Baseball Toaster: The Griddle : Spanning the globe to find new baseball playing countries

Rank	Team	W	L	PCT	Division
1	Chicago Cubs	97	64	.602	C1
2	Philadelphia	92	70	.568	E1
3	Los Angeles Dodgers	84	78	.519	W1
4	Milwaukee	90	72	.556	C2
5	New York Mets	89	73	.549	E2
6	Houston	86	75	.534	C3
7	St. Louis	86	76	.531	C4
8	Florida	84	77	.522	E3
9	Arizona	82	80	.506	W2
10T	Colorado	74	88	.457	W3
10T	Cincinnati	74	88	.457	C5
12T	Atlanta	72	90	.444	E4
12T	San Francisco	72	90	.444	W4
14	Pittsburgh	67	95	.414	C6
15	San Diego	63	99	.389	W5
16	Washington	59	102	.366	E5

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Rank	Team	W	L	PCT	Division
1	Los Angeles Angels	100	62	.617	W1
2	Tampa Bay	97	65	.599	E1
3	Chicago White Sox	89	74	.546	C1
4	Boston	95	67	.586	E2
5	New York Yankees	89	73	.549	E3
6	Minnesota	88	75	.540	C2
7	Toronto	86	76	.531	E4
8	Cleveland	81	81	.500	C3
9	Texas	79	83	.488	W2
10	Oakland	75	86	.466	W3
11	Kansas City	75	87	.463	C4
12	Detroit	74	88	.457	C5
13	Baltimore	68	93	.422	E5
14	Seattle	61	101	.377	W4

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Spanning the globe to find new baseball playing countries

2008-01-06 11:51

by Bob Timmermann

A group from MLB that included Reggie Smith is touring Ghana to introduce the sport to that West African nation. The article hints that the 2006 World Baseball Classic didn't get much notice in Ghana as the 2009 WBC is described as being new. But it is possible that the people in Ghana missed the WBC championship game because they were all caught up in the Notre Dame-Michigan NIT game that ESPN showed that ran into the time for the WBC.

Meanwhile, in Fiji, baseball is going to be introduced into the school system in hopes of making the island nation competitive with regional powerhouse Australia.

Comments

2008-01-06 15:42:14

1. Johnny Nucleo

I was in East Jerusalem a few years back and while walking through a small village on the Mount of Olives, witnessed first-hand some youths with very strong and accurate arms. Their stones didn't hit me, but landed with great precision about five feet in front of wherever I was standing.
Of course this is probably all in bad taste, so I'll stop now.

2008-01-06 20:38:47

2. JL25and3

Ah, but none of that can compare with Finnish baseball - pesäpallo, the national sport of Finland, first introduced in 1920 by Lauri "Grindstone" Pihkala.

Pihkala did make a few changes in the rules. In pesäpallo (or simply pesis), the pitcher stands at home plate, opposite the batter, and throws the ball up in the air for the batter to hit. If the batter takes the pitch and it doesn't fall on home plate, it's a ball. Two balls allow the lead runner to advance; if there are no baserunners, one ball is a walk.

If the batter hits the ball he runs to first base, which is located between home plate and third base. A fly ball that's caught isn't an out for the batter, though any runners who are not on their base are "wounded." Any ball hit over the outfield fence is a foul.

There are only two outfielders, but there are also two shortstops. In addition to the nine batters, each team has three "jokers," who are allowed to bat once each inning.

Seriously.

2008-01-06 20:45:32

3. das411

Wooooah...Bob, how did you know I'm about halfway through "Spalding's World Tour"???

2008-01-06 22:49:36

4. fordprefect

2
So, kind of like blernsball, right?

2008-01-07 09:50:03

5. JL25and3

4 But real. The first time I heard about it, I thought it was an elaborate hoax...but it's an even more elaborate reality.