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ESPN gets rights to 2009 World Baseball Classic (ESPN)
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:07:38 GMT The World Baseball Classic, which opens March 5, 2009, will be broadcast on ESPN and MLB Network, it was announced on Tuesday.

Venezuela players, officials in dispute over World Baseball Classic (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:13:00 GMT CARACAS, Venezuela - Leading Venezuela players are threatening to boycott next year's World Baseball Classic unless team officials listen to their opinions.

ESPN, MLB Network Play Ball With World Baseball Classic (MultiChannel News)
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:25:41 GMT ESPN and MLB Network will provide team coverage of the 2009 World Baseball Classic.

ESPN, MLB Net Map Plans for World Baseball Classic (TVWeek)
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:21:09 GMT ESPN and MLB Network have acquired broadcast rights for the 2009 World Baseball Classic tournament. The second international tournament, scheduled for March 5-23, 2009, will feature baseball players representing 16 different countries and territories competing for the top spot. As part of the deal ESPN will broadcast 23 tournament games, including the semifinals and final matchups, across its ...

ESPN, MLB Network to Televise World Baseball Classic in 2009 (Bloomberg)
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:36:08 GMT Oct. 7 (Bloomberg) -- ESPN and the MLB Network will televise next year's World Baseball Classic, the second international tournament run by Major League Baseball and its players union.

JapanToday: Japan News and Discussion ジャパントゥデイ:日本のニュースを英語で読む (Japan Today)
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:25:05 GMT The Softbank Hawks failed to bid farewell to manager Sadaharu Oh with a victory Tuesday, losing to the Rakuten Eagles 1-0 in 12 innings to finish the season in last place for the first time since 1996. The 68-year-old Oh leaves his post due to health reasons after guiding the Hawks to Pacific League titles in 1999, 2000 and 2003 and Japan Series titles in 1999 and 2003 during his 14 years at the ...

Tazawa says decision is final (The Japan Times)
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:10:16 GMT Highly touted hurler Junichi Tazawa reiterated his intention Tuesday to pursue a major league career by dodging the Japanese draft amid fierce opposition from Nippon Professional Baseball officials. "I want to play in the United States first. I'm not thinking about coming back to Japan at this point," the 22-year-old right-hander said in Kawasaki, where his Nippon Oil corporate team held ...

World Baseball Classic, Inc. names ESPN and MLB Network official broadcast partners in the United States for the 2009 ... (Major League Baseball)
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:17:12 GMT ESPN, MLB Network to be broadcast partners

JapanToday: Japan News and Discussion ジャパントゥデイ:日本のニュースを英語で読む (Japan Today)
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:46:23 GMT Hiroshima Carp manager Marty Brown is set to be offered a contract extension after guiding the Central League team to playoff contention, baseball sources said Monday.

Flood could wash away baseball site record (Moldova.org)
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:17:01 GMT A baseball field in Canada should lose the title of world's oldest existing playing field because it was altered after an 1883 flood, a U.S. historian contends.A heritage official in Clinton, Mass., says while Labatt Park in the Canadian city of London has been used for baseball games since 1877, the ball field should lose its Guinness World Record designation due to the minor site alterations ...

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