 Doosan Bears
Nexen Heroes 7-7 SK Wyverns
Samsung Lions 4-5 KIA Tigers
Hanwha Eagles 3-4 Lotte Giants
Honkbal Hookfdklasse-Holland Series/Play-Downs
L&D Amsterdam 3-8 NOOR Neptunus (tied at 3 games)
DSS 8-2 Mampaey The Hawks (DSS win series 3-2)
Arizona Fall League
Scottdale Scorpion 7-6 Surprise Sagueros
Peoria Javelinas 3-6 Mesa Solar Sox
Salt River Rafters 2-1 Glendale Desert Dogs
Major League Baseball-AL/NL Championship Series
Kansas City Royals 6-4 Baltimore Orioles (KC leads 2-0)
San Fransisco Giants 3-0 St. Louis Cardinals (SF leads 1-0)
Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional
Margarita Bravos 3-8 La Guaira Tiburones
Aragua Tigres 8-1 Lara Cardenales
Magallanes Navegantes 1-3 Zulia Aguilas
Carcas Leones 7-6 Caribes Anzoategui
Mexican Pacific League
Obregon Yaquis 2-9 Los Mochis Caneros
Navojoa Mayos 3-4 Hermosillo Naranjeros
Culiacan Tomateros 5-2 Mazatlan Venados
Mexicali 4-2 Jalisco
Other games I was following were in NCAA football and as per usual, soccer.
University of Texas 26-31 Oklahoma
The local college here in Austin I've been following since we moved, and also began following my own alma mater, the University of Southern Mississippi, around the same time, despite the fact I really hadn't followed college sports ever, including when I was actually in college. Game days for me were a time to do things in town where it was normally slightly more crowded, and thereby less crowded on game day. It's been a rough year for both teams, but it's early on, there's time yet.
In the world of soccer, we had another round of the Euro 16 qualifiers. Of interest today:
Republic of Ireland 7-0 Gibralter
I've been fascinated with the story of Gibralter entering into FIFA and making plays in the Euro and the Europa League, neither with much success, but still. Of course, I'm not going to argue with the eventuality of Ireland advancing either. I'm good on that.
MLS side, the games of interest are of course, those that effect the Houston Dynamo for me.
Montreal Impact 2-2 New England Revolution
NY Red Bulls 3-1 Toronto FC
Philadelphia Union 2-3 Columbus Crew
I guess I should emphasize, the Crew and the Red Bulls are both difficult teams, and so if the Dynamo aren't able to climb back on points to get past them, there's a damn good reason. However, this works out well enough (draw on Red Bulls-Toronto would have been better, but eh), as the points gained or not gained from Philly and Toronto will help with tomorrow's rather difficult game for the Dynamo against DC United.
Hiroshima Carp 0-1 Hanshin Tigers (Hanshin leads 1-0)
Orix Buffalo 3-6 Nippon Ham Fighters (Nippon Ham leads 1-0)
Korean Baseball Organization
LG Twins 15-2 Doosan Bears
Nexen Heroes 7-7 SK Wyverns
Samsung Lions 4-5 KIA Tigers
Hanwha Eagles 3-4 Lotte Giants
Honkbal Hookfdklasse-Holland Series/Play-Downs
L&D Amsterdam 3-8 NOOR Neptunus (tied at 3 games)
DSS 8-2 Mampaey The Hawks (DSS win series 3-2)
Arizona Fall League
Scottdale Scorpion 7-6 Surprise Sagueros
Peoria Javelinas 3-6 Mesa Solar Sox
Salt River Rafters 2-1 Glendale Desert Dogs
Major League Baseball-AL/NL Championship Series
Kansas City Royals 6-4 Baltimore Orioles (KC leads 2-0)
San Fransisco Giants 3-0 St. Louis Cardinals (SF leads 1-0)
Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional
Margarita Bravos 3-8 La Guaira Tiburones
Aragua Tigres 8-1 Lara Cardenales
Magallanes Navegantes 1-3 Zulia Aguilas
Carcas Leones 7-6 Caribes Anzoategui
Mexican Pacific League
Obregon Yaquis 2-9 Los Mochis Caneros
Navojoa Mayos 3-4 Hermosillo Naranjeros
Culiacan Tomateros 5-2 Mazatlan Venados
Mexicali 4-2 Jalisco
Other games I was following were in NCAA football and as per usual, soccer.
