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June 01 First WinMay 29th, 2009 at 4:27pm in Bangkok, Thailand marked the First Win for the Cambodian National Team Baseball (CNBT) in the International Competition by beat the number 7th ranked Malaysian team 20-8.
After lost to Malaysian team in the 24th SEA Games in late Dcember 2007, we regroup our team in January of 2008. In June, Tom Dell - head coach of ND Knights from Sherman Oak, California with his friend's Ton came to work with our pitchers and hitters. Among that, Rick Dell MLB International and Philip Hawng from Hong Kong also came in late June to work with our team. By November, Josh Park, Daves Hall, Clark Lambert also help working with our team on baseball. By mid November, Mickey Weston and his daughter Kala also join working with our team. His friend Kalob also came from Indiana to help coach our team. By late March 2009, Scott Carter and his son's Keith also came to Cambodia to work withour team. We wanted to say Thank You to all our coaches for helping us earn our First Win Game.
We came 8th place in the 8th Asian Baseball Cup held in Bangkok, Thailand on May 25-31. There were two Groups;
Group A: #1 Thailand, #3 Pakistan, #5 Sri Lanka and #7 Malaysia. Group B: #2 Hong Kong, #4 Indonesia, #6 Myanmar and #8Cambodia.
Our first game May 25: 9am, field #1
Cambodia 0
Indonesia 6
In 2007, we lost to Indonesia 37-1 in 4 and half innings game. This year, we improve and play hard. The first inning we gave-up 3 runs and second inning we gave 3 more runs, but the rest of the 6 innings, we gave no run. We had 9 chances to score, but we came short in all. Pitcher's : Moung Chanton; he pitch 8 innings.
Second Game May 26: 1:30pm, field #2
Cambodia 0
Hong Kong 10 (8 Innings)
We play hard with Hong Kong, but they were much a better team. We held thm to 5 runs in 7 inning. But during 8th inning, we made mistake with the pitchers/ Pitcher: Mich Phea, picthed 7 inning and Chear Theara pitch 1 inning.
Third Game May 27: 9am, field #2
Myanmar 3
Cambodia 1
Myanmar is a good team with a great coach. We gave our best, but they have better offense. We have many chances to score, but our lineup weere screw-up. This is a great game though. In 2007 at the SEA Game, Myanmar beat us 10-0 in 7 innings. Pitcher: Moung Chanton, pitched 9 innings.
Last Game May 29: 1:30, field #2
Cambodia 20
Malaysia 8
I had a lineup with my second group to play with Malaysia the first 3 innings. Then sub them with a better hitters from the 4th inning. Malaysian took the lead from the first inning til 5 inning. Cambodia cameback to take a lead from 6th inning on. Cambodian was very nerous in this game, but they got the W at the end. This is the First Win for the country in the History.
In 2007 at the SEA Game, we gave-up 88 runs and score only 8 in 31 innings. This year, we gave-up 27 runs and score 21 in 35 innings. Awesome improvement. We're still learning and in the game, nothing is easy.
Houy SiPho (SS) (25years), Cambodia - received the award of the Best Short Stop in the 8th 2009 Asian Baseball Cup. He's only 4 ft 11 inches with 103 pounds. He maybe small, but he got the speed and great arm. He been playing baseball for about 4 years in Cambodia. To recieved this award, in mean so much for our baseball program in Cambodia. It give us the meaning and understanding of playing level. SiPho is very honor and never thought he will play better than any short stop in the Asian Cup. His mother also came to witness his honor. His mother is very proud of her son. SiPho lost his dad since he was born. His mother never marry again.
I am very please with result of the 8th Asian Cup. We will work hard to improve our baseball level. My main concern for my team is to improve on ofenses. We have to work on Hitting and Running. At the same time, we also work on our defense as well as our pitching staffs.
At the momment, I am looking for Hitting coach for Cambodian National Baseball Team. For more information, please email to: joecook_@hotmail.com or call 334-790-5002. Thank you. May 10 Philippines team withdraw from the Asian CupAs far as the 8th Asian Baseball Cups goes, Philippines will not be participate in the tournament. The reason is because they already qualified for the Asian Championship to be held in Saporo, Japan this year. The team that come in Second or First place of the 8th Asian Baseball Cup will also advance to the Asian Championship.
