For the past couple of weeks baseball enthusiasts and casual observers, including this writer, tuned in to watch the World Baseball Classic, an international baseball tournament held every four years.

Proposed in 2005 by Major League Baseball and its players, the tournament was first held in 2006. 

The event features national teams and top professional players from the best leagues around the world, including MLB and the Nippon Professional Baseball Organization. Canada included, this year’s tournament featured 20 teams, divided into four pools of five clubs.

Canada played in a pool with Columbia, Cuba, Panama, and Puerto Rico. As one of the top two teams in the pool, Canada advanced to the quarterfinal.

Playing against the heavily-favoured American squad, Canada was eliminated after a 5-3 loss, ending Canada’s historic first-ever appearance in the tournament’s knockout stage.

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