Venezuela: Fight to the End in World
Baseball
Caracas - Without any Major League Baseball
players in its national team, Venezuela
aspires to finish among the first eight,
said local high official of the Venezuelan
National Baseball Federation, Edwin Zerpa
here Friday.
In an official statement, Zerpstated that
the initial objective was to integrate a
baseball team with players who have
contracts with organizations endorsed by the
US superior circuits, but it was impossible
for the high insurance costs demanded for
their participation.
Without MLB names, our team is formed by men
that are willing to give their best to leave
the name of Venezuela very high, he pointed
out.
The Venezuelan team participates in a
tournament in Italy, next to the local team,
Cuba and Chinese Taipei, previous to the
38th World Baseball Championship that will
be played in seven European nations from
September 9 to 27, with 22 countries.
The first round will have as scenarios
Barcelona (Spain), Prague (Czech Republic),
Zagreb (Croatia), Stockholm (Sweden) and
Regensburg (Germany), this last headquarters
of the Venezuelan team next to United
States, China and Germany.
The following phase will be played in Italy
and Holland, from September 13 to 20, with
the teams concluding in the first two
positions of each group and the best third
places. The semifinal stage will be played
in Italy, from September 22 to 27, with
eight teams.
The commitments of Venezuela in the first
round are on Thursday 10 in a match against
United States, on Friday 11 against China
and closes its participation on Saturday 12
before Germany. |
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