11/26, 11/27 World Baseball Scores: Thanksgiving Hangover

Family in town, never got a chance to get everything together, my sincerest apologies.

Australian Baseball League

11/27
Adelaide Bite 2-6 Canberra Calvary
Perth Heat 5-9 Sydney Blue Sox

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Dominicano

11/26
Toros del Este 3-5 Aguilas Cibaenas
Leones del Escogido 0-9 Estrellas de Oriente
Gigantes del Cibao 4-5 Tigres del Licey

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Robert Clemente

11/26
Santurce Cangrejeros 0-1 Criollos Caguas
San Juan Senadores 8-4 Gigantes de Carolina

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Nacional

11/25
Gigantees de Rivas 10-2 Fieras San Fernando
Indios de Boer - Tigres de Chinandega--postponed due to rain

11/26
Gigantes de Rivas 2-8 Indios de Boer
Fieras de San Fernando 4-7  Tigres de Chinandega

11/27
Tigres de Chinandega 5-1 Fieras de San Fernando
Indios de Boer - Gigantes de Rivas--postoned due to rain

Liga Colombiana de Beisbol Profesional

11/26
Leones de Monteria 5-1 Caimanes de Barranquilla
Toros de Sincelejo 7-8 Tigres de Cartagena

Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional

11/26
Caracas Leones 2-6 Aragua Tigres
Magallanes Navegantes 10-7 La Guaira
Lara Cardenales 6-3 Los Bravos de Margarita
Anzoategui 4-0 Zulia Aguiles

11/27
Aragua Tigres 4-9 Caracas Leones
Anzoategui Caribes 3-4 Magallanes Navegantes
Lara Cardenales 4-3 Los Bravos de Margarita

Mexican Pacific League

11/26
Mazatlan 2-3 Los Mochis
Navojoa 4-3 Culiacan
Jalisco 3-4 Obregon
Hermosillo 6-5 Mexicali

11/27
Navojoa 6-1 Culiacan
Jalisco 7-2 Obregon
Hermosillo 1-12 Mexicali

World Baseball Standings as of 12/24/2014

Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional

 

 

Mexican Pacific League

 

 

The Mexican Pacific League is now in the second Vuelta, or second half of the season. You'll see that each team has been assigned points based on position

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Dominicano

 

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente

 

 

Australian Baseball League

 

 

 

Liga Colombiano de Beisbol Profesional

 

 

 

Nicaragua will resume play here in the current week, Cuba's will restart next week. The Veracruz Winter League in Mexico will also start up here in December. The LMB out of Argentina has finished its regular season second half, I've been waiting to see if there'll be a championship game, but no word yet. As always, the info on the LMB is limited.

 

11/24, 11/25 World Baseball Scores: Pardon the Delay

Was completely unable to access blogger the past few days so this should get us up to speed. I'll also be posting the standings later on today.

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Dominicano

11/24
Gigantes de Cibao 5-6 Estrellas de Oriente
11/25
Aguilas Cibaenas 4-3 Tigres del Licey
Leones de Escogido 0-9 Toros del Este
Estrellas de Oriente - Gigantes del Cibao--postponed to rain
Liga de Beisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente

11/24
Santurce Cangrejeros 6-7 Gigantes de Carolina
Indios de Mayaguez 8-4 San Juan Senadores
11/25
Criollos Caguas 3-4 Santurce Cangrejeros
Gigantes de Carolina 2-12 Indios de Mayaguez

Liga Colombiana de Beisbol Profesional

11/25
Leones de Monteria 1-4 Caimanes de Barranquilla
Toros del Sincelejo 5-9 Tigres de Cartagena

Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional

11/24
Magallanes Navegantes 5-4 Aragua Tigres
Lara Cardenales 7-0 La Guaira Tiburones
11/25
Aragua Tigres 2-3 Magallanes Navegantes
Anzoategui Caribes 5-2 Zulia Aguiles

Mexican Pacific League

11/24
Mazatlan 4-2 Los Mochis
11/25
Mazatlan 0-4 Los Mochis
Navojoa 5-15 Culiacan
Jalisco 11-2 Obregon
Hermosillo 4-0 Mexicali

11/23 World Baseball Scores

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente

Santurce Congrejeros 0-4 Criollos Caguas
San Juan Senadores 0-2 Indios de Mayaguez

Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional

Lara Cardenales 6-4 Caracas Leones
Los Bravos de Margarita 9-5 Anzoategui Caribes
Zulia Aguiles 6-4 Magallanes Navegantes
La Guaira Tiburones 2-7 Aragua Tigres

Liga Colombiano de Beisbol Profesional

11/22
Toros de Sincelejo 10-9 Tigres de Cartegena
Caimanes de Barranquilla 15-5 Leones de Monteria
11/23
Toros de Sincelejo 15-8 Tigres de Cartegena
Caimanes de Barranquilla 6-1 Leones de Monteria

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Dominicano

Aguilas Cibaenas 2-7 Tigres del Licey
Leones del Escogido 5-4 Toros del Este

Mexican Pacific League

Obregon 3-16 Los Mochis
Jalisco 2-1 Mexicali
Hermosillo 9-2 Navojoa-game 1
Hermosillo 6-4 Navojoa-game 2
Culiacan 6-8 Mazatlan


Updates:

XXI Intercontinental Brazilian Adult Baseball Cup

11/15
Nippon Blue Jays 11-2 Mogi
GECEBS 10-2 Marilia
11/16
Marilia 2-1 Nippon Blue Jays
Mogi 7-6 Atibaia

The last games to classify for the playoffs were played on Saturday, once we have those numbers I'll post them. As it stands, CECEBS, Atibaia, and Mogi are tied at 2-1, and Marilia and the Nippon Blue Jays are at 1-2.

