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In this world there are two international competitions: The Baseball World Cup (FIFA World Cup like tournament) with the top 32 nations competes every four years to be crowned the best nation in the world. The top 32 nations are split into 8 groups of four and play each other 4 times for a total of 12 teams in the Group Stages. The top 2 in each group move onto the knockout stages where each series is a best-of-3 until we determine a Baseball World Cup Champion! You may be thinking to yourself “The WBL is from February to November, when does the Baseball World Cup take place?” Well, it takes place DURING the WBL REGULAR SEASON! The Baseball World Cup starts Monday, September 1st, 2017! The rosters won’t be named until five days before the competition begins so minimize the amount of that players are away from their respective clubs. I will be taking over the Scottish national team in hopes of bringing glory to the mighty Scots!
The other international competition is the Intercontinental Baseball Cup, a less reputable month and a half long tournament that takes place annually in June and involves that top 64 nations in the world. They are split into 4 groups of 16. They place each team in their respective group twice for a total of 30 games. The top 8 in each group move onto the second round which is a double round robin. From there the top two in each of those groups (16 total) make it into the playoffs to determine that years international competition!
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