2013 World Baseball Classic – Qualifier 1

March 2013 Qualifier 1 of the Qualifying Round of the 2013 World Baseball Classic was held at Roger Dean Stadium, Jupiter, Florida, United States from September 19 to 23, 2012. Qualifier 1 was a modified double-elimination tournament. The winners for the first games matched up in the second game, while the losers faced each other in an elimination game. The winner of the elimination game then played the loser of the non-elimination game in another elimination game. The remaining two teams then played each other to determine the winner of the Qualifier 1. Team Israel, under the Classic's rules, was entitled to have non-Israeli citizens of Jewish heritage play for the team. The players who qualified to play on the Israeli team included major leaguers catcher Ryan Lavarnway, first baseman Ike Davis, second basemen Ian Kinsler and Josh Satin, third basemen Kevin Youkilis and Danny Valencia, outfielders Ryan Braun (whose father is Israeli), Sam Fuld, Ryan Kalish, and Gabe Kapler, and pitchers Jason Marquis, Scott Feldman, Craig Breslow, and John Grabow, as well as what were then recent major leaguers catcher Brad Ausmus and pitcher Scott Schoeneweis.http://aol.sportingnews.com/mlb/story/2012-05-21/israel-baseball-coach-ausmus-says-team-can-contend World Baseball Classic: Israel, managed by Bra Sporting News May 21, 2012 March 14, 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120523041111/http://aol.sportingnews.com/mlb/story/2012-05-21/israel-baseball-coach-ausmus-says-team-can-contend May 23, 2012 Belson Ken http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/01/israel-to-participate-in-2013-world-baseball-classic/#h[MLBIan] Israel to Participate in 2013 World Baseball Classic The New York Times June 1, 2011 July 16, 2011https://www.jta.org/news/article/2011/06/02/3087984/israel-invited-to-qualify-for-world-baseball-classic Israel invited to qualify for World Baseball Classic JTA June 2, 2011 June 2, 2011 June 4, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110604115621/http://www.jta.org/news/article/2011/06/02/3087984/israel-invited-to-qualify-for-world-baseball-classic dead http://www.thegreatrabbino.com/ The Great Rabbino Jeremy Fine July 16, 2011Aaron Yellin http://blogs.forward.com/the-shmooze/138422/ Israel to Participate in 2013 World Baseball Classic The Forward June 7, 2011 July 16, 2011 October 7, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111007213229/http://blogs.forward.com/the-shmooze/138422/ dead http://www.shalomlife.com/news/13276/jews-to-play-in-baseball-all-star-game/ Jews to Play in Baseball All-Star Game - Shalom Life 2013-03-20 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131106102328/http://www.shalomlife.com/news/13276/jews-to-play-in-baseball-all-star-game/ November 6, 2013 Kinsler said: "Wow, I would be happy to play for Team Israel.... The truth is that if a proposal comes from Team USA to play for them, I will have a very difficult decision to make. Yuk [Kevin Youkilis], Braun [Ryan Braun], and I could make a fantastic team. I am sure that I'll talk it over with Yuk – we always laugh about things like this."Ben Daniel https://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/sports/baseball-jewish-mlb-stars-could-play-for-israel-1.370536 https://web.archive.org/web/20110702204148/http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/sports/baseball-jewish-mlb-stars-could-play-for-israel-1.370536 dead July 2, 2011 Baseball / Jewish MLB stars could play for Israel Haaretz May 1, 2010 July 16, 2011 Outfielder Shawn Green, who retired in 2007, was also eligible inasmuch as he is Jewish, and said in early June 2011 that assuming it works out, it "would be an honor" and he "would love to" play for Israel in the Classic.Leichenger Alex http://www.jewishjournal.com/community/article/jewish_baseball_players_support_little_league_efforts_20110621/ Jewish baseball player supports Little League efforts Jewish Journal June 21, 2011 September 5, 2011Belson Ken http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/08/shawn-green-says-hed-play-for-israel/ Shawn Green Says He'd Play for Israel in World Baseball Classic The New York Times June 8, 2011 September 5, 2011 Because they were held in September, however, with the Major League Baseball season still in progress, Qualifiers 1 and 2 could not feature major league players such as the above ones who qualified to play for Team Israel.Neistat Aimee https://www.haaretz.com/weekend/anglo-file/baseball-world-classic-youkilis-says-he-will-play-for-israel-if-it-qualifies-for-tournament-1.460430 https://web.archive.org/web/20120824105740/http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/anglo-file/baseball-world-classic-youkilis-says-he-will-play-for-israel-if-it-qualifies-for-tournament-1.460430 dead August 24, 2012 Baseball / World Classic / Youkilis says he will play for Israel, if it qualifies for tournament Haaretz August 24, 2012 March 14, 2013http://aol.sportingnews.com/mlb/story/2012-05-21/world-baseball-classic-ryan-braun-ian-kinsler-kevin-youkilis World Baseball Classic: Israel squad could be dangerous with stars Ryan Braun, Ian Kinsler available Sporting News May 21, 2012 March 14, 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121125112051/http://aol.sportingnews.com/mlb/story/2012-05-21/world-baseball-classic-ryan-braun-ian-kinsler-kevin-youkilis November 25, 2012 Kevin Youkilis announced that he would play for the team if they made it past the qualifying round.Neistat Aimee https://www.haaretz.com/weekend/anglo-file/baseball-world-classic-youkilis-says-he-will-play-for-israel-if-it-qualifies-for-tournament-1.460430 https://web.archive.org/web/20120824105740/http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/anglo-file/baseball-world-classic-youkilis-says-he-will-play-for-israel-if-it-qualifies-for-tournament-1.460430 