 The World Baseball Classic, sometimes abbreviated WBC, is an international baseball tournament, first held in March 2006. It is sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation and created by Major League Baseball, the Major League Baseball Players Association, and other professional baseball leagues and their players associations around the world. The second WBC is scheduled to take place in 2009, with subsequent tournaments held every four years thereafter. Image File history File links World_Baseball_Classic_Logo_with_out_text. ...
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The WBC is the first international baseball tournament for national teams to feature professional players from the major leagues; the Summer Olympics have regularly featured college and minor-league players because the Games conflict with the major league season, and the Baseball World Cup historically has not had major leaguers participate. In addition to providing a format for the best baseball players in the world to compete against one another while representing their home countries, the World Baseball Classic was created in order to further promote the game around the globe. MLB and Major Leagues redirect here. ...
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History
 A game on Mar. 13, 2006, Angel Stadium, Anaheim, California, USA. USA vs Korea. The tournament was announced in May 2005.[1] Major League Baseball (MLB) had been attempting to create such a tournament for at least two years; negotiations with the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA)—the players' union—and with the team owners had held the plan back. Owners, notably New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, had been concerned about their star players being injured in professional play before the beginning of spring training. This was a concern for the union as well, but their primary objection was with drug testing: MLB wanted the stricter Olympic standards in place for the tournament, while the union wanted current MLB standards in place. Eventually, a deal was reached on insurance for player contracts and a fairly tough drug testing standard. MLB teams would not be able to directly block their players from participating. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 674 KB) Description: Dontrelle Willis, World Baseball Classic, Angel Stadium, Anaheim, USA Source: http://static. ...
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Similarly, Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and its players' association had a disagreement over participation in the tournament. While the owners initially agreed to the invitation, the players' union was concerned about the time of year the tournament was scheduled to take place, as well as their right to be better represented when the next tournament is (presumably) to be held in 2009. After four months of negotiations, NPB officially notified MLB they were accepting the invitation on September 16, 2005. Japan eventually won the tournament. Part of the History of baseball series. ...
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The following are the baseball events of the year 2005 throughout the world. ...
Rules A pitcher cannot pitch until This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
- a minimum of four days have passed since he last pitched, if he threw 50 or more pitches when he last pitched.
- a minimum of one day has passed since he last pitched, if he threw 30 or more pitches when he last pitched.
- a minimum of one day has passed since any second consecutive day on which the pitcher pitched.
A pitcher cannot pitch more than - 65 pitches per game in Round One of the tournament.
- 80 pitches per game in Round Two of the tournament.
- 95 pitches per game in the Semifinals and Final of the tournament.
- A pitcher can still finish a batter's plate appearance even if the limit is reached, but must come out after completing the plate appearance.
A game will be a called game if the leading team is ahead by - 10 or more runs when the opposing team has batted in at least seven innings.
- 15 or more runs when the opposing team has batted in at least five innings.
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Results Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The 2006 World Baseball Classic was the inaugural tournament between national baseball teams that included players from Major League Baseball. ...
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The Korea national baseball team is the national team of South Korea. ...
2009 (MMIX) will be a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The 2009 World Baseball Classic will be an international baseball competition. ...
See also Baseball at the Summer Olympics had its unofficial debut at the 1904 Summer Olympics and has been contested in 12 Olympiads (including its centennial in 2004 Athens). ...
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References is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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