University of Texas 26-31 Oklahoma
The local college here in Austin I've been following since we moved, and also began following my own alma mater, the University of Southern Mississippi, around the same time, despite the fact I really hadn't followed college sports ever, including when I was actually in college. Game days for me were a time to do things in town where it was normally slightly more crowded, and thereby less crowded on game day. It's been a rough year for both teams, but it's early on, there's time yet.
In the world of soccer, we had another round of the Euro 16 qualifiers. Of interest today:
Republic of Ireland 7-0 Gibralter
I've been fascinated with the story of Gibralter entering into FIFA and making plays in the Euro and the Europa League, neither with much success, but still. Of course, I'm not going to argue with the eventuality of Ireland advancing either. I'm good on that.
MLS side, the games of interest are of course, those that effect the Houston Dynamo for me.
Montreal Impact 2-2 New England Revolution
NY Red Bulls 3-1 Toronto FC
Philadelphia Union 2-3 Columbus Crew
I guess I should emphasize, the Crew and the Red Bulls are both difficult teams, and so if the Dynamo aren't able to climb back on points to get past them, there's a damn good reason. However, this works out well enough (draw on Red Bulls-Toronto would have been better, but eh), as the points gained or not gained from Philly and Toronto will help with tomorrow's rather difficult game for the Dynamo against DC United.
The Tragedy of Relegation and Other Saturday Tales
There's a couple of playoffs going on, each runs a little different and I want to go over that before getting into my main point for the day. I originally was going to have something up today about football, perhaps that's just best left for tomorrow. Most of you are familiar with the MLB playoff currently underway. It's changed alot in just 20 years, what with the introduction of the Wild Card and now the Wild Card Playoff, as well as the additional division in each league. So let's look at the other two playoffs going on right now, the wrapping of the Honkbal Hoofdklasse (to delineate from the football division of the same name in the Netherlands), and the beginning of the NPB's Climax Series.
I'll get into the Climax series first. A while back, the NPB decided to lengthen the playoffs a bit instead of just the highest ranked of the Central versus the Pacific League. So the second and third place of each league have a 3-game series before facing off against the 1st in the league in the road to the final series.
It's fairly simple compared to the Hoofdklasse. The season is split into a first and second half. The second half starts off at zero so that there can be two separate winners for the first and second half, which the winners of both face off in the Holland Series game of 7. The L&D Amsterdam Pirates are longtime rivals of DOOR Neptunus, both having won the Holland Series multiple times. One part that is unique to the Hoofdklasse is relegation. The Play Down series of 5 runs at the same time as the Holland Series.
In the Play Downs, the last place team of the Hoofdklasse plays the top team of the Honkbal Overgangsklasse, the second division. This year it was Mampaey The Hawks against DSS, representing their respective leagues. I've been rather fascinated, DSS battling for glory and advancement, The Hawks merely to stay alive, to avoid relegation to the lower league. As the game today took place and DSS's version of small ball overcame Mampaey, a sort of sadness occured to me, the tragedy of the fact that this team, despite their efforts in the same game to advance 2 years ago, wold be forced back down. Two years ago, the relegated team declared bankruptcy and folded, hopefully a unique and one time. Certainly DSS has more to prove in the next year but they are an exciting team to watch. The whole thing has me thinking about how the process could potentially work in the MLB. I'll have more on that another time.
Welcome to the Hoofdklasse, DSS. Hope you survive the experience.
I'll get into the Climax series first. A while back, the NPB decided to lengthen the playoffs a bit instead of just the highest ranked of the Central versus the Pacific League. So the second and third place of each league have a 3-game series before facing off against the 1st in the league in the road to the final series.
