International baseball

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 43. Chapters: History of baseball outside the United States, Little League World Series, Baseball in Cuba, European Cup, Caribbean Series, Baseball in the Netherlands, Baseball in Japan, IBAF World Rankings, History of baseball in Nicaragua, Baseball in Australia, Baseball World Cup, 2010 Haarlem Baseball Week, Baseball in Palau, Baseball in Canada, Tohto University Baseball League, European Baseball Championship, Junior League World Series, 2008 Haarlem Baseball Week, Baseball in the United Kingdom, World Junior Baseball Championship, 2006 Haarlem Baseball Week, 2004 Haarlem Baseball Week, Robert Smith, 2002 Haarlem Baseball Week, Intercontinental Cup, Women's Baseball World Series, Baseball at the Central American and Caribbean Games, International Baseball Federation, World Youth Baseball Championship, British Baseball Federation, 2008 America Cup, Asia Series, 2008 World Junior Baseball Championship, World Port Tournament, 2006 Major League Baseball Japan All-Star Series, Baseball at the Pan American Games, World University Baseball Championship, Senior League World Series, Big League World Series, Baseball at the 2010 South American Games, Oceania Baseball Championship, Baseball in Greece, Baseball in Ireland, MLB China Series, Baseball in Spain, Baseball in Venezuela, Baseball at the 2011 Pan American Games, Baseball at the All-Africa Games, Baseball at the Universiade, Baseball at the Southeast Asian Games, Baseball in South Korea, 2002 World Junior Baseball Championship, British Baseball Hall of Fame, 1986 Major League Baseball Japan All-Star Series, Baseball at the World Games. Excerpt: What may have been the first baseball game in Mexico was played at the end of April of 1847, in Jalapa, Veracruz, at Parque Los Berros, by "American soldiers under Scott and Worth", a few days after the Battle of Cerro Gordo, "with the wooden leg captured (by the Fourth Illinois regiment) from General Santa Anna". Other recorded instances of baseball played outside North America came in 1874, when a party comprising members of the Boston and Philadelphia clubs toured England both playing cricket and demonstrating baseball. A further tour, by the Chicago club with the addition of various All-Stars in the winter of 1888-89, took the game to Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand and the south Pacific Islands. Returning via Europe and North Africa they played more demonstration games, including one in front of the Sphinx in Egypt. The International Baseball Federation (IBF) was founded in 1938, after the inaugural Baseball World Cup held in London. About 5 years later, the name of the federation was changed to Federacion Internacional de Beisbol Amateur (FIBA). In 1973, struggles in the FIBA led to a dissident organisation, the Federacion Mundial de Beisbol Amateur (FEMBA), which organised its own World Championships. The two organisations were reconciled in 1976, forming the International Baseball Association (AINBA). In 1984, the name of the federation was once again changed, this time to International Baseball Association (IBA). In 2000, the original name was assumed again, International Baseball Federation, now abbreviated to IBAF. The first World Cup (or World Championships) in baseball were held in 1938, as teams from the United States and United Kingdom played a series of five games. Britain won four and became the first baseball World Champion. After this championship, the IBF was founded (see above). Worl...