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When last we saw the World Baseball Classic, one future Hall of Famer was striking out another future Hall of Famer — who just happened to be his MLB teammate — in the ninth inning to secure a one-run victory in a title game between Japan and the United States. It was the buzziest moment […]
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The 2026 World Baseball Classic game schedule was announced for venues in Tokyo, Puerto Rico, Houston and Miami while also announcing details for ticket sales at each site. Houston’s Minute Maid Park and Miami’s loanDepot Park will be the U.S. host sites for the 2026 World Baseball Classic along with the Tokyo Dome in Japan […]
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The city of Tucson is buzzing with excitement and with good reason. After nearly 15 years without professional baseball in the city, it will host a World Baseball Classic qualifier from March 2–6. From 1947 through 2010, Major League Baseball was in Tucson each March for spring training. But in 2011, the last three teams […]
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Houston’s Minute Maid Park and Miami’s loanDepot Park will be the U.S. host sites for the 2026 World Baseball Classic along with the Tokyo Dome in Japan and Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Tokyo and Miami were hosts in the 2023 tournament which culminated with Japan beating the United States 3-2. It […]
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The dates, venues and pools for the 2023 World Baseball Classic have been announced, along with the qualifying system for the four new teams involved. The fifth installment of the international tournament — sanctioned by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) — will be played from March 8-21, 2023, across four locations: Chase Field, the […]
Continue ReadingThe World Baseball Classic championship round will be held away from the Western United States for the first time, as the 2021 finals will be staged at Marlins Park in Miami. The announcement of the tournament sites and championship round host was made by Major League Baseball at Marlins Park, home of the Miami Marlins. […]
Continue ReadingThe qualifying rounds for the 2021 World Baseball Classic will be held in March 2020 at the Kino Sports Complex in Tucson, Arizona, with four teams out of the 12 attending getting advancement into the 2021 WBC main bracket. Each pool will feature six teams with the top two finishers in each advancing. Pool 1, […]
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