It's fairly simple compared to the Hoofdklasse. The season is split into a first and second half. The second half starts off at zero so that there can be two separate winners for the first and second half, which the winners of both face off in the Holland Series game of 7. The L&D Amsterdam Pirates are longtime rivals of DOOR Neptunus, both having won the Holland Series multiple times. One part that is unique to the Hoofdklasse is relegation. The Play Down series of 5 runs at the same time as the Holland Series.
In the Play Downs, the last place team of the Hoofdklasse plays the top team of the Honkbal Overgangsklasse, the second division. This year it was Mampaey The Hawks against DSS, representing their respective leagues. I've been rather fascinated, DSS battling for glory and advancement, The Hawks merely to stay alive, to avoid relegation to the lower league. As the game today took place and DSS's version of small ball overcame Mampaey, a sort of sadness occured to me, the tragedy of the fact that this team, despite their efforts in the same game to advance 2 years ago, wold be forced back down. Two years ago, the relegated team declared bankruptcy and folded, hopefully a unique and one time. Certainly DSS has more to prove in the next year but they are an exciting team to watch. The whole thing has me thinking about how the process could potentially work in the MLB. I'll have more on that another time.
Welcome to the Hoofdklasse, DSS. Hope you survive the experience.
Friday, October 10, 2014
Around the World with Daily Games - 10/10
Korean Baseball Organization
NC Dinos 12-0 Lotte Giants
Doosan Bears 7-3 Hanwha Eagles
Cuban National Series
Isla de la Juventud 1-8 Mantanzas
Camanguey 7-1 Santiago de Cuba
Villa Clara 0-2 Artemsia
Ciefuengos 9-5 Ciego de Avila
Industriales 1-4 Granma
Las Tunas 6-4 Pinar del Rio
Holguin 9-3 Spiriti Sanctus
Mayabeque 2-6 Guantanamo
Arizona Fall League
Salt River Rafters 12-2 Peoria Javelinas
Glendale Desert Dogs 5-6 Scottsdale Scorpions
Surprise Sagueros 3-14 Mesa Solar Sox
Liga Venezolana Beisbol Professional
Margarita Bravos 3-6 Caracas Leones
Lara Cardenales 1-9 Zulia Aguilas
La Guaira Tiburones 2-4 Caribes Anzoategui
Aragua Tigres 1-4 Magallanes Navegantes
Mexican Pacific League
Mexicali Aguilas 8-1 Jalisco Charros
Major League Baseball
Kansas City Royals 8-6 Baltimore Orioles
Soccer wise, USA tied Ecuador in their friendly matchup, as did Saudi Arabia and Uruguay (featuring a performance by the reforming Luis Suarez).
The Euro competitions were interesting, the one I was most curious about was Wales-Bosnia-Herzegovia, as an Everton follower keeping an eye on Muhamed Besic. The game ended nil-nil, and I never was able to find a video feed on it. However, the ones that really had me on the edge for a bit was Netherlands-Kazakhstan and Italy-Azjerbaijan. In both games, down to about the 80th minute were tied-up. Normally I would have expected something to the degree of the Belgium-Andorra game, where Andorra only pulled off two shots on goal the whole game, to the mess of shots and 6 goals that Belgium scored. Now, Netherlands and Italy both pulled ahead, but it's worth noting how close it got.
MLS side, the Vancouver Whitecaps pulled off a nice 1-0 victory over Seattle to pull into the playoff picture, hopping over the Portland Timbers who we had talked about the last time. Sporting KC kept afloat at 2nd with a win over the Chicago Fire, keeping them back down towards the bottom and wallowing with the Montreal Impact. The next two days have alot of very important games, namely on Sunday both Texas teams (FC Dallas is already in the playoff range) will play the top of their divisions. The point spread on the teams under the top two is very close, so most of these spots towards the bottom of the playoff range will be up for grabs.
Tomorrow will be a big day for baseball as well, as the NPB begins the playoffs, MLB heads into the AL/NL Championship Series, Netherlands' Hoofdklasse and the final relegation game will wrap up, and the Mexican Pacific League will run a full table of games. Cuban series takes a day off before beginning the next series of 3, and the Argentinian LMB will run a full day of games on Sunday with the hope that these will not be rained out.