8th Asian Baseball Cups participates;
Group A: Group B: 1. Thailand 2. Hong Kong 3. Pakistan 4. Indonesia 5. Srilanka 6. Myanmar 7. Malaysia 8. Cambodia Cambodian Team Schedule: Monday May 25th; 9am (Indonesia vs Cambodia). May 26th Off. Wednesday May 27th; 9am (Myanmar vs Cambodia) Thursday May 28th; 1pm (Hong Kong vs Cambodia) It's gonne be a hard matches for Cambodian team in Group B. May 04 Asian Cup GroupsJust 20 days to go til the 8th Asian Baseball Cups kick off in Bangkok, Thailand.
We couldn't afford to the player from the States to play for our team, due to financial situation.
But we will be able to come to Bangkok a week early to practice with the Thailand team.
So far, here's the latest look at the 8th Asian Baseball Cups schedule open-up. There will be 9 partcipation countires;
Group A Group B 1 Philippines 2 Thailand 3 Hong Kong 4 Pakistan 5 Indonesia 6 Srilanka 7 Myanmar 8 Malaysia Cambodia Cambodia team is beg for mercy to the Asian Baseball Cups Committees and the BFA (Baseball Federation of Asia) join the Group B, because we can't play in Group A. We would have no chance with Philippines, Hong Kong, Indonesia and Myanmar. But if we could be in Group B, we might have a chance to play well with Srilank and Malaysia. Also it would give more chance for Malaysia and Srilanka to win more games as well. It's been hard for our team this year. We have a difficult time getting players to join the team and practice. We now only 8 good players and the rest of them are very new players. We coulnd't afford to have good players for the team. Also, heading to Bangkok for the Asian Baseball Cup is costly. No sponsor, no donor and I have a hard time earning money at work for the team. I risk everything for Cambodia Team to play in the Asian Baseball Cup. Whether we win or not, I am happy. I have try my very best. Thanks for reading. April 15 8th Asian Baseball Cup After being postponement a few times in Manila, Philippines, the 8th Asian Baseball Cup finally made it final decision to be held in Bangkok, Thailand this May 24-31 at the same baseball field as the 2007 SEA Games. There are 8 countries hope to participate in the tournament; Thailand, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Pakistan, Myanmar, Malaysia and Cambodia. Cambodian team hope to play hard this year, they have been working together as a team since the early 2008 for this tournament. I would hope to have one or two players from the state to join the team, but I won't know til late of April, due to passport and other documentation from the government. But without the player(s) from the state, we're still have a strong team. We hope to win a few games this year. Last month in March, Vietnam baseball team came and they played well against our team. They have taught us a good lesson to prepare for the upcoming tournament in Bangkok. For more information about Cambodian team to join the 8th Asian Baseball Cup, please contact me. Thanks February 23 CAMBODIAN NATIONAL TEAM TO MEET VIETNAMESE SQUADFebruary 21st, 2009 — worldbaseballtoday
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I want to remind everyone about the new “Good Will” effort the “Cougar Baseball Program” is taking on.
At Northview, we have been very blessed recently due to the hard work and dedication of our coaches, players, and families. We are becoming known for our big hearts and ability to make positive things happen here in the Wiregrass. We now have an opportunity to be a part of something even bigger. We have a chance to meet “JOE COOK” and to help make sure that kids on the other side of the world “Cambodia” have a chance to experience the sport which we all love so much.
The Whitfield’s and the Pugh’s recently met Joe Cook while dining at Mikata and immediately knew that this man had as much love for the game of baseball as anyone we had ever met. After checking around, several of you already knew of Joe Cook but may not know what all he does for his former country “Cambodia” and for baseball. This is truly a man on a mission!
Please make every effort to attend our “Meet Joe Cook” meeting this Sunday afternoon, Feb. 15th at 2:00 in the NHS Lunchroom. We will have a short program provided by Joe Cook prior to practice. It would be wonderful if each player or family could bring a minimum donation of $10 – more will be accepted. We also need to bring old baseball pants, cleats, gloves, and more. These kids are not picky and are very appreciative of the gifts they receive. As you will see in Joe’s presentation – these kids will literally wear the cover off a baseball or battle a water buffalo for a foul ball before they dispose of it. This man really does have a wonderful, touching story which we can easily be a part of.
This is a chance for Northview Baseball to be seen and heard around the world. If we adopt these guys, Joe wants to video some of our games and send the video to his partners in Cambodia to use as training tools for the players and coaches. There is even hope of one day getting the Cambodian National Team to the U.S. to help promote their new found sport. If this occurs, Northview will be on the schedule. The kids of Cambodia will know who Northview High School is.