11/22 World Baseball Scores

Australian Baseball League

Sydney Blue Sox 12-8 Melbourne
Canberra Calvary 5-4 Perth Heat
Brisbane Bandits 2-5 Adelaide Bite

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Dominicano

Gigantes del Cibao 3-2 Leones del Escogido
Aguilas Cibaenas 1-3 Estrellas de Oriente
Tigres del Licey 3-4 Toros del Este

Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional

Lara Cardenales 13-3 Aragua Tigres
Zulia Aguiles 1-8 Magallanes Navegantes
Los Bravos de Margarita 3-6 Anzoategui Caribes
Caracas Leones 4-6 La Guaira Tiburones

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Puerto Rico

Criollos Caguas - Gigantes de Carolina--postponed
Santurce Congejeros - San Juan Senadore--postponed

Mexican Pacific League

Obregon 2-1 Los Mochis
Culiacan 2-5 Mazatlan
Jalisco 4-0 Mexicali
Hermosillo 1-4 Navojoa

11/21 World Baseball Scores: Going for the Gold/Fue al Oro

2014 Central American and Caribbean Games-Baseball

Mexico 6-4 Venezuela 4
Dominican Republic 8-1 Puerto Rico
Nicaragua 3-9 Cuba

So (as probably many suspected, Cuba goes home with the gold! Nicaragua gets beat down but catches the silver, and the Dominican smash on Puerto Rico to snatch Bronze!

Australian Baseball League

Brisbane Bandits 5-6 Adelaide Bite
Sydney Blue Sox 2-4 Melbourne Aces
Canberra Calvary 9-4 Perth Heat

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Dominicano

Tigres del Licey 1-2 Estrellas de Oriente
Toros del Este 1-5 Gigantes de Cibao
Aguilas Cibaenas 3-2 Leones del Escogido

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente

Criollos Caguas 3-2 San Juan Senadores
Gigantes de Carolina - Indios  de Mayaguez--postponed due to rain

Liga Colombiano de Beisbol Profesional

Caimanes de Barranquilla 3-6 Leones de Monteria
Toros de Sincelejo 4-9 Tigres de Cartagena
Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional

Aragua Tigres 2-4 Anzoategui Caribes
Los Bravos de Margarita 2-3 Caracas Leones
Zulia Aguiles 3-2 Lara Cardenales
La Guaira Tiburones 4-6 Magallanes Navegantes

Mexican Pacific League

Obregon 3-7 Los Mochis
Culiacan 10-4 Mazatlan
Jalisco 2-6 Mexicali

11/20 World Baseball Scores: Why can't I hold all these games?

Australian Baseball League

Brisbane Bandits 6-14 Adelaide Bite
Sydney Blue Sox 5-3 Melbourne Aces
Canberra Calvary 11-12 Perth Heat

Japan All-Star Series-Exhibition

Samurai Japan 6-4 MLB All-Stars

2014 Central American & Caribbean Games-Baseball

Guatemala 0-5 Panama
Dominican Republic 3-6 Cuba
Puerto Rico 1-2 Nicaragua

With the 7th and 8th places intact (Panama and Guatemala, respectively), Mexico will face Venezuela in the bottom tier games today, followed by the Bronze game between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, and lastly the game for Gold between resurgent Nicaragua, and the undefeated Cuba.

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Dominicano

Toros del Este 2-3 Estrellas de Oriente

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente

Criollos Caguas 8-0 Gigantes de Carolina
Indios de Mayaguez 6-4 Santurce Cangrejeros

Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional

Zulia Aguiles 0-5 Lara Cardenales
Los Bravos de Margarita 4-6 La Guaira Tiburones
Aragua Tigres 1-7 Anzoategui Caribes
Caracas Leones 12-3 Magallanes Navegantes

Mexican Pacific League

Navojoa 2-9 Jalisco
Los Mochis 7-6 Hermosillo
Mazatlan 6-5 Obregon

11/19 World Baseball Scores

2014 Central American & Caribbean Games-Baseball

Panama 1-3 Mexico
Guatemala 2-4 Venezuela

We're into the placement rounds. Panama and Guatemala face off today to determine the last two places, while the top 4, Cuba (3-0), Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic (all 2-1) will face off to see who goes into the fight for bronze and the fight for gold. Tomorrow Venezuela face off against Mexico to determine the 5th and 6th places.

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Dominicano

Tigres del Licey 3-6 Gigantes del Cibao
Estrellas de Oriente 9-4 Leones del Escogido
Aguilas Ciaenas 1-2 Toros del Este

Yesterday morning, the Aguilas Cibaenas' stadium, Stadio Cibao caught fire. No one was hurt, and most of the damage was confined to offices, press boxes, and some of the VIP seating. Unfortunately this means some of the historic effects for the team were lost. Aguilas Cibaenas are one of the 4 primary teams of the original Dominican league, and the latter of the 4, have been established since 1937. The stadium had recently undergone some rennovation work for the Caribbean Series back in 2008. It is unlikely that this will interupt the currently playing schedule for Las Aguilas.

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente

Gigantes de Carolina 5-3 Santurce Cangrejeros
San Juan Senadores 1-3 Criollos Caguas

Liga Colombiana de Beisbol Profesional

Leones de Monteria 4-8 Toros de Sincelejo
Tigres de Cartegena 5-6 Caimanes de Barranquilla

Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional

La Guaira Tiburones 4-3 Anzoategui Caribes
Aragua Tigres 11-12 Caracas Leones
Los Bravos de Margarita 3-0 Lara Cardenales

Mexican Pacific League

Navojoa 3-6 Jalisco
Los Mochis 11-4 Hermosillo
Mexicali 0-1 Culiacan
Mazatlan 4-5 Obregon

11/18 World Baseball Score: So very late

Japan All-Star Series

MLB All-Stars 3-1 Samurai Japan

Samurai Japan takes the win for the series, 3-2 overall.

