Mexico national baseball team

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Mexico national baseball team
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Country Flag of Mexico Mexico
Federation Mexican Federation of Baseball
Confederation COPABE
World Baseball Classic
Appearances 1 (First in 2006)
Best result 6

The Mexico national baseball team is the baseball team which represents Mexico in international tournaments.

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[edit] Team Mexico at the WBC

In June of 2005, Major League Baseball announced the formation of the World Baseball Classic, a 16 nation international competition to be held in March of 2006 for the first time. "The Classic" may have been formed in response to the IOC's removal of baseball as an olympic event, starting with the 2012 London Games.

On February 13, 2006, the Mexican Baseball Committee announced it's provisional 33 man roster, and reduced it down to just 30 players on March 2, 2006. The roster is mixed with youth and experience, but their strongest side seems to be their pitching crew. All teams participating in the tournament need to have at least three catchers and thirteen pitchers.

[edit] 2006 World Baseball Classic roster

Manager
Pitching coaches
Pitchers
Catchers
Infielders
Outfielders

[edit] Schedule

Team Mexico is in Pool B of the four pool round-robin tournament. Along with fellow North American rivals Canada and United States, the pool also has Team South Africa. Round One games will be held at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona and Scottsdale Stadium in Scottsdale, Arizona. The top two teams to emerge from Pool B will advance to Angel Stadium of Anaheim in Anaheim, California to play the top two teams from Pool A (Japan, Korea, China and Chinese Taipei).

Exhibition

Round One

Round Two All games at Angels stadium located in Anaheim, CA

SemiFinal and Final Round

[edit] 2006 WBC Results

Date Location Opponent Score1 Competition
March 7, 2006 Scotsdale , Arizona Flag of the United States United States 0-2 L WBC
March 8, 2006 Scotsdale , Arizona Flag of South Africa South Africa 10-4 W WBC
March 9, 2006 Scotsdale , Arizona Flag of Canada Canada 9-1 W WBC
March 12, 2006 Anaheim , California Flag of South Korea South Korea 1-2 L WBC
March 14, 2006 Anaheim , California Flag of Japan Japan 6-1 L WBC
March 16, 2006 Anaheim , California Flag of the United States United States 2-1 W WBC

1 - Mexico score always listed first


[edit] Final Standings

Rank Team W L Tiebreaker
1 Flag of Japan Japan 5 3 -
Lost in Final
2 Flag of Cuba Cuba 5 3 -
Lost in Semifinals
3 Flag of South Korea Korea 6 1 -
4 Flag of the Dominican Republic Dominican Republic 5 2 -
Failed to qualify for Semifinals
5 Flag of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 4 2 -
6 Flag of Mexico Mexico 3 3 2.72 RA/9
7 Flag of Venezuela Venezuela 3 3 3.40 RA/9
8 Flag of the United States United States 3 3 3.75 RA/9
Failed to qualify for Round 2
9 Flag of Canada Canada 2 1 -
10 Flag of Italy Italy 1 2 5.48 RA/9
11 Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 1 2 6.84 RA/9, 6.48 ERA
12 Flag of Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 1 2 6.84 RA/9, 6.84 ERA
13 Flag of Australia Australia 0 3 6.85 RA/9
14 Flag of Panama Panama 0 3 6.92 RA/9
15 Flag of the People's Republic of China China 0 3 14.40 RA/9
16 Flag of South Africa South Africa 0 3 15.55 RA/9


[edit] Pan American Games

  • 1951 Bronze Medal Image:Med 3.png
  • 1963 Bronze Medal Image:Med 3.png
  • 2003 Bronze Medal Image:Med 3.png
  • 2007 Bronze Medal Image:Med 3.png

[edit] External links

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