The Toronto Blue Jays will host an elite national amateur tournament (Tournament 12) at Rogers Centre from September 20-24, 2013.

DURHAM, N.C. – USA Baseball today announced its coaching staff for the 2013 World Baseball Classic under the leadership of manager Joe Torre.

Panama City. Brazil has stunned the established baseball power houses from the Americas and won the World Baseball Classic Qualifier at Rod Carew Stadium in Panama City, Panama. The team of manager Barry Larkin upset host Panama for a second time in the tournament and clinched their spot in next year’s World Baseball Classic with a 1-0 shutout.

Panama City. The host of the World Baseball Classic Qualifier at Rod Carew Stadium in Panama City has reached the final. Panama defeated Colombia 9-7 on Sunday evening and will play against Brazil on Monday, hoping to qualify for the 2013 World Baseball Classic.

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SAPPORO (Kyodo) — Samurai Japan improved to 2-0 under new manager Koji Yamamoto on Sunday with a 3-1 victory over Cuba.

Team Cuba just can’t seem to get over the hump against top-level Japanese hurlers. That fact was driven home on Sunday afternoon in Sapporo by a second straight nail-biting defeat (this time by a 3-1 count) at the hands of the pitching-rich Samurai squad. The dual losses on Japanese soil left Cuba’s brief Asian tour with a final ledger of two up and three down. It has also seemingly provided plenty of negatives to fuel the fires of Cuba’s always heated street-corner baseball debates.

Host of World Baseball Classic Qualifier in Panama City stays alive while eliminating Nicaragua on Saturday

Panama City. A surprising Brazil makes it all the way to the final of the World Baseball Classic Qualifier in Panama City with a 7-1 win against Colombia. Both teams get 11 hits in the game and both team waste a lot of opportunities. Colombia scores only one run (in the fifth, against reliever Yoshimura) and suffers the first loss of the tournament.

Panama City. A 5 run bottom half of the second inning set the pace for Colombia (8-1) win over Nicaragua in their debut in the Panama City World Baseball Classic Qualifier. Center fielder Steve Brown and shortstop Edgar Renteria got to Nicaragua starter Erasmo Ramirez (Seattle Mariners) and second baseman Solano followed with a 2 run triple and scored himself on a bad relay by Garth.