2014 Central American & Caribbean Games-Baseball

Panama 3-4 Venezuela
Guatemala 0-10 Cuba
Puerto Rico 6-4 Mexico

Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional

Magallanes Navegantes 4-5 Zulia Aguiles
La Guaira Tiburones 5-2 Anzotegui Caribes
Aragua Tigres 4-5 Caracas Leones
Los Bravos de Margarita 1-3 Lara Cardenales

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Dominicano

Leones del Escogido 3-7 Aguilas Cibaenas
Estrellas de Oriente 1-0 Tigres del Licey
Gigantes de Cibao 2-3 Toros del Este

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente

Indios de Mayaguez 8-0 Santurce Congrejeros
San Juan Senadores 8-3 Criollos Caguas

Liga Colombiana de Beisbol Profesional

Toros de Sincelejo 1-2 Leones de Monteria
Tigres de Cartegena 1-10 Caimes de Barranquilla

Mexican Pacific League

Navojoa 6-8 Jalisco
Los Mochis 3-0 Hermosillo
Mexicali 5-3 Culiacan
Mazatlan 2-4 Obregon

Where do we stand: World Baseball Standings

Just a reminder, the Cuban National Series is on hold while the Veracruz games are going on. Nicaragua went on pause on the 12th, so we have some updates to the standings there. First of all, let's look at the standing on the just wrapped 21U Baseball World Cup (which shakes up the IBAF rankings a good bit), and just begun Central American & Caribbean Games in Veracruz.

21U Baseball World Cup

2014 Central American & Caribbean Games in Veracruz

 

Liga Metropolitana de Beisbol

 

 

Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional

Mexican Pacific League

 

 

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Domincano

 

 

 

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Nacional

 

 

 

Australian Baseball League

 

 

 

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente

 

 

 

Liga Colombiana de Beisbol Profesional

 

 

 

Sorry about the late upload! Didn't realize I didn't get this up. These standings were as of Monday monring!

 

11-17 World Baseball Scores: Slow Mondays

2014 Central American & Caribbean Games-Baseball

Nicaragua 7-5 Panama
Venezuela 2-12 Dominican Republic
Cuba 10-1 Mexico

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente

Santurce Congrejeros 7-2 Indios de Mayaguez

Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional

Magallanes Navegantes 2-0 Zulia Aguiles

Mexican Pacific League

Mexicali 3-6 Culiacan

11/16 World Baseball Scores

Australian Baseball League

Perth Heat 4-2 Adelaide Bite
Melbourne Aces 6-12 Brisbane Bandits
Canberra Calvary 11-6 Sydney Blue Sox

Japan All-Star Series

Samurai Japan 1-6 MLB All-Stars

2014 Central American and Carribean Games-Baseball

Venezuela 2-0 Nicaragua
Guatemala 3-14 Puerto Rico
Dominican Republic 8-2 Panam

Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional

Lara Cardenales 7-1 Zulia Aguiles
Magallanes Navegantes 5-7 Aragua Tigres
Azoategui Caribes 6-3 Los Bravos de Margarita
La Guaira Tiburones 8-1 Caracas Leones

Liga Metropolitana de Beisbol

Ferro 3-1 Velez
Jupiter 13-4 Comunicaciones
Daom 11-6 La Plata
Nichia 19-2 Lanus

Mexican Pacific League

Culiacan  6-3 Jalisco
Mexicali 6-7 Los Mochis
Hermosillo 0-8 Mazatlan
Navojoa 1-5 Obregon

Liga Colombiano de Beisbol Profesional

Tigres de Cartagena 2-0 Toros de Sincelejo
Leones de Monteria 8-5 Caimanes de Barranquilla

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente

Santurce Congrejeros 7-8 Criollos Caguas
San Juan Senadores 1-4 Gigantes de Carolina

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Domincano

Aguilas Cibaenas 6-3 Gigantes de Cibao
Leones del Escogido 8-2 Tigres de Licey

11/15 All World, All Baseball, All Scores

Arizonal Fall League-Championship Game

Peoria Javelinas 7-14 Salt River Rafters

And there it is! The Salt River Rafters are your 2014 Arizona Fall League Champions!

Australian Baseball League

Canberra Calvary 8-1 Sydney Blue Sox
Perth Heat 2-3 Adelaide Bite
Melbourne Aces 3-4 Brisbane Bandits

Japan All-Star Series

MLB All-Stars 0-4 Samurai Japan

The MLB All-Stars are no hit and Samurai Japan leads the series of five 3-0. Yes, this does mean that Samurai Japan have technically won it, which means even more for the MLB All-Stars to try and win and at least get something on the board.

2014 Central American & Caribbean Games-Baseball

Puerto Rico 0-4 Cuba
Nicaragua 10-1 Dominican Republic
Mexico 6-1 Guatemala

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Dominicano

Toros del Este 2-0 Tigres del Licey
Leones del Escogido 13-7 Gigantes del Cibao
Aguiles Cibaenas 2-1 Estrellas de Oriente

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente

Gigantes de Carolina 6-0 Santurce Cangrejeros
San Juan Senadores 2-9 Indios de Mayaguez

Liga Colombiano de Beisbol Profesional

Cartagena Tigres - Toros de Sincelejo-postponed
Monteria Leones 1-2 Barranquilla Caimanes

Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional

Araguas Tigres 2-10 Caracas Leones
La Guaira Tiburones 2-3 Magallanes Navegantes
Lara Cardenales 0-7 Zulia Aguiles
Anzoategui Caribes 4-1 Los Bravos de Margarita

Mexican Pacific League

Culiacan 16-5 Jalisco
Mexicali 6-4 Los Mochis
Navojoa 1-5 Obregon
Hermosillo 2-3 Mazatlan

11/14 World Baseball Scores

Australian Baseball League

Canberra Calvary 6-7 Sydney Blue Sox
Perth Heat 4-5 Adelaide Bite
Melbourne Aces 5-6 Brisbane Bandits

