Comments on: World Port Tournament in Rotterdam starts on Thursday

By: BaseballGB » Blog Archive » World Port Tournament 2009

BaseballGB » Blog Archive » World Port Tournament 2009 — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:02:59 +0000

[...] has posted a short preview of the teams involved, including some useful comments by visitors to the site. [...]

By: philipp

philipp — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:59:10 +0000

Thanks for the tip. We saw the reports this morning and try to confirm this.

By: Owen

Owen — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:55:31 +0000

Aroldis Chapman from Cuba has gone missing. Did think it was odd they brought him over to this when Antonio Castro and the other enforcers were not coming. Says he walked out of the hotel. This would be spot on as in Rotterdam you often see the players out shopping.

By: philipp

philipp — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:08:35 +0000

Thanks, didn’t mend to disrespect the Cuban roster, used the wrong phrase.

By: Mischa

Mischa — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:03:10 +0000

A few comments:

1 – some of Cuba’s team does consist of top-tier players like Aroldis Chapman, Vladimir Garcia, Yadier Pedroso and Rolando Merino. Others are serious candidates for spots on the 2009 World Cup team (ex. Yoilan Cerce, Miguel Gonzalez).

2 – Japan’s team consists mostly of industrial league players. College players are a minority, not a majority.

Should be a good tournament. I’d pick Cuba or the Netherlands, but Japan might have a shot. Taiwan is unlikely and the USA could well be last.

By: Owen

Owen — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:17:38 +0000

To be fair the USA Team was VERY POOR. Looking at that roster most of these guys will never be drafted.

Works out well for me as I go for the last few days and can now see Cuba on Thursday which was a rest day for them. Better chance of seeing Aroldis Chapman pitch.

By: philipp

philipp — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:09:51 +0000

I missed that, sorry.

The Great South League even released a press release about the World Port Tournament Roster just a few days ago.
http://www.greatsouthleague.com/article/161.php

By: joe

joe — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:39:50 +0000

I think the USA squad has pulled out, reducing the field to four teams. It’s very disappointing as I’m travelling to Rotterdam from Britain to watch Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday’s games. I thought I would get to see 6 games, but now it’s only 4 as Monday and Tuesday have only an evening game on the adjusted schedule.

Still, it seems the organizers have done a good job in ensuring that there are a decent number of games on other days, by upping the number of games played by each team.