The third round of the Baseball World Cup starts Tuesday. You can use the Pittsburgh Pirates Winter League Tracker to follow all of the individual players playing in the World Cup from the Pirates’ system.
The Pirates have four players remaining in the World Cup:
Pedro Alvarez – USA
Brad Lincoln – USA
Dustin Molleken – Canada
RJ Rodriguez – Puerto Rico
Here is the schedule for those players in the third round of the World Cup, which runs from Tuesday 9/22 to Friday 9/25:
9/22
Puerto Rico plays Canada at 2:00 PM EST (Live Streaming)
USA plays Venezuela at 2:00 PM EST
9/23
Canada plays Venezuela at 2:00 PM EST
USA plays Puerto Rico at 2:00 PM EST
9/24
USA plays Cuba at 2:00 PM EST (Live Streaming)
Puerto Rico plays Chinese Taipei at 2:00 PM EST
Canada plays Netherlands at 2:00 PM EST (Live Streaming)
Canada plays Netherlands at 2:00 PM EST (Live Streaming)
9/25
Canada plays Cuba at 1:00 PM EST
Puerto Rico plays Australia at 1:00 PM EST
USA plays Netherlands at 1:00 PM EST
The official World Cup site offers live streaming for certain games (marked above). The fees are ridiculous (like $10 a game), but you can go here to check that out if you’re interested.
You can also go to this page and find the play by play trackers for each game (click on the round, then go to schedule).
May 4, 2012 at 6:05 pm
I never thought Ken Oberkfell was very good. Out of all the seasons where he was a regular player, he never once drove in 50 runs for a full season. It wasn’t like he was batting lead off. He just didn’t seem to produce in that way.
July 19, 2012 at 7:35 pm
Oberkfell was a tweener. No speed at 2nd, no power at 3rd, not enough range at SS. He could get on base, especially earlier in his career…and he could really handle the bat. Hardly ever struck out. Had a really good career for a guy with no power or speed. They were different times where guys like him could actually start. He’d probably be a bench guy/super util now.