Japan All-Star Series

Samurai Japan 8-4 MLB All-Stars

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Dominicano

Gigantes del Cibao 9-8 Aguilas Cibaenas
Tigres del Licey 5-6 Leones del Escogido
Estrellas de Oriente 4-3 Toros del Este

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente

Criollos Caguas 4-2 Indios de Mayaguez
Santurce Congrejeros 5-0 San Juan Senadores

Liga Colombiano de Beisbol Profesional

Cartagena Tigres 7-2 Toros de Sincelejo
Monteria Leones 1-10 Barranquilla Caimanes

Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional

Aragua Tigres 5-1  La Guaira Tiburones
Caracas Leones 3-5 Magallanes Navegantes
Anzoategui Caribes 3-1 Los Bravos de Margarita
Lara Cardenales 1-2 Zulia Aguiles

Mexican Pacific League

Culiacan 3-4 Jalisco
Mexicali 4-2 Los Mochis
Navojoa 0-2 Obregon
Hermosillo 6-2 Mazatlan

Updates:

Liga Metropolitana de Beisbol (Argentina)

11/9
Comunicaciones 0-10 Ferro
Jupiter 3-6 La Plata
Daom 12-5 Lanu
Veleze 14-2 Lanus
11/12
Jupiter 12-13 Nichia

Liga Colombiano de Beisbol Profesional

11/11
Tigres de Caragena 7-0 Leones de Monteria
Barranquilla Caimanes 3-4 Toros de Sincelejo
11/12
Tigres de Caragena 7-2 Leones de Monteria
Barranquilla Caimanes 3-2 Toros de Sincelejo

2014 Intercontinental Brazilian Adult Basecball Cup

11/8
GECEBS 2-3 Atibaia
Marilia 7-8 Mogi das Cruzes
11/9
Atibaia 11-2 Marilia
GECEBS 5-3 Nippon Blue Jays

11/13 Baseball Scores the World over

Australian Baseball League

Perth Heat 6-0 Adelaide Bite
Canberra Calvary 0-2 Sydney Blue Sox
Melbourne Aces 7-6 Brisbane Bandits

Arizona Fall League

Glendale Desert Dogs 4-4 Mesa Solar Sox--tied after 11
Peoria Javelinas 5-2 Surprise Sagueros
Salt River Rafters 5-8 Scottsdale Scorpions

This was the last day of the Arizona Fall League. There will be a championship game on Saturday, 11/15, between the Salt River Rafters and the Peoria Javelinas (who took the AFL West division by .001 over the Surprise Sagueros!).

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Dominicano

Leones del Escogido 2-4 Estrellas de Oriente
Gigantes del Cibao 6-8 Tigres del Licey

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente

Indios de Mayaguez 6-3 Criollos Caguas
Gigantes de Carolina 0-4 San Juan Senadores

Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional

La Guaira Tiburones 3-8 Aragua Tigres
Anzoategui Caribes 4-7 Lara Cardenales
Caracas Leones 1-3 Zulia Aguiles

Mexican Pacific League

Jalisco 0-4 Hermosillo
Mazatlan 3-4 Navojoa
Los Mochis 3-5 Culiacan

It seems also that the Colombian league is having some difficulties with the site, so I still don't have their scores (sorry for the incomplete thought before).

11/12 World Baseball Scores

MLB All-Stars/Samurai Japan Exhibition

MLB All-Stars 0-2 Samurai Japan

To clarify, some places are stating that it is the NPB All-Stars vs. MLB All-Stars. This is incorrect. The team the MLB All-Stars are playing is Samurai Japan, part of a special initiative to improve the Japanese national team that would compete in international play, such as the IBAF Premier 12 or the upcoming 2017 World Baseball Classic. These players are not just the best of the NPB, but also the best representation of Japanese baseball.

Arizona Fall League

Peoria Javelinas 5-6 Mesa Solar Sox
Surprise Sagueros 8-0 Scottsdale Scorpions
Glendale Desert Dogs 5-4 Salt River Rafters

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Dominicano

Tigres del Licey 7-5 Gigantes del Cibao
Estrellas de Oriente 4-1 Leones del Escogido
Aguilas Cibaenas 4-3 Toros del Este

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente

Criollos Caguas 0-2 Santurce Cangrejeros
Gigantes de Carolina 9-11 Indios de Mayaguez

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Nacional

Fieras de San Fernando 3-5 Gigantes de Rivas
Tigres de Chinandega 2-3 Indios de Boer

Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional

Magallanes Navegantes 3-4 La Guaira Tiburones
Anzoategui Caribes 1-11 Lara Cardenales
Aragua Tigres 2-5 Los Bravos de Margarita
Caracas Leones 3-8 Zulia Aguiles

Liga Colombiana de Beisbol Profesional

Tigres de Caragena - Leones de Monteria
Barranquilla Caimanes - Toros de Sincelejo

Mexican Pacific League

Jalisco 8-5 Hermosillo
Mazatlan 3-2 Navojoa
Los Mochis 0-1 Culiacan
Obregon 2-3 Mexicali

From Sweden, with Love (But mostly Baseball)

The other day, as I was looking over my stats for the blag, I noticed I had logged a few visitors from Sweden. "Baseball fans from Sweden?" I thought to myself. Then I also corrected myself. Of course baseball from Sweden. Baseball from everywhere, this is what your blag is about. So there you are.

In fact, the Swedish national team has ranked as high as 3rd in European competition, both in 1981 and in 1993, coming behind European baseball giants Netherlands and Italy. They've also ranked as high as 15th in the World Cup Baseball competition (in 1994), which in current IBAF rankings is where Australia sits, which is a much more familiar country to international baseball observers.

For Sweden, baseball is a club sport, and in general is more decentralized than we typically think of how a league operates. The club operate not only professional adult teams, but also more minor and little league level teams. It does not seem to be much of a spectator sport, as football (SOCCA) and ice hockey are much more prominent, followed by handball and floorball, which are things I am less familiar with outside of when I look up stuff about European sports.

