http://baseballdeworld.com The latest news and results from MLB, MiLB, NCAA, Asia, Europe, South America and top international tournaments. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:07:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en PHILIPPINES - With the Batangas Bulls reeling from their 16-inning loss to the Muntinlupa Mariners, the Forward Taguig Patriots took advantage late. The Patriots broke a 5-5 tie at the resumption of their suspended game and a 7-7 deadlock in the eighth to defeat the Bulls, 11-7, and finished the classification ... http://baseballdeworld.com/2008/12/04/taguig-forward-patriots-wallops-batangas-bulls-in-philippines-league/ USA - Vermont Lake Monsters catcher Derek Norris has been named to the Topps/Minor League Baseball Short-Season/Rookie All-Star team, Minor League Baseball announced in a press release today. Norris, who hit .278 with a league-high and team record 63 walks for the Lake Monsters in 2008, was one of 12 players ... http://baseballdeworld.com/2008/12/04/derek-norris-named-to-topps-minor-league-rookie-all-star-team/ USA - Cheatham County Central High School football coach Cody Finley will add to his coaching duties in the spring. Finley has volunteered to be the school’s head baseball coach following the resignation of Gary Patterson, CCCHS Athletic Director Jack Morton said last week. Patterson resigned in November after accepting a position ... http://baseballdeworld.com/2008/12/04/finley-named-cheatham-baseball-coach/ SPAIN - The 1st Annual Canarias Beisbol Youth League Big Show was a big success in preparing the next generation of Spanish League baseball standouts. Organized by Nestor Perez, the league provides youth players the chance to showcase the skills they have learned in training sessions in preparation ... http://baseballdeworld.com/2008/12/04/spanish-little-league-preparing-young-players-in-spain/ CANADA — ULM senior Jon Prevost was named to the 2008 All-Canadian College Team, the Canadian Baseball Network announced recently. Prevost hit .327 last season helping the Warhawks win the Sun Belt Conference Championship. In his first season with the Warhawks, the Montreal native led the team with 15 stolen bases ... http://baseballdeworld.com/2008/12/04/jon-prevost-named-to-the-2008-all-canadian-college-team/ USA – Former Major League baseball player Derek Bell has been arrested in Tampa, Florida on drug charges. Bell, 39, was arrested on December 1 by Tampa police on four counts of possession of drug paraphernalia. The Tampa native and King High School graduate currently resides in Valrico and is unemployed ... http://baseballdeworld.com/2008/12/04/former-major-leaguer-derek-bell-arrested-in-florida-on-drug-charges/ CUBA - German Mesa couldn’t have had a better debut as manager of Industriales, with his team defeating Santiago de Cuba, the defending league champions, on a 4-0 shutout on Tuesday night. Despite allowing 11 walks in the first 4.1 innings —only three short of the game record of 14 by ... http://baseballdeworld.com/2008/12/04/industriales-blank-defending-champions-in-cuban-league/ JAPAN - Japanese schoolgirl Eri Yoshida became the country's first woman to sign a professional contract with a men's baseball team. The pint-sized 16-year-old pitcher, whose favorite pitch is a knuckleball, was drafted by Kobe 9 Cruise, a team from the newly formed Kansai independent league, earlier this month. "My hope ... http://baseballdeworld.com/2008/12/04/first-female-professional-japanese-baseballer-inks-contract-with-indy-league/ USA - The Golden Baseball League (GBL) announced today that they have offered professional baseball superstar Rickey Henderson $1 Million if he elects to be enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown as a San Diego Surf Dawg. "Rickey played his final professional season in the Golden Baseball ... http://baseballdeworld.com/2008/12/04/independent-league-makes-1-million-proposal-to-cooperstown-bound-rickey-henderson/ USA - The 13th Annual Cedar Rapids Kernels Hot Stove Banquet, featuring guest speaker Jim Abbott, will be held on Thursday, January 29, 2009 at the Cedar Rapids Crowne Plaza Five Season Hotel. The annual Hot Stove tradition, which dates back to 1997, is an opportunity for fans of the game ... http://baseballdeworld.com/2008/12/02/former-major-leaguer-jim-abbott-to-speak-at-hot-stove-banquet/