2006 Women's Baseball World Cup
The 2006 Women's World Cup will be played in Taipei, Taiwan from August 1-6, 2006.
Seven teams have entered the world cup this year -
Australia
Hong Kong
Canada
Taiwan
Japan
Cuba
USA (2004 Gold Medalist)
The World Cup will play a round-robin format with medal competitions at the end. Gold, Silver and Bronze medals will be awarded.
www.awbf.org
www.usabaseball.com
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Thanks NotAboutEgo. I did not realise this competition existed. I doubt there will be any coverage at all - certainly not in Australia anyway! I have never heard or read of Women's baseball in the media here
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No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference. ~Tommy Lasorda
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Are the fields used for these games smaller than those in MLB?
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I checked the Australian baseball federation website to see what info they may have re the Women's WC and this is all they have!! I don't have any info on Australian players, but if I find any I will post them. I am now wondering if any Aussies who represent in the WC are actually playing in USA leagues??
II Womens Baseball World Cup
Event Start Date/Time 1 Aug 2006
Event End Date/Time 6 Aug 2006
Organised by IBAF
Event Location Taipei City, Chinese Taipei
Map Reference
Country Chinese Taipei
State Int
Type of Event Tournament
Level of Event International event
Category of Event Tournament
Other Information This event is organised by the International BAseball Federation of which the Australian Baseball Federation is a member.
Contact name Australian Baseball Federation
Contact Address PO Box 10468
Southport BC QLD 4215
Phone 07-55094144
Mobile
Fax 07-55094155
Email address ausbaseball@baseball.org.au
Event website Not yet available
"A hot dog at the ballgame beats roast beef at the Ritz." ~Humphrey Bogart
No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference. ~Tommy Lasorda
You're welcome. Most people don't know these things exist, so a lot of us are trying to get it out there. Australia actually has a very strong representation of women's baseball. It's hard to get media coverage and advertising in the "building stages" of the sport because of money and all that, but it would be nice if we could get some coverage.Originally Posted by DownUnderDodger
Thanks NotAboutEgo. I did not realise this competition existed. I doubt there will be any coverage at all - certainly not in Australia anyway! I have never heard or read of Women's baseball in the media here
It's so different in other countries. In Japan and Korea, they support women's baseball a WHOLE LOT more than people here. They make a big deal out of national and international competitions. Later I will see if I can find info on it.
Last edited by NotAboutEgo; 07-18-2006 at 07:31 AM.
No. Women play on regulation size baseball fields/diamonds... at least here in the U.S. and in Canada. I believe it's the same in Australia and pretty much everywhere where women's baseball is played.
During the Women's World Series, there is a modified division for less experienced teams with 80 ft. base paths and 56 ft. pitching distance. They divided the competition into 2 categories... a higher and a lower... so the less experienced teams wouldn't get slaughtered. Makes sense to me... just so all of women's baseball doesn't go to the modified dimensions.
I can probably find some more info/links, but will have to do it a bit later. Some women from Australia have played over here. Kellie Manzie is one of them. I'm not sure of others specifically, but there may be more. I know there have been women from Asia playing here, too... I believe they came here for school or work.
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I'm new to this forum and just found this discussion and can add some info.
The Australian girls leave for Taiwan tomorrow (Monday 23rd July) and the World Cup starts next week. The Nationals to choose the Australian team were played in Queensland at Easter time, and NSW were the winners. Watch out for Renee Straumietis, a pitcher. She pitched the whole game for NSW in the final of the Nationals and was awesome to watch.
I don't know how many of these girls have played in America, but I know some have, at least for short periods of time. I know that quite a few of them play 2nd and 3rd grade Major League here, they don't just play in the womens comps.
Yes, all women's comps here in Australia are played with full baseball rules on full baseball diamonds. The B grade comp for the finals has timed games rather than innings games, but that's about the only difference.
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Down Under Dodger, there has been a little bit of media in my local press, but it's certainly not the big papers. Our local paper did a piece on a local who was in the NSW team, and then a local community radio station did a piece afterwards. The announcer had seen it in the paper, and knows her and rang and asked for details. But that's been it. It's very much on a local level.
Not sure what your involvement is, but do you know about the Friday night womens comps at BOP in summer? They start again in September.
Here is a link to the Australian team list. http://tinyurl.com/nqcox
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Does it matter about the field size? I honestly don't see anyone of those women hitting a ball over the 410ft CF fence.
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Many thanks for your info Baseball Mum. I don't have any involvement in baseball except that love the game. As I mentioned before I did not even know we had women's baseball teams in Oz.....heck we struggle to get info on MLB and our men's teams get very little, if any coverage in our media. I am going to ask a Sports Mag (ALPHA) if they would consider doing an article on the Women's WC, and women's baseball in general.