NC Dinos 12-0 Lotte Giants
Doosan Bears 7-3 Hanwha Eagles
Cuban National Series
Isla de la Juventud 1-8 Mantanzas
Camanguey 7-1 Santiago de Cuba
Villa Clara 0-2 Artemsia
Ciefuengos 9-5 Ciego de Avila
Industriales 1-4 Granma
Las Tunas 6-4 Pinar del Rio
Holguin 9-3 Spiriti Sanctus
Mayabeque 2-6 Guantanamo
Arizona Fall League
Salt River Rafters 12-2 Peoria Javelinas
Glendale Desert Dogs 5-6 Scottsdale Scorpions
Surprise Sagueros 3-14 Mesa Solar Sox
Liga Venezolana Beisbol Professional
Margarita Bravos 3-6 Caracas Leones
Lara Cardenales 1-9 Zulia Aguilas
La Guaira Tiburones 2-4 Caribes Anzoategui
Aragua Tigres 1-4 Magallanes Navegantes
Mexican Pacific League
Mexicali Aguilas 8-1 Jalisco Charros
Major League Baseball
Kansas City Royals 8-6 Baltimore Orioles
Soccer wise, USA tied Ecuador in their friendly matchup, as did Saudi Arabia and Uruguay (featuring a performance by the reforming Luis Suarez).
The Euro competitions were interesting, the one I was most curious about was Wales-Bosnia-Herzegovia, as an Everton follower keeping an eye on Muhamed Besic. The game ended nil-nil, and I never was able to find a video feed on it. However, the ones that really had me on the edge for a bit was Netherlands-Kazakhstan and Italy-Azjerbaijan. In both games, down to about the 80th minute were tied-up. Normally I would have expected something to the degree of the Belgium-Andorra game, where Andorra only pulled off two shots on goal the whole game, to the mess of shots and 6 goals that Belgium scored. Now, Netherlands and Italy both pulled ahead, but it's worth noting how close it got.
MLS side, the Vancouver Whitecaps pulled off a nice 1-0 victory over Seattle to pull into the playoff picture, hopping over the Portland Timbers who we had talked about the last time. Sporting KC kept afloat at 2nd with a win over the Chicago Fire, keeping them back down towards the bottom and wallowing with the Montreal Impact. The next two days have alot of very important games, namely on Sunday both Texas teams (FC Dallas is already in the playoff range) will play the top of their divisions. The point spread on the teams under the top two is very close, so most of these spots towards the bottom of the playoff range will be up for grabs.
Tomorrow will be a big day for baseball as well, as the NPB begins the playoffs, MLB heads into the AL/NL Championship Series, Netherlands' Hoofdklasse and the final relegation game will wrap up, and the Mexican Pacific League will run a full table of games. Cuban series takes a day off before beginning the next series of 3, and the Argentinian LMB will run a full day of games on Sunday with the hope that these will not be rained out.
Daily Games 10/9
Korean Baseball Organization
KIA Tigers 6-7 LG Twins
Doosan Bears 1-4 Hanwha Eagles
NC Dinos 9-4 Samsung Lions
Cuban National Series
Villa Clara 3-0 Artemsia
Isla de la Juventud 3-11 Matanzas
Mayabeque 3-0 Guatanamo
Las Tunas 6-1 Pinar del Rio
Holguin 1-3 Sancti Spiritus
Cienfuegos 1-11 Ciego de Avila
Industriales 1-11 Granma
Camanguey 5-6 Santiago de Cuba
Arizona Fall League
Scottsdale Scorpions 2-11 Peoria Javelinas
Salt River Rafters 7-3 Mesa Solar Sox
Surprise Sagueros 7-4 Glendale Desert Dogs
Liga Venezuela Beisbol Professional
Margarita Bravos 7-0 Magallanes Navegantes
Lara Cardenales 4-5 Zulia Aguilas
La Guaira Tiburones 2-3 Caribes Anzoategui
Aragua Tigres 4-1 Caracas Leones
Liga Metropolitana de Beisbol
Lanus-Comunicaciones (in stern response to not having the previous game's info up yesterday, the current website is down.
