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Advance to Gold medal game 2 Cuba: 7 5 2 54 17 +37 .714 0.5 3 Dominican Republic: 6 4 2 30 26 +4 .667 1 Advance to Bronze medal game 4 Venezuela: 7 4 3 25 35 −10 .571 1.5 5 Curaçao: 6 3 3 26 29 −3 .500 2 6 Nicaragua: 6 2 4 17 31 −14 .333 3 7 Puerto Rico: 5 1 4 15 19 −4 .200 3.5 8 El Salvador (H) 5 0 5 9 41 −32 .000 4.5
Baseball is the most popular sport in Puerto Rico.In terms of spectators and active participants, it is the premier sport on the island. The baseball game was introduced to the island in the late 19th century and the first two baseball clubs were founded in 1897, before the American invasion of 1898 known as the Spanish–American War.
The Caribbean Baseball Cup is a baseball tournament organized by Caribbean Baseball Confederation (COCABE), which is itself a division of WBSC Americas. It serves as a qualifier for higher-level tournaments, such as the Central American and Caribbean Games .
On March 22, 2016, the Tampa Bay Rays faced the Cuba national baseball team in an exhibition game. This was attended by numerous dignitaries, including President of the United States Barack Obama and Raúl Castro. This game represented the thaw between the two countries that had occurred in recent years, and was broadcast live on ESPN.
The Tampa Bay Rays will play what is being billed as "a historic game" on Tuesday when they will be the first MLB team since 1999 to play in Cuba.
The logo of the "Puerto Rico Baseball League", used from 2008 to 2011. In August 2007, it was announced that the 2007–2008 season was cancelled due to shrinking attendance and profits over the last 10 years, and the league would instead work on a marketing plan and reorganization. In May 2008, it was announced that the league would come back ...
Puerto Rico now sits 2-1 in Pool D, just a half-game behind Venezuela. They play again Wednesday against the Dominican Republic, who sit 1-1 ahead of their game with Israel on Tuesday.
During FS1’s cablecast of the United States-Cuba World Baseball Classic game at loanDepot park on Sunday night, there wasn’t much air time given to fans holding signs protesting Cuba’s ...