When will 2020 be over? Thankfully in just a matter of days. This year took the game from us in many places. Colleges barely played. There was barely any high school baseball here. There was no minor league baseball. Major League baseball was just a portion of the season. It has been an insane world in 2020. Now throw in that the year took some of the greatest to ever play the game with the most recent being Phil Niekro. But Niekro is just one of many that 2020 took from us, including some of the greatest pitchers of all-time. Niekro won 318 games over his 24 years in the big leagues. Most of ..read more

There is no denying my hatred of the Philadelphia Phillies. After all, I am a die-hard Atlanta Braves fan. But as I was working on my thesis today, which is about baseball’s impact on the war effort during WWII, I couldn’t help but notice something as I was going through some documents. But the 1943 Phillies did less during WWII. I am not going to go into this in too much depth, but I think these two documents, which came from the Baseball Hall of Fame, are quite telling of the team. Now granted this was in 1943 and the team has changed hands over time, but there are several instances where th ..read more

What a change a week can make. In just a short time we have gone from anticipation of Opening Day, a full college baseball schedule, and the World Baseball Classic Qualifiers upcoming to nothing. Everything got shut down over COVID-19 or Coronavirus. College baseball has been canceled, which is sad for all of those students out there competing. Will the NCAA allow each player another year of eligibility? That remains to be seen. So what do we do with no sports for awhile. We wait. Fortunately MLB has not canceled the season, just postponed it. Baseball will return, in time. I know we were look ..read more

College baseball is in full swing as some conferences will start up play here in just another week. There are always some great round robin tournaments early in the year with 3 really good ones here in Texas kicking off in February. I was fortunate to see one of the at the inaugural Round Rock Classic. There a friend and I got to check out his alma mater Texas Tech take on one of the perennial powers in college baseball, Stanford. While Stanford may be off to a slow start, Texas Tech is not as they come in this week again at No. 4 in this weeks D1 Baseball Rankings. Tech’s only loss came at th ..read more

For our first 2020 WBC Qualifier, we will look at the Brazil roster. This is a team that could do some damage in the qualifier and has a solid chance to advance. Brazil played in the 2013 edition of the World Baseball Classic finishing 14th. They qualified through the 2013 Qualifier going 3-0 before dropping each game in the 2013 WBC. After failing to qualify in 2017, they are back again trying to qualify for their second time in the big tournament. The team is lead by Hall of Famer Barry Larkin, who again returns to manage the team. He is joined by some other former Major League talent in Ste ..read more

Are you ready for some International Baseball? I hope so because later this week the World Baseball Classic Qualifiers begin. And to get ready for the upcoming 2020 WBC Qualifiers, I wanted to take a look at the rosters (series upcoming) and the Pool Brackets. Pool 1 in the 2020 WBC Qualifier will take place from March 13 – 18 in Tucson, Arizona. The teams competing are Pakistan, Brazil, Germany, France, Nicaragua, and South Africa. The winner and runner-up qualifies for the 2021 WBC. This is a great opportunity for 2 of these teams to make it to the biggest international tournament. Here is t ..read more

  Welcome to Spring everyone. I know I have been absent of late, but I have been working on a few side projects. One of which is a new BaseballdeWorld store that will be up and running later in the year. I have revamped the entire website, worked on speeding up the site, and now I am working on building out the store. I have started a new side project as well at TexanbyDesign.com. That is a new site that I have that sells different t-shirts, mugs, and other items. The newest item I have that I am making are custom socks. And that is what I wanted to show you now. Custom socks has become a litt ..read more

The Auckland Tuatara are hot at home. Last night’s 9-7 win over Geelong-Korea was their 10th home win in a row. With the win, the Tuatara lead Southwest Division by 2.5 games over the Canberra Cavalry. In last night’s action: Geelong-Korea 7, Auckland Tuatara 9 Hever Bueno (W, 1-3)picked up his first win of the season in relief. He tossed 1.2 innings striking out 4 to pick up the win. Starter Jimmy Boyce went 4.1 innings allowing 7 ER, including 3 home runs. Auckland showed some power of its own. Third baseman Josh Morgan hit his 4th in the 3rd inning. Kent Blacksto ..read more

The regular season is over in the Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional with the Tiburones de La Guaira taking home the best record at 25-17. The Tiburones finished a game up on both the Cardenales de Lara and Águilas del Zulia. Next up is the LVBP Playoff round of the season. The top six teams face off in best-of-seven series with the three winners headed to the semifinals, along with one wild card. Right now the series are as follows: Tiburones de La Guaira vs Leones del Caracas Cardenales de Lara vs Navegantes del Magallanes Águilas del Zulia vs Caribes de Anzo ..read more

The Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana is in the semifinal stage as the top 4 teams from the regular season battle it out for a spot in the finals. The 18-game semifinal round-robin is almost half way through with each team having played 7 games so far. Right now, the Tigres del Licey lead by a game with a 5-2 record. The Tigres finished 2nd in the regular season 7.0 games back of the Toros del Este who finished with a 34-16 record. The Toros aren’t out of it just yet. They are right behind the Tigres with a 4-3 record. The two will face off again on Saturday ..read more