Euro 2016 Qualifiers
Soccer wise, England absolutely crushed the island of San Marino. Again, if this is baseball, things'd be in the completely different direction, especially considering Great Britain isn't considered to be in the same tier as San Marino, who plays under Italy's leagues and came in second in the European Championship last month. Mexico seems to have held up well too, putting 2 in on Hondurus.
Carribean Cup 2014/CONCACAF Gold Cup Qualifiers from 10/8
KIA Tigers 6-7 LG Twins
Doosan Bears 1-4 Hanwha Eagles
NC Dinos 9-4 Samsung Lions
Cuban National Series
Villa Clara 3-0 Artemsia
Isla de la Juventud 3-11 Matanzas
Mayabeque 3-0 Guatanamo
Las Tunas 6-1 Pinar del Rio
Holguin 1-3 Sancti Spiritus
Cienfuegos 1-11 Ciego de Avila
Industriales 1-11 Granma
Camanguey 5-6 Santiago de Cuba
Arizona Fall League
Scottsdale Scorpions 2-11 Peoria Javelinas
Salt River Rafters 7-3 Mesa Solar Sox
Surprise Sagueros 7-4 Glendale Desert Dogs
Liga Venezuela Beisbol Professional
Margarita Bravos 7-0 Magallanes Navegantes
Lara Cardenales 4-5 Zulia Aguilas
La Guaira Tiburones 2-3 Caribes Anzoategui
Aragua Tigres 4-1 Caracas Leones
Liga Metropolitana de Beisbol
Lanus-Comunicaciones (in stern response to not having the previous game's info up yesterday, the current website is down.
Euro 2016 Qualifiers
Soccer wise, England absolutely crushed the island of San Marino. Again, if this is baseball, things'd be in the completely different direction, especially considering Great Britain isn't considered to be in the same tier as San Marino, who plays under Italy's leagues and came in second in the European Championship last month. Mexico seems to have held up well too, putting 2 in on Hondurus.
Carribean Cup 2014/CONCACAF Gold Cup Qualifiers from 10/8
Thursday, October 9, 2014
Venezuelan ball begins, Arizona Fall League, and Why Argentina.
There's a football game today, and I want to say that John Moe has absolutely ruined me on football. While it should be because of the comedian/public radio personality's poignant critique of current affairs in football (which he loves, I should point out) on his great sports podcast, Home Dunk.
The reason he's ruined it, that marvelous bastard, is that in preparation for the start of the NFL season, he took on The Tournament of Names, a competition of the team nicknames, literal Hawks verse literal Eagles, etc. So when I see the Colts-Texans games on the schedule for today, I can't help but think of a Texan man, likely with a gun drawn, engaging in a head on brawl with a young, brash horse.
My excitement today is in the true beginning to the winter league system. I mean, yeah, I'm excited about the Arizona games too, but this is one that I've looked on in previous years, and am happy to return to. I'll grant you, while my Spanish was probably better then, my ability to circumnavigate a website in another language was significationly poorer, and their website wasn't as nice as it is now. Also an added bonus is a co-worker whose family is ethnically Venezuelan, Colombian, and Brazilian, has talked about going to see the games and collecting the cards as a kid when they'd be down there for long periods (he's very much American). It looks like all their games are set to run at about 8:40pm ET, and I think there may be some league approved streams out there, so if you're interested, strap on your Google translate and figure out where your loyalty falls.
Arizona Fall League is funky considering I keep thinking "WHY ARE THESE GAMES STARTING SO LATE" and then I found out that apparently that Arizona does not recognize Daylight Savings Time. So yeah. Anyway, tonight, a couple of Marlins, Chad Wallach and John Bohn, are getting the start for Salt River. I'm excited about that.
You've probably noticed, if you've been paying attention to this space, that I've been putting up notes on the Argentinian league. I recently researched the top 30 IBAF ranked teams, Argentina being one. Argentina's leagues seem to be pretty small, not many broadcasts, at least that I can find info about. Again, the language barrier hurts me. Likewise, I had been researching each country's leagues, I found that Panama's seemed to have been having problems. As it turns out, Panama has many leagues, which I found out by stumbling into the Spanish language wikipedia. So folks: if you know some more info about Panama or Argentina's baseball leagues, and would like to help me out a bit there, I would greatly appreciate it. In the meantime, I'll post what I can.
