| "> | | | | 1. USA |
| Did you know... | | | | 2. Nicaragua (host country) |
| Colombia won two world titles ( 1947 and 1970). In 1971, | | | | 3. Puerto Rico |
| Colombia won a silver medal at the World Cup in | | | | 4. Colombia |
| Cuba. This South American country also won the gold | | | | 5. Taiwan |
| medal at the 1946 Central American & Caribbean | | | | 6. Canada |
| Games in Barranquilla. Like many other Latin American | | | | 7. Honduras |
| countries, Colombia has famous baseball players: Luis | | | | 8. Costa Rica |
| Castro, Carlos Rodriguez, Manuel Penaranda, Andres | | | | 9. Guatemala |
| Florez and Humberto Vargas. Carlos "Petaca" | | | | 10. Mexico |
| Rodriguez was probably one of the most famous | | | | 11. West Germany |
| baseball players from Colombia and Latin America. | | | | Ben Sheets is one of the best baseball players in the |
| The U.S. men's baseball team won the 2007 World | | | | Olympic Games. He led the United States to the finals |
| Championship in Taiwan. In front of 10,000 fans inside | | | | of the Olympic Games in 2000. Under his leadership, |
| the massive Tienmu Stadium, the United States | | | | USA defeated Cuba 4-0. When Ben returned home to |
| defeated Cuba. | | | | the United States, he was treated like a national hero. |
| Baseball is the national sport in Nicaragua, a Central | | | | A game for Ben is a passionate experience... |
| American country. Under the direction of Julio Sanchez | | | | The United States won the gold medal at the 1984 |
| Reynoso, Nicaragua was semi-finalist at the 26th | | | | Olympic Games in Los Angeles, where baseball was a |
| Olympiad in Atlanta (Georgia,USA).In the Olympic | | | | demonstration sport. |
| competition, Nicaragua defeated Australia 10-0. The | | | | Baseball is the second most popular sport in Colombia. |
| Nicaraguan players were: Oswaldo Mairena, Omar | | | | Ironically, Colombia did not qualify for the Olympic |
| Obando Varela, Astrudes Flores, Bayardo Davila | | | | Games.This South American nation won the World |
| Montiel, Norman Cardoze, Julio Cesar Osejo, Jose | | | | Championship in 1965. Final standings: |
| Ramon Padilla, Anibal Vega, Erasmo Baca, Henry Roa, | | | | 1. Colombia (host country /gold medal) |
| Nemesio Porras, Jorge Luis Avellan, Freddy Zamora, | | | | 2. Mexico (silver medal) |
| Sandy Moreno. This Latin American country has won | | | | 3. Puerto Rico (bronze medal) |
| many international medals ( Pan American Games, | | | | 4. Dominican Republic |
| World Championships, Intercontinental Championships, | | | | 5. Panama |
| Central American & Caribbean Games). | | | | 6. Nicaragua |
| This sport will be a part of the Olympic Games for the | | | | 7. Guatemala |
| fifth time at the 29th Olympic Games Beijing 2008... | | | | 8. Holland |
| The United States was world champion in 1973. Final | | | | 9. |
| standings: | | | | |