Saturday, January 31, 2009

Cardinals Winter League Notebook 1-31-09

*Venezuelan League*

Jose Rada (GCL): Did not Pitch for Aragua.
Aragua scored four in the second and held off Caracas 7-3: Boxscore
Aragua clinches the Championship Series 4-3.

Aragua defended their title for a second straight winter season and Rene Reyes was named MVP: Link
Pictures from the celebration: Link
Rundown of Aragua's eight championships: Link
Jose Martinez (Springfield) also played for Aragua at the beginning of the season.

*Nicaraguan National Championship*

Former DSL Cardinals Walter Santos and Edgard Montiel are listed on the Boer-Managua roster.
Boer takes on Costa Caribes Saturday.

*Caribbean Series*

Opening Day February 2:
Venezuela (Aragua) vs. Dominican Republic (Licey)
Puerto Rico (Ponce) vs. Mexican Pacific (Mazatlan)

Former Memphis Redbird Edgar Gonzalez and his brother will both be playing in the Caribbean Series and World Baseball Classic for Mexico: Link

The Dominican Republic League unveiled the Tigres de Licey's orange uniforms that they will be wearing in the series: Link

Amaury Marti (Memphis), and former Cardinals Timo Perez, D'Angelo Jimenez, Jorge Sosa, and Nerio Rodriguez are confirmed to be playing for Licey in the series: Link

*World Baseball Classic*

Free agent Pedro Martinez will showcase his talents in the WBC to try and get some attention from teams and help the Dominican Republic win: Link

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