The clubs play throughout the country, and the players sign up with the clubs they wish to play for. The highest level of professional play is in the Elitserien, composed of anywhere between 6-9 teams, of which the top teams participate in the Elitserien Cup Championship, held in the fall. The most recent champions were the Stockholm Monarchs, winning their 2nd straight championship, and their 6th title in the past 10 years.

I'm intrigued by the pictures I'm finding of the ballfields. They show a field surrounded by trees, which reminds me of the little leagues I'd play on when I was a kid. I couldn't say if this is just part of the Swedish aesthetic or mere consequence of the photos I found, but I like it iether way. HOpefully we can get another look at Sweden soon in either the world stage, or more within the the world of baseball in the Elitserien.

If any readers more familiar have any more inclusions or corrections, let me know, comment, contribute. My goal is to provide accurate information about baseball as it is being played ito the unaware English speaking audience thoughout the world, which in turn helps grow the games where it is smaller or lesser known.

I almost forgot, aside from just perusing wikipedia in English and Swedish, I also got some of my information from these two pages:

http://iof1.idrottonline.se/SvenskaBasebollochSoftbollForbundet/InEnglish/BaseballinSweden/
This is actually the main page for the Swedish Baseball & Softball Federation. They have some informative pages in English, like the one I listed, as well as club locations in the country!

http://sweden.mlblogs.com/
Baseball in Sweden blog. It hasn't been updated in a couple of months, but hopefully he'll be back as he seemed to be a primary source for the material.

11/11, World Baseball Scores, featuring the MLB All-Stars

Korean Baseball Organization-Korea Series

Samsung Lions 11-1 Nexen Heroes

The Samsung Lions win the series 4-2, winning the Korea Series. The Samsung Lions are your 2014 KBO Champions!

MLB All-Stars/Samurai Japan Exhibition

MLB All-Stars 8-7 All-Nippon

The All-Nippon team was composed of players from the Yomiuri Giants and the Hanshin Tigers.

Arizona Fall League

Glendale Desert Dogs 8-4 Scottsdale Scorpions
Peoria Javelinas 4-4 Salt River Rafters--tie after 11innings
Surprise Sagueros 5-1 Mesa Solar Sox

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Dominicano

Toros del Este 8-5 Aguilas Cibaenas
Tigres del Licey 4-1 Estrellas de Oriente

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente

Santurce Cangrejeros 4-1 Indios de Mayaguez
Gigantes de Carolina 4-5 San Juan Senadores

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Nacional

Indios de Boer 1-2 Fieras de San Fernando
Tigres de Chinandega 4-2 Gigantes de Rivas

Fieras, formerly del Oriental, are now listed as de San Fernando. They also have a new logo with a black panther. I have no idea what happened, I'm just rolling with it.

Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional

Caracas Leones 4-2 Lara Cardenales
Aragua Tigres 0-5 Los Bravos de Margarita

Liga Colombiana de Beisbol Profesional

Tigres de Caragena 7-0 Leones de Monteria
Barranquilla Caimanes - Toros de Sincelejo

Mexican Pacific League

Jalisco 11-2 Hermosillo
Mazatlan 5-2 Navojoa
Los Mochis 6-3 Culiacan
Mexicali 4-2 Obregon

21U World Baseball Cup-End of Round 1

Early this morning in Taiwan, the first round of the 21U World Baseball Cup came to a close. This is the last IBAF affiliated event before the first year of the Premier 12. Entering the championship, a couple of teams playing outside of the 12 had their eye on the potential 12th spot: Mexico (13th) and Australia (15th). I think it was probably safe to say as well, that most people were expecting strong performances from Korea and Chinese Taipei in Group A and Japan in Group B. The rest was up for grabs. 

First of all, in Group B, Nicaragua has been playing with a fury that reminds us of a form they have not had in international play since the 90s. Secondly, teams that we would have expected to do well, like Netherlands, Mexico, and Venezuela, have been run over. 

The first big surprise was New Zealand. After losing out the first game to Italy, New Zealand posted wins over Mexico and the Czech Republic before taking their second loss in the tournament to Chinese Taipei. Italy had taken a game against Mexico as well, but ended up losing to the Czech Republic 3-1 in game 4 and faced Chinese Taipei in game 5. Two parts of the next steps came completely as a surprise, at least to me.

First of all, New Zealand almost pulled it out. They almost overcame Korea, and they took the game lead into the 9th inning before Korea pulled off that last minute rally. It was that. close. Italy dropped 6-0 to Taipei, so no great surprise there. What did happen unexpectedly was the Czech Republic not only winning over Mexico 12-9, but they tied up with New Zealand and Italy and overcame their run difference to advance to the next stage. 

So from Group A's teams being South Korea, Chinese Taipei, and the Czech Republic, and Group B being Japan, Nicaragua, and Australia. 

The standings from the games inbetween these teams will stand to the next round, and likewise to the teams who did not advance, who will play in a consolation round. 

So with these results, and with continued success, New Zealand (25), Czech Republic (26), and Nicaragua (28) should all see some major movement in their world rank. Likewise, Mexico may be looking at a drop. Australia has the potential to move in, and even with the current level of play Venezuela is unlikely to lose their spot. We'll keep looking as it all progresses, a few blogs (like Dutch Yankee Biscuit) have been covering the highlights better than I'm able, so I just wanted to post my thoughts on this in particular. 

Now, aside from this I wanted to note that I will be doing some write-ups on baseball in a few countries we aren't covering scores from right now: Sweden, South Africa, Poland, and France. I had been seeing some people coming to the blog from a few of those countries (and welcome), so I thought, "What's baseball like in Sweden", and going from there. Watch this space!

11/10 World Baseball Scores score scores

Korean Baseball Organization-Korea Series

Nexen Heroes 1-2 Samsung Lions

Samsung Lions take the lead 3-2 in the series, only one more win the championship!

