Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Cardinals Winter League Notebook 2-4-09

*Nicaraguan National Championship*

Former DSL Cardinals Walter Santos and Edgard Montiel play for Boer-Managua.
Boer (1-2) takes on Boaco (0-3) on Friday, Febuary 6.

*Caribbean Series*

Amaury Marti (Memphis): Started in left field and batted 5th. 0-for-4 with two strikeouts (swinging).
D'Angelo Jimenez (Memphis-free agent): Did not play for Licey.

Former Memphis Redbird Robinson Cancel doubled for Ponce.
Licey scored two in the seventh to beat Ponce 2-1: Boxscore

Former Memphis Redbird Edgar Gonzalez went 4-for-5 with a double for Mazatlan
Former Memphis Redbird Orber Moreno pitched two scoreless innings for Aragua, allowing three hits and striking out one.
Aragua scored one in the bottom of the 11th to beat Mazatlan 1-0: Boxscore

Wednesday's games:
Aragua (2-0) visits Ponce (0-2) @ 2:00pm PST.
Mazatlan (1-1) visits Licey (1-1) @ 6:00pm PST.

Ex-Cardinal Jorge Sosa will start tonight for Licey, he has not pitched in 15 days: Link

Ex-Cardinal Eduardo Perez still has faith his team, Ponce, can win the series even though they are down two games already: Link

2009 Caribbean Series Hall of Fame was announced: Link

*World Baseball Classic*

New York Yankees' third baseman Alex Rodriguez held a press conference and took questions on his intent to play for the Dominican Republic in the WBC. Also in the article are pictures of him training, even one with Albert Pujols (St. Louis): Link

The D.R. team also has Seattle Mariners' third baseman Adrian Beltre available at third base, he was one of the more valuable hitters on the team in 2006: Link

Albert Pujols (St. Louis) commented on playing under Felipe Alou in the WBC and representing the D.R. team in 2009: Link

Colombia will make a big push in the next couple years to finally get into the Caribbean Series in 2011 and the WBC in 2013. India will have a team in the 2013 WBC: Link

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