dead August 24, 2012 Baseball / World Classic / Youkilis says he will play for Israel, if it qualifies for tournament Haaretz August 24, 2012 March 12, 2013 The highest-level players involved in Qualifiers 1 and 2 were minor-league prospects ranked among the top 20 in their respective organizations.http://web.worldbaseballclassic.com/2013/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120921&content_id=38770568&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb https://web.archive.org/web/20120924031820/http://web.worldbaseballclassic.com/2013/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120921&content_id=38770568&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb dead September 24, 2012 World Baseball Classic: There are plenty of prospects to watch in this month's World Baseball Classic qualifiers worldbaseballclassic.com September 21, 2012 March 14, 2013 Team Israel, managed by former major league All Star Brad Ausmus and coached by former major leaguer Gabe Kapler, included minor league pitchers Eric Berger (1–0) and Brett Lorin, first baseman Nate Freiman (.417; 4 HR in 12 AB), second baseman Josh Satin (.273), shortstops Jake Lemmerman and Ben Orloff, and outfielders Adam Greenberg, Ben Guez, Joc Pederson (.308), and Robbie Widlansky.https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/ex-team-israel-coach-named-philadelphia-phillies-manager-1.5462308 https://web.archive.org/web/20190823220237/https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/ex-team-israel-coach-named-philadelphia-phillies-manager-1.5462308 dead August 23, 2019 Gabe Kapler, Who Helmed Team Israel in World Baseball Classic, Named Philadelphia Phillies Manager Haaretz http://web.worldbaseballclassic.com/wbc/2013/teams/index.jsp?team=isr&team_id=840 https://web.archive.org/web/20120922140221/http://web.worldbaseballclassic.com/wbc/2013/teams/index.jsp?team=isr&team_id=840 dead September 22, 2012 World Baseball Classic: Team – Israel worldbaseballclassic.com March 14, 2013 http://web.worldbaseballclassic.com/wbc/2013/stats/index.jsp?season=2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120922140400/http://web.worldbaseballclassic.com/wbc/2013/stats/index.jsp?season=2012 dead September 22, 2012 World Baseball Classic: Stats worldbaseballclassic.com March 14, 2013 Also, retired major leaguer Shawn Green played for Israel (.333). In Qualifier 1, Israel and Spain both won easily in the first round. Israel then beat Spain in the winner's bracket. Spain then eliminated South Africa to earn a rematch with Israel. Spain won the winner-take-all final game, 9–7 in 10 innings, to advance to the main tournament. Bracket Preliminaries Semifinals Qualifier – ISR 7 – RSA 3 – FRA 0 – ESP 8 L1 RSA 5 L2 FRA 2 W1 ISR 4 W2 ESP 2 W4 RSA 3 L3 ESP 13 W3 ISR 7 W5 ESP 9 Results All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00). Israel 7, South Africa 3 September 19 19:00 Roger Dean Stadium ISR ISR 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 7 10 1 RSA RSA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 2 Eric Berger (1–0) Dylan Unsworth (0–1) Nate Freiman 2 (2) 1,581 (23.0%) HP − Chris Segal, 1B − Sean Barber, 2B − Trevor Grieve, 3B − Jens Waider http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2012_09_19_isrint_rsaint_1&mode=box Spain 8, France 0 September 20 19:00 Roger Dean Stadium FRA FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 ESP ESP 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 X 8 16 0 Nick Schumacher (1–0) Patrice Briones (0–1) Bárbaro Cañizares (1) 975 (14.2%) HP − Quinn Wolcott, 1B − Jairo Mendoza, 2B − Sean Barber, 3B − Trevor Grieve http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2012_09_20_fraint_espint_1&mode=box Israel 4, Spain 2 September 21 13:00 Roger Dean Stadium ISR ISR 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 7 1 ESP ESP 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 8 2 Justin Schumer (1–0) Richard Salazar (0–1) Josh Zeid (1) Nate Freiman 2 (4) 814 (11.8%) HP − Sean Barber, 1B − Chris Segal, 2B − Jens Waider, 3B − Jairo Mendoza http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2012_09_21_isrint_espint_1&mode=box South Africa 5, France 2 September 21 19:00 Roger Dean Stadium RSA RSA 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 5 1 FRA FRA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 2 Dylan De Meyer (1–0) Pierrick Le Mestre (0–1) 922 (13.4%) HP − Trevor Grieve, 1B − Jairo Mendoza, 2B − Quinn Wolcott, 3B − Chris Segal Suspended due to rain after 9 innings and completed on September 22. http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2012_09_21_rsaint_fraint_1&mode=box Spain 13, South Africa 3 September 22 19:00 Roger Dean Stadium ESP ESP 0 4 4 1 0 0 0 1 3 13 14 2 RSA RSA 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 2 5 Ricardo Hernández (1–0) Kieran Lovegrove (0–1) 1,183 (17.2%) HP − Quinn Wolcott, 1B − Sean Barber, 2B − Jairo Mendoza, 3B − Jens Waider http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2012_09_22_espint_rsaint_1&mode=box Spain 9, Israel 7 September 23 17:00 Roger Dean Stadium ESP ESP 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 2 9 15 0 ISR ISR 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 7 0 Iván Granados (1–0) Josh Zeid (0–1) 4,463 (65.0%) HP − Chris Segal, 1B − Trevor Grieve, 2B − Jens Waider, 3B − Quinn Wolcott http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2012_09_23_espint_isrint_1&mode=box References External links Official website Qualifier 1 World Baseball Classic - Qualifier 1 Category:Baseball competitions in Florida Category:International baseball competitions hosted by the United States Category:International sports competitions in Florida Category:Sports in Jupiter, Florida World Baseball Classic - Qualifier 1 Category:Sports competitions in Palm Beach County, Florida