Australian Baseball League

Brisbane Bandits 2-1 Melbourne Aces

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Domincano

Tigres de Licey 4-6 Aguilas Cibaenas
Gigantes de Cibao 6-8 Estrellas de Oriente
Toros del Este 15-2 Leones de Escogido

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente

Gigantes de Carolina 5-6 Caguas Criollos
Santurce Congrejeros 10-1 San Juan Senadores

Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional

Zulia Aguiles 3-8 Anzoategui Caribes

Mexican Pacific League

Obregon 6-3 Mexicali

Where do we stand: Week ending 11/9/2014

A couple of quick notes, the Argentinian league has been rained out the past couple of weeks so there hasn't been much to report on there. The Cuban league is taking a month-long break right now, presumably with the anticipation of the Central American & Caribbean Games in Veracruz which begin tomorrow.

 

 

Arizona Fall League

 

 

 

Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional

 

 

 

Mexican Pacific League

 

 

 

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Dominicano

 

 

 

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Nacional

 

 

 

Australian Baseball League

 

 

 

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente

 

 

Liga Colombiano de Beisbol Profesional

 

LCBP doesn't have their standings up yet, but here's the current ones.

 

Tigres de Cartegena 2-1
Toros de Sincelejo 2-1
Caimanes de Barranquilla 1-2
Leones de Monteria 1-2

 

11/9 International Baseball Scores

Korean Baseball Organization-Korea Series

Nexen Heroes 1-0 Samsung Lions

Whoops, not 3-3, but 2-2! We go to game 5 today!

Australian Baseball League

Brisbane Bandits 5-4 Melbourne Aces
Sydney Blue Sox 7-5 Canberra Calvary

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Nacional

Gigantes de Rivas 5-4 Tigres de Chanadega
Fieras de Oriental 13-5 Indios de Boer

Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional

Caracas Leones 0-6 La Guaira Tiburones
Los Bravos de Margarita 5-8 Aragua Tigres
Zulia Aguiles 3-4 Anzoategui Caribes
Magallanes Navegantes 4-5 Lara Cardenales

Liga Colombiana Beisbol Profesional

Barranquilla Camanes 7-10 Toros de Sincerio
Tigres de Cartegena 2-1 Leones de Monteria

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente

Criollos Caguas 2-5 Indios de Mayaguez
Gigantes de Carolina 8-2 Santurce Cangrejeros

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Dominicano

Estrellas de Oriente 4-5 Gigantes del Cibao
Aguilas Cibaenas 7-5 Tigres del Licey
Leones del Escogido 8-7 Toros del Este

Mexican Pacific League

Navojoa 2-8 Los Mochis
Jalisco 1-8 Mexicali
Culiacan 2-0 Mazatlan
Hermosillo 1-4 Obregon

11/8 World Baseball Scores in 3-D!

Australian Baseball League

Brisbane Bandits 1-2 Melbourne Aces
Sydney Blue Sox 3-1 Canberra Calvary

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Nacional

Indios de Boer 5-8 Gigantes de Rivas
Chanadega Tigres 0-2 Fieras de Oriental

Arizona Fall League

Peoria Javelinas 7-4 Salt River Rafters
Glendale Desert Dogs 5-1 Scottsdale Scorpions
Mesa Solar Sox 4-11 Surprise Sagueros

Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional

La Guaira Tiburones 7-13 Caracas Leones
Lara Cardenales 4-6 Aragua Tigres
Zulia Aguiles 7-3 Anzoategui Caribes
Margarita 3-12 Magallanes Navegantes

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Dominicano

Estrellas de Oriente 1-8 Tigres del Licey
Leones del Escogido 0-7 Aguilas Cibaenas
Gigantes del Cibao 2-3 Toros del Este

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente

Indios de Mayaguez 2-9 Gigantes de Carolina
Criollos Caguas 14-3 San Juan Senadores

Liga Colombiana Beisbol Profesional

Caimanes de Barranquilla 3-5 Leones de Monteria

Tigres de Cartagena 4-9 Toros de Cali

Mexican Pacific League

Navojoa 2-9 Los Mochis
Culiacan 3-2 Mazatlan
Hermosillo 3-2 Obregon
Jalisco 4-3 Mexicali

11/7 World Baseball Scores

Korean Baseball Organization-Korea Series

Samsung Lions 3-1 Nexen Heroes

The Samsung Lions now lead the Nexen Heroes 2-1 in the series after conceding the first game!

Australian Baseball League

Sydney Blue Sox 2-4 Canberra Calvary
Brisbane Bandits 10-3 Melbourne Aces

Arizona Fall League

Salt River Rafters 4-5 Peoria Javelinas
Surprise Sagueros 5-2 Mesa Solar Sox
Glendale Desert Dogs 0-1 Scottsdale Scorpions

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Dominicano

Aguilas Cibaenas 1-3 Estrellas de Oriente
Leones del Escogido 10-11 Gigantes de Cibao
Toros del Este 6-7 Tigres del Licey

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente

Both games were postponed due to rain
Indios de Mayaguez - Santurce Cangrejeros
Gigantes de Carolina  - Criollos Caguas

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Nacional

Caimanes de Barranquilla 4-1 Leones de Monteria
Tigres de Cartagena 8-2 Toros de Cali

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Nacional

Gigantes de Rivas 0-10 Indios de Boer
Fieras de Oriental 1-2 Tigres de Chanadega

Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional

Aragua Tigres 4-8 Anzoategui Caribes
La Guaira Tiburones 3-4 Lara Cardenales
Caracas Leones 3-4 Magallanes Navegantes
Zulia Aguiles 12-7 Los Bravos de Margarita

Mexican Pacific League

Navojoa 0-2 Los Mochis
Hermosillo 3-0 Obregon
Culiacan 4-3 Mazatlan
Jalisco 5-6 Mexicali

