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The Puerto Rico National Baseball Team (Puerto Rico National Baseball Selection or Puerto Rican National Baseball Selection) is a team that is selected by the Puerto Rican Baseball Federation to compete in major international events in representation of Puerto Rico. The team is usually ensembled with thirty players from the Professional Baseball League of Puerto Rico and Major League Baseball. The team has participated in many international competitions, such as the Caribbean World Series, the Central American and Caribbean Games, the Pan American Games, the World Baseball Classic and others. They are currently the 10th ranked baseball team in the world.[1] [edit] History[edit] 2008-presentPuerto Rico began this Olympic cycle participating in the 2008 Americas Baseball Cup. The team debuted on September 26, 2008, defeating Mexico 2:1, this game was won by Josué Matos.[2] Puerto Rico concluded the tournament's first round undefeated, with victories over Brazil (6:3), Aruba (7:0) and Guatemala (8:0).[3] In the first two games, Andy González scored four doubles and Carlos Rivera hit his second home run of the round. In the game against Aruba, Orlando Román threw a perfect game over seven innings.[4] In the second round, Puerto Rico defeated Panama (9:4) to qualify for the 2009 Baseball World Cup.[5] On the second date, the team lost their only game of the tournament to Venezuela (5:4). In the next game, the team defeated Netherlands Antilles by ten runs (14:4).[6] Puerto Rico won the 2008 Americas Baseball Cup on October 5, 2008, defeating Nicaragua in the final. For the Baseball World Cup, Puerto Rico, once again led by Eduardo Pérez, created a rosted compossed of mostly professional players, including several Major League Baseball athletes. The final cut included infielders Alex Cintrón, Rubén Gotay, Melvin Falú, Carlos Rivera and Angel Sánchez; catchers Orlando Mercado Jr., Stephen Morales and Raúl Casanova; pitchers Luis Atilano, Mario Santiago, José Santiago, Orlando Román, Juan Padilla, Angel García, Richard Rodríguez, Miguel Mejía, Alexander Woodson, Nelvin Fuentes, Melvin Pizarro and Efraín Nieves as well as outfielders Miguel Negrón, Luis Matos y Miguel Abreu. José Valentín was selected to perform as both infielder and outfielder. Javier Valentín and Juan González were evaluated, but excluded from the final cut due to previous injuries.[7] The fact that most of the roster was professional received some criticism from the amateur circuit. Journalist Duldin Meléndez of Periodico La Cordillera wrote in a piece that "[Pérez] is not familiar with the [amateur] players and has not even seen them play" expressing a similar concern about the Federation's president, Israel Roldán. Juan Carlos Díaz, infielder of the Bravos de Cidra in Béisbol AA, openly expressed disappointment when he did not receive an invitation, noting that he deserved it after leading the Liga Caribe division with an average of .632 and the league's final in offensive.[8] Making its debut on September 10, 2009, Puerto Rico’s first opponent is Cuba. [edit] Caribbean SeriesIn 1995, the Senadores de San Juan managed by Luis "Torito" Meléndez, assembled one of the strongest teams in the history of the Caribbean Series.[9] The group, which was dubbed "Dream Team", featured Major League Baseball players in most positions, counting with a lineup that included Roberto Alomar, Carlos Baerga, Bernie Williams, Juan González, Edgar Martínez, Carlos Delgado, Rubén Sierra, Rey Sánchez and Carmelo Martínez.[9] Puerto Rico's offensive dominated the tournament, eventually winning the Caribbean Series' championship with an undefeated record of 6–0.[9] The team was responsible for the only two losses of the Dominican Republic, the country that finished second, scoring victories against Pedro Martínez and José Rijo in the third and sixth games respectively.[9] [edit] World Baseball ClassicPuerto Rico competed in the 2009 World Baseball Classic, hosting the games of Pool D at Estadio Hiram Bithorn in San Juan. Puerto Rico secured advancement into Round 2 with wins over Panama and the Netherlands, but were eliminated by the USA. [edit] Puerto Rico women's national baseball teamIn November 2009, the Puerto Rico women's national baseball team made its international debut, participating in the first edition of the Wome’s Pan American Baseball Cup, which was classificatory to the 2010 Women's Baseball World Cup. In its first game, the team defeated Venezuela with scores of 6:3.[10] Puerto Rico scored five runs in the first inning and one in the seventh, while Vezuela scored 1 in the first, second and fourth innings. The game was won by Johana Ramos.[11] In its second game, the team defeated Cuba 7:5. Cuba scored first with two runs in the first and one in the third, but Puerto Rico took the lead by scoring twice in the third and added two more runs in the fifth, in the seventh inning Puerto Rico scored three times and Cuba two. The game was won by Krizia Rivera, who only had fifteen years, while Elizabeth Santana registered a saved game.[12] For the team, Lisandra batted 3-2 with an RBI, Coralys Ortíz 4-2 and Yariam Rivera with an RBI. In the third date, the team participated in a double-header. In the first game Puerto Rico defeated the Dominican Republic by mercy rule, 10:0. With this victory the team advanced to the finals, classifying to the World Cup. In the second game of the date, they defeated Cuba in a rematch 3:1.[13] After four games, Puerto Rico dominated the statistics in batting average (.347), earned run average (2.24) ans defensive percent (.950). In individual fields, first baseman Berríos, who was twenty years old, led in hits (6), RBIs (5), runs (7) and stolen bases (3) and was second in batting average (.500).[14] In their fifth game, Puerto Rico defeated the Dominican Republic by mercy rule in the third inning, 20:0. The game was won by Ariana Vélez.[15] The team concluded their first participation by winning the silver medal, only losing to Venezuela in the finals. [edit] Tournament placings[edit] World Baseball Classic record
[edit] Olympic record
[edit] Baseball World Cup record
[edit] Americas Baseball Cup
[edit] Pan American Games record
[edit] Intercontinental Cup record
[edit] Central American and Caribbean record
[edit] Caribbean Series record
[edit] World University Baseball Championship record
[edit] 1992 Haarlemse Honkbalweek
[edit] Some notable players who have participated
[edit] See also
[edit] References
[edit] External links
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