Tag: 2009 Baseball World Cup
Japan’s bid at the 2009 Baseball World Cup ends
by Gen on Sep.22, 2009 @ 2:57 pm, under Other
For those keeping track, Japan's bid at the 2009 Baseball World Cup ended as they finished out the second round with a 2-5 record.
You can find more information about the series at my 2009 Baseball World Cup - Japan's Progress post, as well as the official website for the 2009 Baseball World Cup.
2009 Baseball World Cup – Japan’s Progress
by Gen on Sep.15, 2009 @ 9:17 pm, under Other
I've been meaning to post an update on this, but I kept pushing it off to another day.
Here are the results for Japan:
First Round
September 10th
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Japan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 1 |
| Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 3 |
September 11th
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Croatia | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | x | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Japan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | x | x | 13 | 13 | 1 |
September 12th
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Nicaragua | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 2 |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
Pool B Standings
| Team | G | W | L | WPCT | GB |
| Nicaragua | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | -- |
| Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1 |
| Great Britain | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2 |
| Croatia | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3 |
Japan Team Totals for the First Round
Batting
| BA | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | SLG | BB | HBP | SO | GIDP | OBP | SF | SH | SB-ATT | PO | A | E | FPCT | |
| Totals | .333 | 3 | 102 | 26 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 55 | .539 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 2 | .434 | 1 | 4 | 3-4 | 75 | 18 | 2 | .979 |
| Opponents | .243 | 3 | 103 | 18 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 45 | .437 | 8 | 1 | 42 | 0 | .304 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 74 | 39 | 5 | .958 |
Pitching
| ERA | W-L | G | CG | ShO | Sv | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | 2B | 3B | HR | AB | BA | WP | HBP | BK | SFA | SHA | |
| Totals | 6.48 | 2-1 | 3 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 25.0 | 25 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 103 | .243 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Opponents | 9.12 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 24.2 | 34 | 26 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 102 | .333 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
And it look like Chono is doing pretty well for himself:
| BA | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | SLG | BB | HBP | SO | GIDP | OBP | SF | SH | SB-ATT | PO | A | E | FPCT | |
| CHONO Hisayoshi | .429 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .643 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .429 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
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Second Round
September 13th
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | x | 9 | 13 | 1 |
September 15th
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| United States | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | x | 4 | 4 | 1 |
September 16th
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E | |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
September 17th
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E | |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
September 18th
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Japan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 0 |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | x | 6 | 6 | 2 |
September 19th
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 0 |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 0 | 6 | 0 |
September 20th
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Netherlands Antilles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Japan | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | x | 10 | 12 | 0 |
Pool G Standings
| Team | G | W | L | WPCT | GB |
| USA | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | -- |
| Australia | 7 | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2 |
| Canada | 7 | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2 |
| Chinese Taipei | 7 | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2 |
| Japan | 7 | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5 |
| Italy | 7 | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5 |
| Mexico | 7 | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5 |
| Netherlands Antilles | 7 | 0 | 7 | .000 | 7 |
Batting
| BA | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | SLG | BB | HBP | SO | GIDP | OBP | SF | SH | SB-ATT | PO | A | E | FPCT | |
| Totals | .269 | 7 | 238 | 28 | 64 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 88 | .370 | 23 | 3 | 40 | 5 | .341 | 0 | 10 | 3-5 | 190 | 62 | 3 | .988 |
| Opponents | .191 | 7 | 220 | 25 | 42 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 70 | .318 | 17 | 1 | 78 | 1 | .250 | 2 | 7 | 3-5 | 192 | 93 | 9 | .969 |
Pitching
| ERA | W-L | G | CG | ShO | Sv | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | 2B | 3B | HR | AB | BA | WP | HBP | BK | SFA | SHA | |
| Totals | 2.98 | 2-5 | 7 | 0 | 0/0 | 1 | 63.1 | 42 | 25 | 21 | 17 | 78 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 220 | .191 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Opponents | 2.81 | 5-2 | 7 | 1 | 1/1 | 2 | 64.0 | 64 | 28 | 20 | 23 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 238 | .269 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
So that's it for Japan. They get eliminated from the third round as their march to the World Cup ends.
2009 Baseball World Cup – Japan Roster
by Gen on Sep.02, 2009 @ 10:10 am, under Other
Here is the roster that Japan will be using at the 2009 Baseball World Cup.
