Comments on: South Africa Has A Baseball Team? http://www.baseballdigest.com/2009/03/10/south-africa-has-a-baseball-team/ America's longest-running baseball-only magazine Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:34:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: gibson45 http://www.baseballdigest.com/2009/03/10/south-africa-has-a-baseball-team/#comment-181 gibson45 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:31:19 +0000 http://baseballdigest.com/?p=1301#comment-181 good to see the other nations in the world taking baseball seriously,,I wonder how many scouts are out there in the little nations taking notes,,what a job that would be good to see the other nations in the world taking baseball seriously,,I wonder how many scouts are out there in the little nations taking notes,,what a job that would be

]]> By: Bill Ivie http://www.baseballdigest.com/2009/03/10/south-africa-has-a-baseball-team/#comment-173 Bill Ivie Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:20:13 +0000 http://baseballdigest.com/?p=1301#comment-173 Good stuff. I watched the Republic of South Africa's first game against Cuba over the weekend. The announcers were discussing how the South African team is still learning the basic fundamentals of baseball. There was a play early on in the game where the left fielder cut a Cuban runner down trying to stretch a single to a double. Said left fielder hit is cut off man, the shortstop, perfectly and the relay got the runner by at least four steps. Funny thing was, the announce team broke this down like it was an Ozzie Smith diving catch with his back to the infield. It was a major play for the South African's as it showed that they are learning. Watch out for them next time around! Good stuff. I watched the Republic of South Africa’s first game against Cuba over the weekend. The announcers were discussing how the South African team is still learning the basic fundamentals of baseball.

There was a play early on in the game where the left fielder cut a Cuban runner down trying to stretch a single to a double. Said left fielder hit is cut off man, the shortstop, perfectly and the relay got the runner by at least four steps. Funny thing was, the announce team broke this down like it was an Ozzie Smith diving catch with his back to the infield. It was a major play for the South African’s as it showed that they are learning.

Watch out for them next time around!

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