The Panamanian National Baseball Team that will play the World Classic in the Taichung Baseball City, in Taiwan, is already housed at the headquarters of the World Cup event that will take place from March 8 to 13, next.
Esteban Carrasco, Administrative Manager of the Panamanian Baseball Federation confirmed the arrival of 2 of the three Creole contingents that traveled separately to Taiwan.
“First of all, thank God we are fine, most of the players here in Taiwan are waiting for the rest of the team to arrive and have them all here, to be ready and play two exhibition games and then fully immerse ourselves in the World Classic. », Carrasco said upon arrival at the Hotel.
“There are no easy teams here, as they say there are the 20 best teams in the world, the objective is to go day by day and try to advance, we believe that we have a good team to compete and try to go to Japan,” he said.
The Panamanian team will train today and tomorrow at the Taichung intercontinental stadium, where the world classic corresponding to group A will be played, which is also made up of the Netherlands, Italy and Cuba, where the 2 best teams will advance to the next round, which will be It will take place in Tokyo, Japan.
Panama is scheduled to hold 2 preparation games on Sunday March 5 and Monday March 6 against 2 teams from the professional baseball league in the city of Douliu, approximately one from Taichung.
Panama will face the UNI LIONS on Sunday, at 10 pm Panamanian time, while on Monday, the canaleros will face the Rakuten Monkeys, at 6 am Panamanian time.
The opening game of group A in the World Baseball Classic will be on March 8 at 6 am Panama time.
