2019 CARIBBEAN WORLD SERIES! Something to watch!
By Ismael Nunez Sure everyone knew for sure New England Patriots were going win their 6th Super Bowl, to add from what people saw, pieces written online the half-time show wasn’t all that. Yet for many Latin Americans like myself there’s the CARIBBEAN WORLD SERIES 2019 ESPN reported, “January 24th 2019 due to the political unrest […]
TEAM PUERTO RICO REPEATS!!!! WINNNERS OF THE 2018 CARIBBEAN WORLD SERIES!
BY ISMAEL NUNEZ Hurricane Maria has hurt the island of Puerto Rico. What better way to inspire its people with a sports victory. This past February 8th as reported by Cesar Augusto Marquez from the website “La Vida Baseball” In Mexico where the annual Caribbean World Series took place for the year 2018 “Caguas(the team […]
ARRIBA/ADELANTE!! PALANTE! Puerto Rico Region Wins Intermediate Baseball World Series Championship
By Ismael Nunez It’s been a seesaw Baseball 2017 season for Puerto Rico. This past February they won the Caribbean World Series, they almost won the World Baseball Classic only to face defeat by Team USA. Then this past August 6th 2017 at the Intermediate Little League World Series which took place in Livermore, California, team Puerto Rico defeated team New Jersey which represented the East by a […]
Puerto Rico: Having Fun, Undefeated, Wednesday night make History and Remembering History!
By Ismael Nunez According to the website Bleacher Report, “No team is having more fun in the WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC than Team Puerto Rico” their so right! They added “The undefeated squad showed series camaraderie when they bleached their hair and beards blond.” The fans on the island and the USA are with them […]
PUERTO RICO WON THE 2017 CARIBBEAN WORLD SERIES!!!!
DEFEATING MEXICO 1-0, PUERTO RICO 2017 CARIBBEAN WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS! BY ISMAEL NUNEZ ARRIBA!!!!! PALANTE!!!! It was almost like seeing a Boxing match between boxing legends Wilfredo Gomez (Puerto Rico) vs Julio Cesar Chavez (Mexico). By the Ninth inning no runs scored! Then in the top of the Tenth Inning team Puerto Rico gets a double, […]
MEXICO WINS 2014 CARIBBEAN WORLD SERIES
Written by Ismael Nunez Back in August 21, 1981 Salvador Sanchez (Mexico) was defending his Featherweight Title against Wilfredo Gomez (Puerto Rico). That day Sanchez knocked out Gomez in Eight Rounds! This past February 8th 2014, the spirit of Sanchez was present: Team Mexico with good pitching, clutch hitting defeated Team Puerto Rico with a score of […]
INTERVIEW WITH BASEBALL WRITER LOU HERNANDEZ
by Ismael Nunez Lou Hernandez is a member of the Society of American Baseball Research and a life-long baseball fan. He’s written two Baseball Books on Latin America Memories of Winter Ball: Interviews with Players in the Latin American Winter Leagues of the 1950s . The Rise of the Latin American Baseball Leagues, 1947-1961: Cuba, the […]
In the spirit of Clemente: Team Puerto Rico wins title
By Ismael Nunez On Aug. 18, 1934, Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente was born. This month, his spirit was with Team Puerto Rico as it won the Senior League Softball Championship defeating Team Delaware in their own backyard by the score of 6-4. The flag of Puerto Rico was put together by women. Top entertainers, poets and […]
SABR Day 2011
So, some of you may already be planning to attend your local SABR Day event, others may want to, but have prior engagements that they cannot break, while even others are (right now) asking just what in the world is SABR anyway?! No, it is not a group of sabermetricians; although that’s what I mistakenly […]
Roberto’s Kids: an international non-profit organization named after Roberto Clemente
We collect new and gently worn baseball equipment from the US and Canada and distribute it to disadvantaged youth in Latin American countries, the US and around the World. Our global reach and leadership bridges the gap between different cultures through baseball. Our organization partners with communities as they develop and nurture social responsibility. The […]
Haarlem Baseball Week Updated: 3 Games In
Good Morning, after several days of many calls and mail, has finally clarified the participation of Venezuela in the 25th Haarlem Baseball Week. Saturday revealed that the team still in the capital Caracas, and that insurmountable difficulties were about obtaining visas for Porto Rico. The Venezuelan team was in Puerto Rico, adjacent to the Baseball […]
A Conversation with Nicole L. Burdett, Stats Supervisor at MLBAM
Thanks to LinkedIn, which has been a great source finding contacts for previous interviews, writers, etc., we have the pleasure of interviewing Nicole L. Burdett, Stats Supervisor at MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM). I started out asking Nicole what she did for work before being employed by MLB and how she got the job. She said, […]
“SABR DAY” TO BE CELEBRATED ACROSS THE USA ON JANUARY 30
On Saturday, January 30, 2010, members of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) will come together to celebrate SABR and all things baseball. Chapters and members across the US and Canada will gather for everything from Hot Stove discussions to research presentations to guest talks by former players to a Dice Base Ball Tournament […]
Japan Ranks No. 3 in New IBAF Ranking After WBC Win
Winning the WBC does not translate into a move up to the number one team in the world according to the IBAF. After taking the crown in the WBC for the second time in a row, the Japanese moved up to number three in the IBAF World Rankings. Despite a not so convincing showing in […]
IBAF to Assist Barcelona Baseball Club After Tragedy
On March 12, the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) announced their plans to help replace all baseball equipment that was lost in a building collapse in Barcelona. The federation will also honor the memory of the young people who lost their lives in the Saint Boi Tragedy during the 2009 World Cup. The building collapsed on […]
WBC Key Second Round Moments
According to the IBAF, a poll was recently posted on espndeportes.com which asked if baseball should return to the Olympics. Just 24 hours into the voting, over 7,000 voters from 30 countries have logged on and the results are resounding as 95% have voted yes. Many reports have noted that WBC officials have been pleased […]