The reason he's ruined it, that marvelous bastard, is that in preparation for the start of the NFL season, he took on The Tournament of Names, a competition of the team nicknames, literal Hawks verse literal Eagles, etc. So when I see the Colts-Texans games on the schedule for today, I can't help but think of a Texan man, likely with a gun drawn, engaging in a head on brawl with a young, brash horse.
My excitement today is in the true beginning to the winter league system. I mean, yeah, I'm excited about the Arizona games too, but this is one that I've looked on in previous years, and am happy to return to. I'll grant you, while my Spanish was probably better then, my ability to circumnavigate a website in another language was significationly poorer, and their website wasn't as nice as it is now. Also an added bonus is a co-worker whose family is ethnically Venezuelan, Colombian, and Brazilian, has talked about going to see the games and collecting the cards as a kid when they'd be down there for long periods (he's very much American). It looks like all their games are set to run at about 8:40pm ET, and I think there may be some league approved streams out there, so if you're interested, strap on your Google translate and figure out where your loyalty falls.
Arizona Fall League is funky considering I keep thinking "WHY ARE THESE GAMES STARTING SO LATE" and then I found out that apparently that Arizona does not recognize Daylight Savings Time. So yeah. Anyway, tonight, a couple of Marlins, Chad Wallach and John Bohn, are getting the start for Salt River. I'm excited about that.
You've probably noticed, if you've been paying attention to this space, that I've been putting up notes on the Argentinian league. I recently researched the top 30 IBAF ranked teams, Argentina being one. Argentina's leagues seem to be pretty small, not many broadcasts, at least that I can find info about. Again, the language barrier hurts me. Likewise, I had been researching each country's leagues, I found that Panama's seemed to have been having problems. As it turns out, Panama has many leagues, which I found out by stumbling into the Spanish language wikipedia. So folks: if you know some more info about Panama or Argentina's baseball leagues, and would like to help me out a bit there, I would greatly appreciate it. In the meantime, I'll post what I can.
Around the World with Daily Games 10/8
If I don't absolutely lose my mind, I'd like to continue to do this. Year round, there are baseball leagues running on the professional level aside form the MLB and their Minor League affiliates. I probably will not be running anything on those since they are very well covered, one of the goals in doing this is making the information a little more available, and also in English where often it is not!
Korean Baseball Organization
Kia Tigers 2-4 Doosan Bears
Samsung Lions 3-4 Nexen Heroes
Cuban National Series
Isla de la Juventud 7-1 Mantanza
Villa Clara 4-5 Artemisa
Las Tunas - Pinal del Rio--Suspended
Holguin 4-1 Sancti Spiritus
Cienfuegos 0-2 Ciego de Avila
Industriales 9-6 Granma
Camanguey 5-0 Santiago de Cuba
Mayabeque 6-10 Guantanamo
Arizona Fall League
Glendale Desert Dogs - Mesa Solar Sox--Postponed due to rain
Surprise Saguenos 8-2 Peoria Javelinas
Salt River Rafters 6-3 Scottsdale Scorpions
Liga Metropolitana de Beisbol (Argentina)
Nichia -La Plata--result still not in.
Additionally, for those wondering about the MLS
Houston Dynamo 1-0 Toronto FC
Portland Timbers 3-0 San Jose Earthquakes
Got a little busy yesterday, so sadly no briefs on the games. I'll write a little on the winter leagues and why I've got an Argentinian league on the board later today.
Korean Baseball Organization
Kia Tigers 2-4 Doosan Bears
Samsung Lions 3-4 Nexen Heroes
Cuban National Series
Isla de la Juventud 7-1 Mantanza
Villa Clara 4-5 Artemisa
Las Tunas - Pinal del Rio--Suspended
Holguin 4-1 Sancti Spiritus
Cienfuegos 0-2 Ciego de Avila
Industriales 9-6 Granma
Camanguey 5-0 Santiago de Cuba
Mayabeque 6-10 Guantanamo
Arizona Fall League
Glendale Desert Dogs - Mesa Solar Sox--Postponed due to rain
Surprise Saguenos 8-2 Peoria Javelinas
Salt River Rafters 6-3 Scottsdale Scorpions
Liga Metropolitana de Beisbol (Argentina)
Nichia -La Plata--result still not in.
