Archive for the ‘WBC’ tag
Manuel Quezada: Is there a big bout out there for the Wasco native?
Manuel Quezada has 18-straight victories to his name. He’s hoping to further that record tonight when he meets Jason Gavern (18-7-3, with 8 KOs) of Kissimmee, Florida at the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino in Lemoore. Up for grabs is Quezada’s (29-4-1, with 18 KOs) WBC Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) title. Quezada is the co-main event to the 2008 Olympian Shawn Estrada (6-0, [...]
Ichiro, Japan is just damn good. Good luck in Seattle.
They did it again. There’s only been two World Baseball Classics … and Japan’s won them both. Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners (MLB) earned Japan the WBC trophy after his 10th-inning hit brought in two runs for the 5-3 victory against South Korea. By the way the Mariners finished dead last in the West last season [...]
Down, but not out in Miami: Team USA is in WBC Semis
Team USA was very close to chalking up another World Baseball Classic in Tuesday night’s thrilling comeback against Puerto Rico in Miami. David Wright’s two-run smackdown in the ninth lifted Team USA to the eventual 6-5 victory in the nearly 4-hour game. It was the New York Mets’ third baseman that prompted fans of the red, white and blue to chant [...]
