World Baseball Classic Could Be Expanded

HAVANA TIMES, Dec. 14 — The International Baseball Federation (IBAF) is interested in expanding to 28 the number of countries participating in the World Baseball Classic, an event held every three years and sponsored by the U.S. Major League, affirmed in this capital Ricardo Fraccari, president of that organization. The event, which emerged because of the desire to again include baseball in the Olympic Games, has been attended in its first editions by Cuba, reported IPS.