Additionally, for those wondering about the MLS
Houston Dynamo 1-0 Toronto FC
Portland Timbers 3-0 San Jose Earthquakes
Got a little busy yesterday, so sadly no briefs on the games. I'll write a little on the winter leagues and why I've got an Argentinian league on the board later today.
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
The Major means we're kind of a big deal
As I was looking over my list of upcoming games, on the State-side of things, we have new NBA and NHL games starting. Of course a number of those teams are Canadian as well, but you know what I mean. Regardless, those weren't the games on the schedule I'll be following. I know basketball is fairly big--have you seen their playoffs? It's hard to be excluded. The NHL, and hockey in general, is my favorite sport to not give a damn about. I mean this in the sense that I think it's a great sport. I've enjoyed going to hockey games in the past. But I don't follow it, don't have a team, don't think I will. My brother is a huge Bruins fan, and good on him. I have friends that are hockey followers, and honestly, I'd rather see their updates than football updates on Facebook. It's just not my thing, I guess. We'll always have the Mighty Ducks films, hockey.
So anyway, aside from baseball erryday, what could you possibly be excited about, right? Well, soccer. Soccer (or football, as it's called in the civilized world) is my favorite sport to follow aside from baseball. This is the first year I've really followed much beyond the World Cup, even though I've always intended to. Of the teams I've been following, it's been Everton in the EPL, Barcelona FC in La Liga, al-Ittihad (this is my wife's family's team out of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia), and Houston Dynamo of the MLS.
The Dynamo are playing Toronto FC tonight at 7:30 PM ET, and this'll be the 3rd match between the two that I've been privvy to witness. The first time was kind of rough, I believe it started out well enough for the Dynamo, and then Toronto pulled ahead, the match ended 4-2? The next time they tied it up.The Dynamo made a push around the trading deadline, signing on DeMarcus Beasley and getting Luis Gurrido on loan from Olympia to help strengthen the midfield. Definitely the team has seem major improvement since then, and they're trying to sneak their way into the playoffs.
The other game running tonight is with the Portland Timbers and the San Jose Earthquakes. Portland could look to jump Vancouver with a win tonight, so it's important for them to excel over San Jose tonight.
This week begins another International break, which like the MLB, the MLS seems to not care about and just does whatever it wants. Notable that England will be taking on San Marino, which should be a clear win for England, unless it was their national baseball teams going up against each other, in which San Marino would be the clear winner, believe it or not.
The US has a game on Friday against Ecuador, which will be the grand return and departure of Landon Donovan to the US men's team. It's incidentally the only game broadcast on ESPN, as all others are for the Euro 2016, and are of no concern to us Unistadians.
So anyway, aside from baseball erryday, what could you possibly be excited about, right? Well, soccer. Soccer (or football, as it's called in the civilized world) is my favorite sport to follow aside from baseball. This is the first year I've really followed much beyond the World Cup, even though I've always intended to. Of the teams I've been following, it's been Everton in the EPL, Barcelona FC in La Liga, al-Ittihad (this is my wife's family's team out of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia), and Houston Dynamo of the MLS.
The Dynamo are playing Toronto FC tonight at 7:30 PM ET, and this'll be the 3rd match between the two that I've been privvy to witness. The first time was kind of rough, I believe it started out well enough for the Dynamo, and then Toronto pulled ahead, the match ended 4-2? The next time they tied it up.The Dynamo made a push around the trading deadline, signing on DeMarcus Beasley and getting Luis Gurrido on loan from Olympia to help strengthen the midfield. Definitely the team has seem major improvement since then, and they're trying to sneak their way into the playoffs.
The other game running tonight is with the Portland Timbers and the San Jose Earthquakes. Portland could look to jump Vancouver with a win tonight, so it's important for them to excel over San Jose tonight.
