2006 WBC Tournament
Originally written by GRL
The 2006 World Baseball Classic served to inaugurate this series of tournaments.
These listings are based on a broadcast schedule dating to shortly before the tournament- I have not been able to find a systematic listing indicating changes, though I have been able to determine at least one based on one of the recordings online of these games.
Several notes of importance:
1) Quite a few games in the First Round (and one each from each pool in the Second Round) were only aired on ESPN Deportes in the United States- for the moment, I have chosen to not include these games in this listing.
2) The schedule I have lists various games as being "syndicated" (presumably, what would become known later as the world feed)- I have noted all games on the schedule with that status, and welcome further information concerning them.
3) Many of these games aired on tape-delay- and I've seen the claim made that at least some of these tape-delayed games were edited.
Any help that any of you can provide concerning announcers shall be greatly appreciated- I wasn't able to find the complete listing I found for the 2009 World Baseball Classic, and the usual sources for information were somewhat slim in their pickings.
And now, the games:
First Round
Pool A- Tokyo, Japan
Friday 3/3:
South Korea-Chinese Taipei, 1:30 AM (tape- 9:30 start), ESPN2. Jon Sciambi, Jeff Brantley (?) (Syndicated)
Japan-China, 4:30 AM, ESPN2. Jon Sciambi, Jeff Brantley
Saturday 3/4:
South Korea-China, 12:30 AM (tape- 9:00 start), ESPN2. Jon Sciambi, Jeff Brantley (?) (Syndicated)
Japan-Chinese Taipei, 4:00 AM, ESPN2. Jon Sciambi, Jeff Brantley
Sunday 3/5:
Chinese Taipei-China, 2:00 AM (tape- 9:00 start), ESPN2. Jon Sciambi, Jeff Brantley (?) (Syndicated)
South Korea-Japan, 4:00 AM, ESPN2. Jon Sciambi, Jeff Brantley
Pool B- Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona
Tuesday 3/7:
United States-Mexico (at Phoenix), 4, ESPN2. Dave O'Brien, Rick Sutcliffe
Wednesday 3/8:
Canada-South Africa (at Scottsdale), 2:30 AM (tape- 9:00 start), ESPN2. unknown, Steve Stone (Syndicated)
Canada-United States (at Phoenix), 4, ESPN2. Dave O'Brien, Rick Sutcliffe
Friday 3/10:
Mexico-Canada (at Phoenix), 3:00 AM (tape- 8:00 start), ESPN. (Syndicated)
Saturday 3/11:
United States-South Africa (at Scottsdale), 3:00 AM (tape- 3:00 start), ESPN. Greg Papa, Steve Stone (Syndicated)
Pool C- San Juan, Puerto Rico
Wednesday 3/8:
Puerto Rico-Panama, 3:00 AM (tape- 7:00 start), ESPN. Brian Kenny, Steve Phillips, Jose Mota (Syndicated)
Cuba-Panama, 1, ESPN2. Gary Thorne, Orel Hershiser
Thursday 3/9:
Puerto Rico-Netherlands, 2:30 AM (tape- 7:30 start), ESPN2. Brian Kenny, Steve Phillips, Jose Mota (Syndicated).
Saturday 3/11:
Puerto Rico-Cuba, 2:00 AM (tape- 7:30 start), ESPN2. Gary Thorne, Orel Hershiser, Orestes Destrade, Jose Mota (Syndicated)
Pool D- Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Tuesday 3/7:
Dominican Republic-Venezuela, 1, ESPN. Karl Ravech, John Kruk, Harold Reynolds, Peter Gammons
Friday 3/10:
Dominican Republic-Italy, 2:00 AM (tape- 1:00 start), ESPN2. (Syndicated)
Round 2:
Pool 1- Anaheim, California
Sunday 3/12:
United States-Japan, 4, ESPN2. Dave O'Brien, Eric Karros, Rick Sutcliffe, Duke Castiglione
South Korea-Mexico, 11, ESPN2. Dave O'Brien, Eric Karros, Rick Sutcliffe, Duke Castiglione
JIP right before second pitch of game
Tuesday 3/14:
South Korea-United States, 2:00 AM (tape- 10:00 start), ESPN2. PBP unknown, Eric Karros (?) (Syndicated)
Wednesday 3/15:
Japan-Mexico, 1:30 AM (tape- 7:00 start), ESPN2. (Syndicated)
Thursday 3/16:
South Korea-Japan, 1:00 AM (tape- 10:00 start), ESPN2. Dave O'Brien, color unknown. (Syndicated)
Mexico-United States, 7:30, ESPN. Jon Miller, Eric Karros, Rick Sutcliffe, Duke Castiglione
Pool 2- San Juan, Puerto Rico:
Sunday 3/12:
Puerto Rico- Dominican Republic, 8, ESPN2. Gary Thorne, Orel Hershiser, Orestes Destrade, Jose Mota
Monday 3/13:
Cuba-Venezuela, 2:00 AM (tape- 1:00 start), ESPN2. (Syndicated)
Dominican Republic-Cuba, 1, ESPN. Gary Thorne, Orel Hershiser, Orestes Destrade, Jose Mota
Venezuela-Puerto Rico, 7, ESPN. Gary Thorne, Orel Hershiser, Orestes Destrade, Jose Mota
Tuesday 3/14:
Dominican Republic-Venezuela, 7, ESPN2. Gary Thorne, Orel Hershiser, Orestes Destrade, Jose Mota
Finals- San Diego, California:
Saturday 3/18:
Cuba-Dominican Republic, 3, ESPN. Jon Miller, Joe Morgan, Peter Gammons, Jose Mota
Japan-South Korea, 10, ESPN. Jon Miller, Joe Morgan, Peter Gammons, Jose Mota
Monday 3/20:
Japan-Cuba, 9 (JIP- ND/MICH NIT game ran late), ESPN. Jon Miller, Joe Morgan, Peter Gammons, Jose Mota