| "> | | | | Spain hosted the 13rd Baseball Intercontinental Cup in |
| Did you know... | | | | 1997. |
| Cuba-traditionally the powerhouse in baseball- were | | | | Final standings: |
| beaten by the Dominican Republic at the 1982 Central | | | | 1. Japan |
| American and Caribbean Games in Havana, Cuba. | | | | 2. Cuba |
| The Dominican Republic won the gold medal. The | | | | 3. Australia |
| champions were Victor Mercedes, Orlando Guerrero, | | | | 4. USA |
| Enrique Cruz, Johnny Olivo, Julio Dominguez, Mario | | | | 5. Nicaragua |
| Marte, Pedro Gomez, Ivan Crispin, Wilfredo Fernandez. | | | | 6. Italy |
| Final standings: | | | | 7. France |
| 1. Dominican Republic (gold medal) | | | | 8. Spain |
| 2. Cuba (silver medal) | | | | In the 20th century, many Latin American have played |
| 3. Netherlands Antilles (bronze medal) | | | | in the American Major Leagues:Roberto Clemente |
| 4. Panama | | | | (Puerto Rico/ Pittsburgh), Adolfo Luque (Cuba/ |
| 5. Venezuela | | | | Cincinnati), Sandalio Consuegra (Cuba/ Chicago), |
| 6. Nicaragua | | | | Roberto "Beto" Davila (Mexico/ Cleveland), Orlando |
| 7. Puerto Rico | | | | Cepeda (Puerto Rico/ San Francisco), Tony Oliva |
| The American senior men's national team won the | | | | (Cuba/ Minnesota), Felipe Alou (Dominican Republic/ |
| silver medal at the 1975 Pan American Games. The | | | | Atlanta), Orestes Miñoso (Cuba/ Chicago), |
| U.S team was coached by Smeltzly Hal. | | | | Sammy Sosa (Dominican Republic/ Chicago)... |
| In 1998, Sammy Sosa (Dominican Republic/ Chicago) | | | | Venezuela won the gold medal at the 1965 Bolivarian |
| was elected the "Most Valuable Player of the National | | | | Games in Guayaquil (Ecuador). |
| League" by the Baseball Writers Association of | | | | Final standings: |
| America. | | | | 1. Venezuela (gold medal) |
| Nicaragua is one of the best teams in Latin America. | | | | 2. Colombia (silver medal) |
| At the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas | | | | 3. Panama (bronze medal) |
| (Venezuela), Nicaragua took the silver medal and won | | | | 4. Ecuador |
| the right to compete at the 1984 Summer Olympics in | | | | Asia has many famous baseball players: Jan Sung Ho |
| Los Angeles (California,USA). The players were:Julio | | | | (South Korea), Wang Chien-Ming (Taiwan/ plays for |
| Cesar Medina, Leonardo Alberto, Roberto Espino, Juan | | | | New York Yankees), Mori Daisuke (Japan/ plays for |
| Gardamez, Ariel Ramon Delgado, Jose Apolinar Cruz, | | | | BayStars). Under the leadership of Daisuke, Japan |
| Cayetano Fabio ,Cruz Ulloa Mayorga, Arnoldo | | | | won the bronze medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in |
| Muñoz Picha, Julio Cesar Sanchez, Tomas | | | | Greece. |
| Guzman Gudiel, Alvaro David Palaci, Luis Alberto | | | | In 1967, Orlando Cepeda was named the "Most |
| Arauz, Roger Torres Lopez, Adolfo Ramon Alvarez, | | | | Valuable Player of the National League" by the |
| Cesar Monjes Reyes, Daniel Antonio Sote, Julio | | | | Baseball Writers Association of America. |
| Antonio Moya, Elvin Jose Jarquin, Diego Manuel | | | | The 18th World Junior Baseball Championship was held |
| Raudez. | | | | in Taiwan in 1999. |
| Japan won the gold medal at the 1973 Intercontinental | | | | Final standings: |
| Cup in Italy. | | | | 1. United States |
| Final standings: | | | | 2. Taiwan/Chinese Taipei |
| 1. Japan | | | | 3. Cuba |
| 2. Puerto Rico | | | | 4. Panama |
| 3. USA | | | | 5. South Korea |
| 4. Nicaragua | | | | 6. South Africa |
| 5. Canada | | | | 7. Venezuela |
| 6. Italy | | | | 8. Holland |
| 7. Taiwan/Chinese Taipei | | | | 9. Japan |
| 8. Argentina | | | | 10. Czech Republic |
| In 1965, Zoilo Versalles (Cuba/ Minnesota) was named | | | | 11. Guam (American territory) |
| the "Most Valuable Player of the American League" | | | | 12. |
| by the Baseball Writers Association of America. | | | | |