Managers / Coaches
| Uni | Pos | Name | Affiliation |
| 30 | Manager | Yasuhiko Sugimoto | Nippon Express |
| 31 | Coach | Hirotami Kojima | Mitsubishi |
| 32 | Coach | Yasunari Takami | Toshiba |
| 33 | Coach | Tetsuya Horii | JR Higashi Nihon |
| Trainer | Kanehiro Shibata | Sports Program | |
| Trainer | Kenichi Suzuki | Nippon Express |
Players
| Uni | Pos | Name | Affiliation |
| 11 | P | Hirofumi Yamanaka | Honda Kumamoto |
| 13 | P | Atsushi Tanaka | Panasonic |
| 14 | P | Takashi Saito | JR Higashi Nihon |
| 15 | P | Toru Anan | Nippon Express |
| 16 | P | Yosuke Okamoto | Yamaha |
| 17 | P | Hirotoshi Masui | Toshiba |
| 18 | P | Tomohisa Ohtani | Toyota |
| 19 | P | Hiroyuki Kamegawa | Mitsubishi Yokohama |
| 20 | P | Eiichi Hirai | Fuji Heavy Industries |
| 21 | P | Motoki Higa | Hitachi |
| 23 | C | Ryo Saeki | Honda |
| 24 | C | Kenji Suzuki | Nippon Express |
| 27 | C | Go Yamaoka | ENEOS |
| 4 | INF | Ken Kume | Mitsubishi Nagasaki |
| 5 | INF | Komei Sawamura | Nippon Express |
| 6 | INF | Shiro Mori | Panasonic |
| 7 | INF | Kentaro Miyazawa | ENEOS |
| 8 | INF | Tsutomu Sasaki | Mitsubishi Yokohama |
| 9 | INF | Kenichi Yokoyama | Mitsubishi Kobe |
| 1 | OF | Hisayoshi Chono | Honda |
| 3 | OF | Yoshinobu Kotegawa | Honda |
| 10 | OF | Keiji Ikebe | ENEOS |
| 28 | OF | Ikuhiro Kiyota | NTT Higashi Nihon |
| 29 | OF | Sho Aranami | Toyota |
2009 Baseball World Cup
by Gen on Sep.02, 2009 @ 10:06 am, under Other
The 2009 Baseball World Cup takes place in Europe between September 9th and 27th.
The tournament is broken down into four groups.
- Group A (hosted by the Czech Republic in Prague): Czech Republic, Australia, Chinese Taipei, and Mexico
- Group B (hosted by Spain in Barcelona): Spain, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and South Africa
- Group C (hosted by Sweden in Stockholm): Sweden, Canada, Korea, and Netherlands Antilles
- Group D (hosted by Croatia in Zagreb): Croatia, Great Britain, Japan, and Nicaragua
- Group E (hosted by Germany in Regensburg): Germany, China, U.S.A., and Venezuela
The final round will move to Italy (Grosseto, Nettuno, Anzio, Matino, Caserta, Messina, Palermo, and Rome).
For more information, check out the official 2009 World Cup Baseball website.
Round 1
| Date/Time | Home Team | Away Team | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6:00 PM Wed 9/Sep | Czech Republic | Australia | Prague |
| 7:00 PM Wed 9/Sep | Puerto Rico | South Africa | Barcelona |
| 7:00 PM Wed 9/Sep | Germany | China | Regensburg |
| 7:00 PM Wed 9/Sep | Sweden | Netherlands Antilles | Sundbyberg |
| 10:30 AM Thu 10/Sep | Great Britain | Japan | Zagreb |
| 4:30 PM Thu 10/Sep | Croatia | Nicaragua | Zagreb |
Round 2
| Date/Time | Home Team | Away Team | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6:00 PM Thu 10/Sep | Tapei | Mexico | Prague |
| 7:00 PM Thu 10/Sep | Cuba | Puerto Rico | Barcelona |
| 7:00 PM Thu 10/Sep | United States of America | Venezuela | Regensburg |
| 7:00 PM Thu 10/Sep | Canada | Korea | Sundbyberg |
| 10:30 AM Fri 11/Sep | Nicaragua | Great Britain | Zagreb |
| 4:00 PM Fri 11/Sep | Japan | Croatia | Zagreb |
Round 3
| Date/Time | Home Team | Away Team | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11:00 AM Fri 11/Sep | Spain | Puerto Rico | Barcelona |
| 1:00 PM Fri 11/Sep | Australia | Tapei | Prague |
| 2:00 PM Fri 11/Sep | Venezuela | China | Regensburg |
| 2:00 PM Fri 11/Sep | Korea | Sweden | Sundbyberg |
| 6:00 PM Fri 11/Sep | Cuba | South Africa | Barcelona |
| 6:00 PM Fri 11/Sep | Mexico | Czech Republic | Prague |
| 7:00 PM Fri 11/Sep | United States of America | Germany | Regensburg |
| 7:00 PM Fri 11/Sep | Netherlands Antilles | Canada | Sundbyberg |
| 10:30 AM Sat 12/Sep | Japan | Nicaragua | Zagreb |
| 4:00 PM Sat 12/Sep | Croatia | Great Britain | Zagreb |
Round 4
| Date/Time | Home Team | Away Team | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11:00 AM Sat 12/Sep | Cuba | Spain | Barcelona |
| 1:00 PM Sat 12/Sep | Australia | Mexico | Prague |
| 2:00 PM Sat 12/Sep | China | United States of America | Regensburg |
| 2:00 PM Sat 12/Sep | Korea | Netherlands Antilles | Sundbyberg |
| 5:00 PM Sat 12/Sep | South Africa | Puerto Rico | Barcelona |
| 6:00 PM Sat 12/Sep | Czech Republic | Tapei | Prague |
| 7:00 PM Sat 12/Sep | Germany | Venezuela | Regensburg |
| 7:00 PM Sat 12/Sep | Sweden | Canada | Sundbyberg |