Team Japan Arrives for World Baseball Challenge
Team Japan hams it up with Airport and Tourism Prince George Mascots – photo 250News
Prince George, B.C. – The long flight is over, and team Japan has arrived for the World Baseball Challenge.“It’s great to have Japan here” says WBC Chairman Rick Pattie “I know we’re going to be the best hosts we can possibly be and Japan is going to have a great experience, it’s going to be great.”
Team Japan is a combination team says Pattie, “It’s made up of of members from their industrial league including champions and a few pick up players to bolster the line up”.
Pattie says Japan will be a strong contender in the five team event, “They have been strong contenders in the past and we are looking forward to that same level again.”
The other teams taking part in the tournament are:
- Roswell Invaders (U.S.)
- Thurston County Generals (U.S.)
- Canadian Sidearm Nation
- Kamloops Sun Devils
Opening ceremonies for the World Baseball Challenge are set for 7 p.m. Friday night, and the first game will see the Canadian Sidearm Nation take on Team Japan at 7:30.
Single game tickets are available at Citizen field each day ( except Sunday) from 10-2.
Comments
It may be time to drop “World” from the title.
Youkoso irasshai mashita. (sure hope that’s correct :)
It is, though irasshaimashita is really one word. However, for some reason, tourist guides and the like do often write it with a space in the middle. its a mystery why.
$20,000 in taxpayers money from the City for a 5 team tournament. Someone knows someone I guess.
Ticket sales are between 10 and 2. Guess I’m not going to be able to see Fridays game.
WELCOMW team Japan… Hope you enjoy our fair city and fantastic country
The WBC will probably bring us more money, after expenses, than the winter games.
It’s only advance ticket sales between 10 and 2, tickets will still be available at the gate
acording to http://worldbaseball.ca/about there are teams from “USA, Canada, Japan, Cuba, and the Bahamas”. Either that is inaccurate, out of date, or the term “World” does apply.
According to everyone else, there are only 5 teams attending; 2 from Canada, 2 from the States and this Japanese team.
Even if all 5 countries had shown up, I’m not sure 5 countries constitutes “World”.
There are lots of baseball and fastball tournaments that take place in our city every summer but for some bizarre reason, they don’t get the media attention (or City funding) that this tournament does.
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