2026 World Baseball Classic Qualifier Preview: Taipei (Chinese Taipei, Nicaragua, South Africa, Spain)

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The inaugural match of the World Baseball Classic was a full of suspense, and even included a bit of cunning. In a pitching duel that recorded only 10 unstoppable in total, Nicaragua took the 2-1 victory with a gold single to Ronald Rivera’s right garden in the lower part of the tenth inning. The entry began with an automatic runner on second base, Emanuel Trujillo. Trujillo advanced to the anteroom with a touch of sacrifice by Elián Rayo and, a…

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2026 World Baseball Classic Qualifier Preview: Taipei (Chinese Taipei, Nicaragua, South Africa, Spain)

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com The qualifiers for the 2026 World Baseball Classic are about to begin, with one starting in Taiwan on Feb. 21 (although the first game will technically be Feb. 20 in North America) and another next month in Arizona. The qualifiers this time around are a bit smaller than previously. While in past WBCs there were two pools of six or four pools of four, this time there will just be two pools of two. The four teams in …