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Here is my contribution to the Universo Beisbol magazine of April:

Hello baseball fans.

Thanks goodness baseball season has started again.
After a very successful World Baseball Classic tournament, the Dutch players moved home or to their minor league teams. I was fortunate enough to attend the semi final between the Netherlands and the Dominican Republic. It was a great experience, something that I didn't want to miss. Even though the Dutch squad lost 4-1, ...

Originally Posted by yankeebiscuitfan

For the fifth time in as many games, the Barons took a lead. In the first inning Marcus Siemen scored from second base on a single by Brandon Short.

In the third inning the Biscuits bounced back when Ty Morrison singled and was taken to home on a homerun by Robby Price. Mikie Mahtook also homered to make it 3-1 Biscuits.

In the fourth Riccio Torrez was hit by a pitch and scored on a triple by Robi Estrada. Montgomery scored one more time in the sixth when Todd Glaesmann

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Originally Posted by yankeebiscuitfan

After a 5-2 loss vs the Barons on Thursday, the Biscuits bounced back on Friday.

Behind some superb pitching by Albert Suarez, who made his AA debut, the Biscuits stayed in the game. Suarez pitched five innings and allowed five hits and an unearned run on a throwing error by 3B Riccio Torres in the fifth. That error didn't directly lead to a run. Torres' throw sailed into right field instead to 2B, where second baseman could have made the out. When rightfielder Mikie Mahtook missed

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Originally Posted by yankeebiscuitfan

For the fifth consecutive year, the Montgomery Biscuits lost their season opener.

Biscuits fans didn't show up in big numbers because of a drizzling rain.

A five run fourth inning by the Birmingham Barons (Chicago White Sox affiliate) killed them.

Leading off in the fourth, Barons' Trayce Thompson homered to center field. Then Matt Bushmann gave up two walks to the Barons to put runners on first and second. Michael Blanke loaded the bases on a sharp

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A few years ago I tried to create a ranking system, but scrapped the project due to the difficulty of obtaining information and that the quality of individual national team rosters can vary wildly from event to event. But the WBC and its Qualifiers have sparked my interest in the topic again. This time I will only be using all of the WBC and Qualifier results; and here are the results of my WBC Rankings:

Rank	Team	Points
01	Japan	515.50
02	Dominican Republic	466.80

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Updated 03-30-2013 at 06:11 PM by nebo86

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