STAMFORD, Conn., Jan. 30
/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- The 51st SERIE DEL CARIBE, the tournament
determining the champion country of Winter League baseball, will be held Monday
through Saturday, February 2- 7 in Mexicali, Mexico. The games will be produced by ESPN Deportes in Spanish and MLB
Network in English and will be available exclusively on-line, live and on
demand, on www.Beisbol.TV style='text-decoration:underline; color:#0099FF' target='blank'>href="http://www.Beisbol.TV">www.Beisbol.TV , by subscription to the 12 game series for
$9.95.
eBeisbol.com (TM), the official site of the
SERIE DEL CARIBE, has the exclusive
international video rights to the SERIE DEL CARIBE and is partnering with
VBrick Systems to launch Beisbol.TV to stream the games and highlights.
Additionally, for the first time, eBeisbol.com is offering a Beisbol.TV
Highlight and Linescore widget for syndication. The widget will be updated
dynamically during the game.
Participating countries include Mexico,
Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela. Representing teams are: for Mexico -- the Venados de Mazatlan,
for the Dominican Republic -- the Tigres del Licey, for Puerto Rico -- Leones
de Ponce. In Venezuela, the Tigres de
Aragua have forced a 7th game against the Leones de Caracas to determine which
will represent their country.
Likely MLB participants include:
For the Dominican Republic: Ronnie
Belliard (NATIONALS), Fernando Tatis (METS) Willy Aybar (RAYS), Erick Aybar
(ANGELS), Timo Perez (TIGERS), Felix Pie (ORIOLES), Matt Tupman (ROYALS),
Nelson Cruz (RANGERS), Jorge Sosa (NATIONALS), Jose Capellan (ASTROS), Anderson
Hernandez (NATIONALS)
For Puerto Rico: Jorge Padilla (NATIONALS), Raul Casonova (METS), Robinson Cancel
(METS)
For Mexico: Adrian Gonzalez (PADRES),
Edgar Gonzalez (PADRES), Jon Weber (RAYS), Freddy Sandoval (ANGELS), Arturo
Lopez (PADRES)
For Venezuela: Ronnie Cedeno (MARINERS),
Carlos Maldonado (RED SOX), Marco Scutaro (BLUE JAYS)
Official Rosters will be announced on eBeisbol.com.
Schedule:
DATE EST COUNTRY
TEAM MATCH-UP
Mon. 2/2 5:00 PM Venezuela vs.
Dominican Republic
Mon. 2/2 10:00 PM Puerto Rico
vs. Mexico
Tue. 2/3 5:00 PM Dominican Republic vs. Puerto Rico
Tue. 2/3 9:00 PM Mexico vs.
Venezuela
Wed. 2/4 5:00 PM Venezuela vs.
Puerto Rico
Wed. 2/4 9:00 PM Mexico vs.
Dominican Republic
Thu. 2/5 5:00 PM Dominican
Republic vs. Venezuela
Thu. 2/5 9:00 PM Mexico vs. Puerto Rico
Fri. 2/6 5:00 PM Puerto Rico
vs. Dominican Republic
Fri. 2/6 9:00 PM Venezuela vs.
Mexico
Sat.
2/7 5:00 PM Puerto Rico vs. Venezuela
Sat. 2/7 9:00 PM Dominican Republic vs. Mexico
The SERIE DEL CARIBE is the only
tournament outside the United States sanctioned by Major League Baseball for
professional player participation. Caribbean Winter League Baseball, with its
own rich cultural tradition and passion for the game of baseball, has provided
professional baseball players the opportunity to hone their craft during the
major and minor league off-season. It
has been played since 1949. The
standings by country (with the last year they won in parentheses) are:
Serie del Caribe Championships
(Last
Championship)
Republica Puerto
Dominicana Rico Cuba
17 (2008) 14 7
(2000) (1960)
Venezuela Mexico Panama
6 (2006) 5 1
(2005) (1950)
About eBeisbol.com
eBeisbol.com ( www.eBeisbol.com style='text-decoration:underline; color:#0099FF' target='blank'>href="http://www.eBeisbol.com">www.eBeisbol.com
) is the
official website of the SERIE DEL CARIBE and ALIANZA LATINA DE BEISBOL(R) a
Latino fan community. Both are owned
and produced by CULTIVA Entertainment ( www.cultivaentertainment.com style='text-decoration:underline; color:#0099FF' target='blank'>href="http://www.cultivaentertainment.com">www.cultivaentertainment.com
) CULTIVA is
a studio for the future, creating and producing multi-platform interactive
entertainment experiences both live and online, in partnership with media and
technology companies.
About VBrick Systems, Inc.
VBrick Systems is the world leader of
live, online networked video solutions. Offering the most comprehensive suite
of enterprise video products in the industry, VBrick provides business and
organizations with robust and proven online video systems that connect people
everywhere. Headquartered in Wallingford, CT, VBrick's products and services
are available through industry leading value-added resellers, systems
integrators and distributors. VBrick Live: See What's Next in Online Video. For
more information, visit us at style='text-decoration:underline; color:#0099FF' target='blank'>href="http://www.vbrick.com"> www.vbrick.com
SOURCE CULTIVA Entertainment
