Chad Nacapoy, a catcher for the 2012 Princeton Rays, has been selected
to play for the team representing the Philippines in a qualifying
tournament for the 2013 World Baseball Classic.
Nacapoy, 23, joined Princeton this past summer after being the Tampa Bay
Rays 38th round selection in the 2012 Major League Baseball amateur
draft. The native of Honolulu, HI appeared in 22 games for the P-Rays
and compiled a .244 batting average. Prior to arriving in Princeton
last summer, the 5'7" 220-lb. catcher played his last two years
collegiately at Cal State-Los Angeles, where he hit .361 as a senior.
The Philippines team, ranked 31st internationally by IBAF, will first
compete in a World Baseball Classic qualifier tournament in November at
Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium in New Taipei City, Taiwan. Their first game
will be on November 15 versus Thailand. In addition to the Philippines
and Thailand, the other two teams in this particular qualifier
tournament are New Zealand and Chinese Taipei.
The World Baseball Classic is an international baseball tournament
sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) and created
by Major League Baseball (MLB), the Major League Baseball Players
Association (MLBPA), and other professional baseball leagues and their
players associations around the world. It is the main tournament
sanctioned by the IBAF, which names its winner the "World Champion." It
previously coexisted with Olympic Baseball (until 2008) and the Baseball
World Cup (until 2011) as IBAF-sanctioned tournaments, but the other
two have been discontinued. The 2009 Classic, the second edition of the
event, was won by Japan for the second tournament in a row. After a
three-year gap (2006 and 2009) between the first two installments of the
tournament, plans call for the World Baseball Classic to be repeated
every four years following the 2009 event, with the third installment of
the Classic thus to occur in 2013.
The Philippines has never previously been part of the World Baseball
Classic but has participated in international competitions such as the
Asian Games and the Asian Championship. There are currently no Filipinos
playing major league baseball in the United States.
The Philippines team, ranked 31st internationally by IBAF, will first
compete in a World Baseball Classic qualifier tournament in November at
Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium in New Taipei City, Taiwan. Their first game
will be on November 15 versus Thailand. In addition to the Philippines
and Thailand, the other two teams in this particular qualifier
tournament are New Zealand and Chinese Taipei.
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NASCAR driver Jason Leffler has died following an accident Wednesday night during a dirt car event at Bridgeport Speedway in New Jersey. The 37-year-old Leffler was a two-time winner on the Nationwide
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Ashley Wilson took over ownership of Beckley Gymnastics in April and this week she is hosting a cheer camp for youth ages 5 to 18 years old. Kaylee McClaugherty is only 8 but has been cheering for 3 years
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