This week begins another International break, which like the MLB, the MLS seems to not care about and just does whatever it wants. Notable that England will be taking on San Marino, which should be a clear win for England, unless it was their national baseball teams going up against each other, in which San Marino would be the clear winner, believe it or not.
The US has a game on Friday against Ecuador, which will be the grand return and departure of Landon Donovan to the US men's team. It's incidentally the only game broadcast on ESPN, as all others are for the Euro 2016, and are of no concern to us Unistadians.
Arizona Fall League-Day 1
1996 or 1997, I'm an avid baseball card collector. I don't remember the card set now, but I bought 3 packs of card, each came with a special card. One was for Livan Hernandez, before the World Series, before he was known. The other two were Arizona Fall League. I remember one being LaTroy Hawkins, which I think is great that he's still playing all things considered. The other guy, ehhhh I don't remember.
Anyway, it always threw me off. What was the Arizona Fall League? Tell me more baseball card! The card was silent, as cards tended to be back then before singing birthday cards. Back when the world was right.
Eventually I became aware of what it is, which is 6 teams, containing a number of representatives of each MLB team, the representatives being minor leaguers who are showing some potential or need a bit of additional rounding out. This year it really occurred to me to follow along, mostly concerning some players in the Marlins system, and thankfully the MLB has graced us with box scores and Gameday casts from their website, mlb.com.
The Miami Marlins, previous of Florida (still of Florida), has been my favorite team since pulling a baseball card (my entrance to baseball along with my parents' fanaticism for the postseason) of Jeff Conine in a Marlins uniform. The bright teal that turned so many children away pulled me in. I was excited, a new team! Here they were, they were mine, and it's been that way since, despite our various quarrels and the various front office fiascos and fire sales that have defined life as Marlins fans for so many.
ANYWAY. Back to Arizona.
So the first day seems to have been one of high scores, potentially with the mishmash of AA and AAA players, there is no doubt going to be some imbalance. My people are on the roster of the Salt River Rafters, which played against the Scottsdale Scorpions. The Scorpions posted up 7-4 today against Salt River. Two home runs were hit on the day, one from Greg Bird (NYY) for Scottsdale and the other from Peter O'Brien (ARI) with Salt River. And hey, one of my folks got a start, at 2B Austin Nola! Who went 2-4 with a run and a triple! Not too shabby, all things considered.
That was the last game of the day. Earlier in the day we saw two others, the Mesa Solar Sox at the Glendale Desert Dogs, and Peoria Javelinas at the Suprise Saguaros. Or well, if you were Arizona and at the games you saw it. If you're like me and live elsewhere in the country or you work, you sat around waiting for the games to end. The MLB is rather involved in this league, and there will be some games broadcast... in November on the MLB Network. So up til then? Nope.
Glendale ended up coming out 9-3 over the Solar Sox. Mesa took an early lead in the 2nd inning, but that was quickly dispelled and then overcome by Glendale with homers from Jason Esposito (BAL) and Nick Ramirez (MIL), as well as an impressive performance from Puerto Rican RF Steven Moya (DET) who went 3-5 with 3 RBI.
Meanwhile, the Peoria Javelinas (which have one of my favorite sport team names ever) edged out the Surprise Saguaros. The Saguaros had held onto the lead until the 8th with a solo shot from Patrick Kilvehan and runs spotted throughout the game, backing up 4 innings and 5 Ks from Taijuan Walker. Hunter Dozier (KAN) made the difference for Peoria with a 2 run double in to pull the Javelinas into the lead.
I feel like there has to be at least some private broadcast, radio, something of these games. It's amazing that there's not, and at the same time, the MLB does have that stranglehold on these kind of games. It is their league, I suppose. There'll be some experimentation with pace of game, so that'll be interesting to see how that goes.
Internationally speaking, because I love to talk about international baseball, most of the guys are hailing from the States, though there are a fair number of Dominican players that played today, a few Puerto Rican players, two representatives of Venezuela, and lone reps of Mexico, and Canada. I was little sad to see no European players, but then realized we'll probably see them later this month when the Australian Baseball League kicks off.
We're always playing baseball.
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