Please come this Sunday and help us take the Northview Program to the next level !!! This is what we do and we seem to be pretty dang good at it!
We will get in touch with several of you soon to help with drinks, snacks, and deserts for the presentation. Joe will probably supply some snacks for us to try.
Below is just a quick glimpse of what type of program we are looking at!
Thanks and I will see you all this Sunday afternoon at 2:00 in the lunchroom to MEET JOE COOK, What a positive way to kick-off our 2009 Baseball season. Vietnam Baseball come to CambodiaFirst Cambodian Friendly Game
Vietnamese Baseball Team
Cambodian Baseball Team This coming March 10-14, we're welcome the Vietnamese baseball team from Ho Chi Minh City for the Friendly Games to be held in Baribo, KompongChnang Province. Cambodian baseball team has never played any team from other country. This would be a great new experience for us, said the players. We dream to have other country team to come Cambodia and play baseball with us. So far, we have only play against each other for years. With a new team like Vietnam, it's will help our level of playing skill. We know Vietnam have a good team, because had heard so much about them in the news. In 2005, MLB Ineternation had helped come to Vietnam donating equipment and help trained the local about the fundamental of baseball. Since then, they have Little League and other league in University. Player like Bao Le "the catcher", has been very inspiring of game. He has never been played baseball before. But once he does, baseball has become his dream. He hope to bring his team from Ho Chi Minh City this March to play with Cambodian team. He have contacted me (Joe Cook) recently about the meeting. For me, I would loves to see something like this happen in Cambodia. Having a baseball team from Vietnam, our National Olympic Committee and Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport also can be awarness and understand better about baseball. Also it give Cambodians something to cheer about. This is good news for me, (Joe Cook). I have always tried to contacting with India, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and other teams in Asia. But time isn't right at the moment, the economic, expenses, and few supporter are hard on us. Our goal right now is focus on welcoming Vietnamese baseball team to Cambodia. We must do our baseball to host such tournament, Mr. Vern Som (coach). We asking NOCC and MoEYS officials to participate in the tournament. This is our first Friendly Games, we must try to do our very best. Our players and coaches are very exciting to hear that Vietnam will come this March. They can't hardly wait to play with them. As far as we (Cambodian Team) concern, Vietnamese team must be happy to be with us. We stay and eat together, like brother. We don't have good food or place to sleep like any other team in world, but we happy of what we got in Baribo. If the Vietnamese can eat and sleep with us, we will be so happy. Playing the game is a different story. In December 2007, Cambodian have it own National team represented in the 24th SEA Games held in Bangkok, Thailand. Six teams were participated, Cambodian came last. We were so bad, we even lost to Malaysian; "Joe Cook". We could of won that game, but we had too much confident. This year, Cambodian National Baseball Team (CNBT) also come-out again and hope to play in the 8th Asian Cup to be held in Manila, Philippines on March 20-29. Vietnamese baseball team will be play with CNBT. CNBT have 12 players that had SEA Games experience. The rest, they're just starting to play baseball late last year. But they're still pretty good, "Mr. Lim Keara - CNBT coach" add. CNBT has been training together since January of 2008. We're focus on the Asian Cup, and to have Vietnamese baseball for us to play with, this is great. Once we played with Vietnamese team, we can see what we need to work on or how need to adjust at the Asian Cup. We wont take any advantage of Vietnamese team, it's not what we do. Our goal is to play our best. We know Vietnamese team can play baseball too. They don't come here for nothing. We can learn from each other; "players said". Vietnamese team also will see how poor we are, how difficult in Cambodia for life and society. They will understand about our baseball environment, how hard it is for us to come this far. Maybe they learn from us, or maybe we will learn more from them. Whatever the reason is, we sure will have a good time together. The local people in Baribo are exciting that we're going to have International baseball team to come their hometown. They hope to draw more attention to the ballpark so that they could sale food and goody to the people who see the games. They mostly wanted to see people from Vietnam, because some of Cambodians are actually Vietnamese who has been living in Cambodia for years. They are exciting to see their own people and speaking the same language. Most amazing thing is the players of Cambodian team. They wanted to make friend with Vietnamese. It's been so many years, since they undersand about their neighbor. Last year, we missed many of our opportunity to participate playing with Thai, Japan, Singapore and Malaysian team. Our team suppose to travel to play them, but we couldn't afford it. Also Malaysia team suppose to come Cambodia, but they lost contact. This is only hope, playing with Vietnamese baseball team is more than just a game. It'll give us better relattionship between the two countries. We wanted to thanks Bao Le, his team, coaches and sponsors for helping with this match. See you in Cambodia. January 27 Off the beaten basepathBy Greg Sakaki - Nanaimo News Bulletin Published: January 23, 2009 3:00 PM Updated: January 26, 2009 4:43 PM