11/6 Coming Around World, Baseball Scores

Australian Baseball League

Sydney Blue Sox 9-0 Canberra Calvary

Arizona Fall League

Scottsdale Scorpions 3-5 Peoria Javelinas
Surprise Sagueros 6-3 Glendale Desert Dogs
Mesa Solar Sox - Salt River Rafters

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Dominicano

Gigantes de Cibao 1-12 Aguiles Cibaenas
Tigres del Licey - Estrellas de Oriente-postponed due to rain

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente

Santurce Cangrejeros 4-5 Gigantes de Carolina
Criollos de Caguas 3-1 San Juan Senadores

Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional

Aragua Tigres 4-0 Anzoategui Caribes
Magallanes Navegantes 3-2 Caracas Leones
La Guaria Tiburones 1-4 Lara Cardenales
Zulia Aguiles 12-1 Los Bravos de Margarita

Mexican Pacific League

Mazatlan 0-16 Jalisco
Los Mochis 9-7 Hermosillo
Mexicali 5-3 Navojoa
Obregon 2-1 Culiacan

11/5 World Baseball Scores from Around the World of Baseball

Korean Baseball Organization-Korea Series

Nexen Heroes 1-7 Samsung Lions

Arizona Fall League

Glendale Desert Dogs 2-11 Mesa Solar Sox
Peoria Javelinas 3-5 Surprise Sagueros
Salt River Rafters 8-4 Scottsdale Scorpions

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Nacional

Indios de Boer 9-11 Chinandega Tigres
Fieras del Oriental 3-1 Gigantes de Rivas

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Dominicano

Toros del Este - Gigantes del Cibao
Aguilas Cibaenas 2-1 Leones del Escogido

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente

Criollos de Caguas 2-7 Cangrejeros de Santurce
San Juan Senadores 0-9 Indios de Mayaguez

Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional

Aragua Tigres 11-4 Anzoategui Caribes
Lara Cardenales 5-3 Caracas Leones
La Guaira Tiburones - Zulia Aguiles-postoned due to rain

Mexican Pacific League

Obregon 4-8 Culiacan-game 1
Obregon 5-3 Culiacan-game 2
Mazatlan 0-5 Jalisco
Los Mochis 3-7 Hermosillo
Mexicali 9-0 Navojoa

11/4 Baseball Scores of the World

Korean Baseball Organization-Korea Series

Nexen Heroes 4-2 Samsung Lions

Arizona Fall League

Glendale Desert Dogs 7-3 Surprise Sagueros
Peoria Javelinas 5-2 Scottsdale Scorpions
Mesa Solar Sox 3-1 Salt River Rafters

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Dominicano

Tigres del Licey 4-1 Toros del Este
Estrelles de Oriente - Aguilas Cibaenas-postponed due to inclement weather

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente

Gigantes de Carolina 9-10 Senadores de San Juan
Santurce Cangrejeros - Indios de Mayaguez-postponed due to rain

Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional

Lara Cardenales 5-7 Caracas Leones
La Guaira Tiburones 2-3 Zulia Aguiles
Magallanes 2-3 Aragua Tigres

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Nacional

Gigantes de Rivas 4-3 Fieras del Oriental
Chinandega Tigres 3-5 Indios de Boer

Mexican Pacific League

Mazatlan 4-6 Jalisco
Los Mochis 4-6 Hermosillo
Mexicali 4-1 Navojoa
Obregon - Culiacan-postponed due to wet grounds

11/3: Baseball, as the world Turns.

Cuban National Series

Matanzas 7-0 Holguin

Ciego de Avila 0-1 Mayabeque

Santiago de Cuba 6-10 Villa Clara

Isla de la Juventud 16-12 Granma

Artemisa 10-1 Industriales

Cienfuegos 7-4 Las Tunas

Camaguey 4-3 Pinar del Rio

Guantanamo 2-1 Sancti Spiritus

Arizona Fall League

Scottsdale Scorpions 5-6 Peoria Javelinas
Surprise Sagueros 19-6 Glendale Desert Dogs
Salt River Rafters 1-0 Mesa Solar Sox

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Dominicano

Gigantes de Cibao 1-2 Leones de Escogido

Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional

Magallanes Navegantes 7-3 Los Bravos de Margarita

It's Monday, Who's on first?

The Aussies and Puerto Rico joined us for the winter, so we're down to two leagues to start before the end of the year, the Colombian LCBP and the December only Liga Invernal Veracruz in Mexico. Unsure of the participation of the Panamanian leagues, but historically they run in the early part of the new year.

Cuban National Series

 

Liga Metropolitana de Beisbol

 

 

Arizona Fall League

 

Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional

 

 

 

Mexican Pacific League

 

 

 

Liga de Beisbol Profesional de Domincano

 

 

 

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Nacional

 

 

 

Australian Baseball League

 

 

 

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente

 

 

 

 



11/2 World Baseball Roundup

China Baseball League-Championship Finals

10/31
Beijing Tigers 2-1 Tianjin Lions
11/1
Beijing TIgers 0-6 Tianjin Lions
11/2
Beijing Tigers 3-2 Tianjin Lions

Looks like it was two very evenly matched teams, but in the end, Beijing pulled it off in the closer games. The Beijing Tigers are your 2014 CBL Champions!

