World Baseball Classic

Cuban officials blast plan for baseball pros to play Classic

April 12, 2022 GMT

HAVANA (AP) — Cuban state sports officials on Tuesday denounced a plan by baseball players who left the island to play in the Major Leagues to field their own team in the next World Baseball Classic.

Sugano fails to sign with major league team by deadline

January 7, 2021 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Japanese star pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano failed to agree to a contract with a major league team by Thursday's 5 p...

Puerto Rico in scarce supply of hair dye amid baseball fever

By DANICA COTOMarch 22, 2017 GMT

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Pharmacies and beauty stores across Puerto Rico are running out of hair dye with even a top economist joining men going blond in support of the island's baseball players who bleached their hair ahead of the World Baseball Classic.

Shoulder problems cost O’s Tillman his spot

Herald StaffMarch 16, 2017 GMT

Baltimore Orioles right-handed pitcher Chris Tillman won’t start a fourth consecutive season opener because of a sore right shoulder. Tillman will get a cortisone injection in hopes of returning sooner rather than later.

Israel soars at World Baseball Classic, and a nation shrugs

By ARON HELLERMarch 12, 2017 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is the big surprise of the World Baseball Classic, upsetting three teams, generating buzz and offering a mascot like no other — "The Mensch on the Bench...

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Staff WriterMarch 11, 2017 GMT

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Red Sox notebook: Xander Bogaerts arrives early to prepare for World Baseball Classic

Jason MastrodonatoFebruary 16, 2017 GMT

FORT MYERS — At 24, Xander Bogaerts is already starting to feel old.

“I don’t know why,” he said yesterday morning, his first of the year at JetBlue Park. “Maybe because I’ve been playing baseball in the big leagues for a little bit now.

Red Sox notebook: Xander Bogaerts arrives early to prepare for World Baseball Classic

Jason MastrodonatoFebruary 16, 2017 GMT

FORT MYERS — At 24, Xander Bogaerts is already starting to feel old.

“I don’t know why,” he said yesterday morning, his first of the year at JetBlue Park. “Maybe because I’ve been playing baseball in the big leagues for a little bit now.

Red Sox notebook: Xander Bogaerts arrives early to prepare for World Baseball Classic

Jason MastrodonatoFebruary 16, 2017 GMT

FORT MYERS — At 24, Xander Bogaerts is already starting to feel old.

“I don’t know why,” he said yesterday morning, his first of the year at JetBlue Park. “Maybe because I’ve been playing baseball in the big leagues for a little bit now.