Men's Baseball WBSC American Olympic Games Qualification Tournament 2021

[intoronto 5,639]

 and finish the day with wins. Canada with a dominant no hitter performance against Colombia.

[intoronto 5,639]

beat 3-2, leading in top of 10th, almost eliminated!

[phelps 7,675]

23 hours ago, bmo said:

 Venezuela &  Dominican Republic both start the tournament with wins.

Venezuela vs Cuba was a great match yesterday...and today's Nicaragua vs Puerto Rico is also very entertaining (even VEN vs COL wasn't bad in the final couple of innings)...

 

it's always fun to watch some baseball outside the usual suspects MLB and NPB...and Latin American teams are never disappointing in that sense...

[intoronto 5,639]

Both evening games delayed due too rain 

[intoronto 5,639]

 v is postponed

[intoronto 5,639]

9 minutes ago, intoronto said:

 v is postponed

Apparently its now back on lol @Benolympique

[NearPup 3,048]

beat 8-6. This means the US advances to the final round where they will start with a 1-0 record. The winner of vs will join them, starting with a 0-1 record.

 

The vs game tomorrow won't affect anything.

[NearPup 3,048]

beat 6-5. and advance to the final round. Their game tomorrow will determine who goes in with a 1-0 and 0-1 record.

 

This is the end of an era. After agonizingly losing two back-to-back games 6-5, in both cases almost coming back to tie in the 9th inning, Cuba is eliminated. This is the first time that Cuba fails to make an Olympic final in Baseball, let alone qualify.

[intoronto 5,639]

survives a last minute rally by

 

 and will play for top place tomorrow in their group

 

Cuba which has medaled at every baseball competition will not even qualify. Sad.

[intoronto 5,639]

8 minutes ago, NearPup said:

beat 8-6. This means the US advances to the final round where they will start with a 1-0 record. The winner of vs will join them, starting with a 0-1 record.

 

The vs game tomorrow won't affect anything.

This is a dumb format. What if the USA loses tomorrow? That won't matter and they will still go into the final round tied with a team 3-0.