Australian Baseball League

Adelaide Bite 2-7 Brisbane Bandits
Sydney Blue Sox 9-20 Perth Heat

Cuban National Series

Matanzas 4-8 Holguin

Ciego de Avila 4-6 Mayabeque

Santiago de Cuba 5-0 Villa Clara

Isla de la Juventud 0-9 Granma

Artemisa 4-6 Industriales

Cienfuegos 2-3 Las Tunas

Camaguey 0-3 Pinar del Rio

Guantanamo 1-9 Sancti Spiritus

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Nacional

Gigantes de Rivas 10-5 Indios de Boer

Fieras de Oriental 1-2 Tigres de Chinandega

Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional

Caracas Leones 2-3 Aragua Tigres

Zulia Aguiles 4-8 Lara Cardenales

Anzoategui Caribes 7-4 La Guaira Tiburones

Magallanes Navegantes 6-5 Los Bravos de Margarita

Liga de Beisbol Profesional de Dominicana

Toros del Este 8-0 Estrellas de Oriente

Aguilas Cibaenas 6-8 Gigantes del Cibao

Leones del Escogido 8-6 Tigres del Licey

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente

Gigantes de Carolina 9-4 Criollos Caguas

Indios de Mayaguez 12-6 San Juan Senatadores

Mexican Pacific League

Jalisco 3-6 Los Mochis

Mazatlan 3-7 Mexicali

Hermosillo 5-6 Culiacan

Navojoa 1-3 Obregon

11/1 Sweet November Games

Australian Baseball League

Sydney Blue Sox 7-3 Perth Heat--Game 1

Sydney Blue Sox 0-5 Perth Heat--Game 2

Adelaide Bite 5-6 Brisbane Bandits

I really have no idea why Perth and Sydney are pulling a double-header on the second day of the season.

NPB/CPBL--Exhibition Series

Chiba Lotte Marines 0-4 Lamigo Monkeys

Lamigo is up 2-0 on the Marines in this series. 

Cuban National Series

Matanzas 1-7 Holguin

Ciego de Avila 4-6 Mayabeque

Santiago de Cuba 6-4 Villa Clara

Isla de la Juventud 2-9 Granma

Artemisa 5-1 Industriales

Ciefuegos 6-16 Las Tunas

Camaguey 1-4 Pinar del Rio

Guantanamo 3-2 Sancti Spiritus

Arizona Fall League

AFL West 2-6 AFL East

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Nacional

Fieras de Oriental 1-8 Indios del Boer
Chinandega Tigres 0-0 Gigantes de Rivas -cancelled due to weather

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Dominicana

Gigantes del Cibao 1-4 Tigres del Licey

Toros del Este 11-6 Aguilas Cibaenas

Leones del Escogido 2-5 Estrellas de Oriente

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente

Gigantes de Carolina 8-1 Mayaguez Indios

San Juan Senatadores 3-6 Santurce Cangrejeros

Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional

Anzoategui Caribes 2-6 Aragua Tigres
Zulia Aguiles 2-1 Lara Cardenales
Magallanes Navegantes 2-6 Los Bravos de Margarita
Caracas Leones 9-2 La Guaira Tiburones 

Mexican Pacific League

Jalisco 4-5 Los Mochis

Hermosillo 3-4 Culiacan

Navojoa 4-6 Obregon

Mazatlan 6-4 Mexicali

Wednesday Is For Hipsters

It's been a dark year for the football loving American hipster. Long has American football been their bane, the English Premier League their savior. But soccer-sorry, football, has gained immense popularity, to the point that the kits are now recognized in public, and no longer is this some thing that "you probably have never heard of."

What is the hipster to do? Frankly, they have to go deeper. Now one option is to get into some other European league, but generally that can get a bit tricky both in ability to watch and also the language barrier. Some hipster welcome such challenges.

For the American Hipster Football Fan (AHFF), it seems pretty clear to me: Sheffield Wednesday. I mean first of all, the name: Why Wednesday? They used to just be "The Wednesday" at that, so it's certainly a unique name for a team that typically plays on Saturdays and Sundays.

Now Sheffield Wednesday plays in the English League Championship, a level below the EPL, which is kinda like they're Indie, but they don't just outright suck (debateable, depending on who you're talking to). In fact, they're so Indie, they don't even broadcast the majority of their games on TV. They do radio broadcasts of the matches, and you have to be in Sheffield to actually listen to them. That's how Indie. And, they're a favorite of Jim McNulty from The Wire, properly known as Dominic West, originally of Sheffield. You kno you love The Wire. But let's go ahead and get to the real reason you want to support Sheffield Wednesday: their badge and nickname.

That's it right there. You see that? I know you do, and you're freaking out: it's an owl. Hipsters love owls, known fact. Look, you can sport an owl in an inconspicuous way, wearing a kit or an ironic collared shirt for a team that "you've probably never heard of." But you know who it is. The Owls! Sheffield Wednesday, your new team.

10/31 Around the Baseball Scores World

Korean Baseball Organization-Semi-Finals

Nexen Heroes 12-2 LG Twins

Nexen win the series 3-1 and move on to the Finals to face the Samsung Lions!

Australian Baseball League

Adelaide Bite 22-3 Brisbane Bandits
Sydney Blue Sox 9-4 Perth Heat

NPB/CPBL--Exhibition Series

Chiba Lotte Marines 0-4 Lamigo Monkeys

This is the first of 3 of this weekend. Lamigo takes the lead.

Arizona Fall League

Mesa Solar Sox 5-2 Glendale Desert Dogs
Scottsdale Scorpions 6-8 Salt River Rafters
Surprise Sagueros 3-8 Peoria Javelinas

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Dominicana

Gigantes del Cibao 10-5 Aguilas Cibaenas
Tigres del Licey 6-3 Leones del Escogido
Estrellas de Oriente 4-10 Toros del Este

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente

Mayaguez Indios 3-2 Caguas Criollos
Santurce Cangrejeros 2-0 Gigantes de Carolina

Liga Venezolana Beisbol Profesional

Zula Aguiles 8-7 Caracas Leones
Aragua Tigres 5-6 Lara Cardenales
Anzoategui Caribes 5-2 Magallanes Navegantes
La Guaira Tiburones 6-11 Los Bravos de Margarita

Mexican Pacific League

Jalisco 1-0 Los Mochis
Culiacan 1-8 Hermosillo
Obregon 2-3 Navojoa
Mazatlan 2-1 Mexicali