The rice paddies of Baribo, Cambodia, are an unlikely place for a baseball diamond. But there is indeed a roughly hewn field there in the small town west of Phnom Penh, where players in mismatched uniforms spend hours every day. They hit, throw, catch and run in bare feet, using baseballs that are worn out and beginning to unravel. Sometimes, players need to pause the game so that motorcycles or water buffalo-drawn carts can pass through on a path that cuts right through the infield. Baribo is a world away from Nanaimo and Serauxmen Stadium. But there, somehow, Nanaimo’s Mike Griffin helped to shape a group of those barefoot, mismatched locals into the Cambodian national baseball team. In late 2007, Griffin, just 21 at the time, was coming off his first season of professional baseball in the Czech Republic. The former Nanaimo Pirates slugger had been an impact player with the Ostrava Arrows that summer, winning league MVP honours. He’d also gained his first coaching experience, offering hitting instruction to youth players in Ostrava. While surfing the Internet, Griffin learned of the Major League Baseball Envoy program, where coaches are dispatched to 60 countries around the globe to try to grow the game. It so happened that Cambodia was putting together its first-ever national team in time for the South East Asia Games in Bangkok and needed a head coach. One catch – Cambodia Baseball, funded mostly by expatriate Joe Cook, couldn’t pay Griffin, not even his travel costs. He went anyway. Griffin felt like he knew what he was getting himself into, but there were a few surprises, to be sure. “It was basically a rice field we played on,” he recalled. “We’d have to call time sometimes, because water buffalo would come running through the field. It was unbelievable.” Twice a week, a translator would attend practices, but the rest of the time, Griffin just had to rely on getting his message across using the language of baseball. Some things he had to do a little differently, for example sport nutrition. “We ate rice three meals a day,” he said. “But there were some fruit trees, like coconut trees and banana trees, so we’d eat off the trees sometimes.” At one point Griffin got terribly sick after eating some fish caught in a dirty stream, but he recovered in time for the big tournament. Come the South East Asia Games, the Cambodian team was resplendent in brand-new, matching uniforms supplied by MLB. Wearing cleats for the first time, players endured blisters and competed bravely. “They were good enough to win a couple of games, but as soon as they got there, there were a lot of people, a lot of fans,” Griffin said. “It was just so much excitement … and they didn’t really know how to handle it.” Cambodia went winless at the games, but not for lack of trying, or lack of coaching. “Michael Griffin was truly amazing … He’s a wonderful coach,” said Cook. “In the community they always talk about him. He made not only the players, but made the other kids enjoy playing and learning baseball.” Griffin’s team didn’t win in Bangkok, but victories will come for the young coach. Since his Cambodia experience, he’s worked with the MLB Envoy program again, coaching all ages of students in China in the weeks leading up to a game there between the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres. This month he started a new job in Prague coaching the Kotlarka Praha men’s team and come autumn, he expects to help start a new baseball academy there. Sure, Griffin could still knock the ball out of the park if he wanted, but playing is no longer his priority. “There are more opportunities with Major League Baseball if I move on as a coach than as a player,” he said. One day, Griffin might make it to the World Series. Right now, he’ll settle for the world. BASE LINES … To learn more about Cambodia's baseball program, visit www.cambodiabaseball.org. January 18 Photo of Cambodian team in 2007 SEA GAMES by SmithHi everyone, I would like to introduce you to my friend Smith who is working as a professional still photographer in Cambodia. She was working with Daron Ker – founder of the Waterbuffalo Film Production.
Smith had her own website that have alot of pictures of Cambodian National compete in the 2007 SEA Game held in Bangkok, Thailand.
Please visit http://www.shuttersmith.net/ and look under 'Cambodia ' for
I wanna to thanks Smith and her effort of sharing these wonderful pictures and story of our Cambodian team. January 08 Defensive Drills
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