What region are you from that you get coverage in your local paper??
"A hot dog at the ballgame beats roast beef at the Ritz." ~Humphrey Bogart
No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference. ~Tommy Lasorda
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I'm in western Sydney and her local junior club contacted the paper. Good luck with the Alpha mag. I was listening to the radio the other day and thought they had one of the Australian women on, then realised they were talking to a softballer. I should have contected them there and then to tell them about the world cup. They won't know if those of us who do know don't tell them.
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I just sent an email to APLHA. Do you read that mag? It is a really good sports mag and only costs $2 a month, with the Daily Telegraph.
"A hot dog at the ballgame beats roast beef at the Ritz." ~Humphrey Bogart
No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference. ~Tommy Lasorda
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I don't read Alpha, but I'll look out for it. I've just emailed ABC and 2WS radio, but if by chance they do put something to air on the next two weekends, I'll be out playing baseball. I'll have to get someone to listen out for it.
Ms. Mets
are these games being telecast?
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I wouldn't imagine any women's baseball will be telecast, except maybe in Taiwan itself. I have a contact in Taiwan, I'll ask that question. Certainly, our women's games here in Australia are not telecast or covered in any way other than an occasional personal interest story.
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that sucks. I would like to see some of it.
It certainly matters that we play on regulation size diamonds and not on smaller diamonds. The outfield fences don't have to be 400 ft., but they shouldn't be too shallow, either. There is a lot more to baseball than hitting 400 ft. homeruns. Unfortunately, that's what gets the attention of marketers... one more thing they can make money off of.
The schedule for the 2006 Women's World Cup is posted here... http://www.awbf.org/2006_WWC_page.html
Schedule is subject to change.
Thanks for the info, Mum.
The men's leagues that you are speaking of that the women are playing in... are they professional leagues? Are the 2nd and 3rd grade Majors like the minor league system here? I'm not familiar with men's baseball in Australia and how it works. It's nice to see that somewhere in the world women don't have to fight so much to play baseball, at the levels that they are good enough to play at.
Makes me really continually question why the notion that the U.S. is the best country on the planet for everything is constantly drilled into people's heads from the time they are born. Oh, I know why that's so... because the same ones who are telling women they can't play baseball are the ones who are saying that... most likely.
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The men's leagues that you are speaking of that the women are playing in... are they professional leagues? Are the 2nd and 3rd grade Majors like the minor league system here? I'm not familiar with men's baseball in Australia and how it works. It's nice to see that somewhere in the world women don't have to fight so much to play baseball, at the levels that they are good enough to play at.
None of our baseballers, mens or womens is professional, unless they go to America or Japan to play. It's all amateur. I guess that means we had no trouble getting a team up for the Olympics hey? ;-) I would guess that it's at most your minor leagues. Our majors run seperate comps over both summer and winter, and the summer comp is the tougher comp. I know that the kids who play 3rd or 2nd grade in winter go for Under 18s in summer, so the quality picks up somewhat. I've just watched my first season of winter comp and am about to watch my first season of summer, so I don't know just how much tougher it is. I'll let you know in a few months time.
There is an interstate comp at the beginning of every year, the Claxton Shield, and that is the pinnacle of our system. It is from that comp that they choose the Australian team.
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Hi,
I am fortunate enough to be one of those ballplayers from Australia that has travelled abroad with baseball. I played in the current NSW team that won the Nationals at Easter and am currently in USA playing for an elite women's baseball league which is owned by the owner of the Nashua Pride Professional Baseball Club. The league is called the NAWBL and the director of this league is also the general manager of that same ball club. You can check out the women's league at www.nawbl.com.
Players from the all over the USA and Canada participate in this league which has travelled to Japan and the Dominican Republic aswell as all across the nation.
I also played in the mens major league the past two years in 2nd grade and there are approximately 5 other girls that also play.
Women's baseball in Australia unfortunately is under a political stronghold which is what's holding us back from taking the next step like those countries such as Usa, Canada and Japan.
Also despite the fact women's baseball throughout the country is growing immensely each year.. cracking the women's baseball/softball difference is also very hard.
It's awesome to see that you guys are so interested in women's baseball and I hope that this support grows.
Look forward to hearing more from you all.
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Aussieballplayer, that game against Vic was an awesome final! Congrats and good luck for your current situation. (I'm a rookie's Mum)
Very interesting. I thought there was pro ball in Australia. Do you think there will be someday, or isn't there enough interest for it?
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