Saturday, November 17, 2012

Roster: World Baseball Classic Qualifiers 3 & 4

Umpires working the final World Baseball Classic qualifiers have arrived in Panama City's Rod Carew National Stadium, Panama and New Taipei City's XinZhuang Stadium, Taiwan.

Beginning with Team Philippines' 8-2 defeat of Thailand on Thursday, Qualifiers 3 & 4 follow the six-game, modified double elimination format of WBC Qualifiers 1 & 2 (Jupiter, Florida & Regensburg, Germany). The following is a list of umpires, many taken from the minor league ranks, who have made an appearance during the WBC qualifying 3 & 4 stage, along with their country of representation. This list will be updated throughout the qualification stage of the tournament:

Umpire John Tumpane and his crew.
Qualifier 3, Rod Carew National Stadium, Panama City, Panama
Toby Basner (USA; International League [IL])
Angel Campos (USA; Pacific Coast League [PCL])
Clint Fagan (USA; PCL)
Jair Fernandez (Mexico; Mexican League [LMB])
Domingo Polanco (Dominican Republic; Dominican League [LD])
Cesar Valdes (Cuba)

Qualifier 4, XinZhuang Stadium, New Taipei City, Taiwan
Su Won Choi (South Korea; Korean Baseball Organization [KBO])
D.J. Reyburn (USA; PCL)
Mark Ripperger (USA; PCL)
Kouichi Tanba (Japan; Nippon Professional Baseball [NPB])
John Tumpane (USA; PCL)
David Kulhanek (Czech Republic; Confederation of European Baseball [CEB])