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The University of Utah Athletics
Kinneberg and USA Baseball Prepare to Travel Overseas
7/22/2010 12:00 AM | Baseball
July 22, 2010
Utah head coach Bill Kinneberg and USA Baseball closed out their tour on US soil with a 4-1 win against Japan in Rosenblatt Stadium on Wednesday evening. The team leaves on Friday for Taiwan, where they play Chinese Taipei for four games, before beginning the FISU World University Baseball Championships in Toyko, Japan, on July 30.
Talk about last night's game against Japan.
It was kind of an interesting night because of all of the intangibles surrounding the game - it was the last amateur game in Rosenblatt Stadium, and we finally got the chance to play a good Japanese team. For me, I coached and played in Rosenblatt. I played my last collegiate game there, so it was an interesting night for me, historically. We played well. We pitched great again and beat a good Japanese team. They had a very good pitcher throwing.
We took an early lead, but with the three guys we threw, I don't think we needed many runs. With Gerrit Cole, Sonny Gray and Noe Ramirez pitching, it's a comforting feeling when you have those three guys pitching for you. All three are so competitive and very talented - I would have felt comfortable with a one-run lead. We pushed a run across the plate in the bottom of the eighth, and it was a relief to get three up on Japan at that point. We knew our guys would close it out.
What is the schedule for the next few days?
We have a clinic in the morning and an exhibition in the afternoon today. We plan to play the eighth and ninth innings with the IBAF extra inning rules - you start with a man on first and second, and play from there. That's how we will play extra innings (11 and on) at the World University Baseball Championship. On Friday, we travel from Omaha, to Minneapolis, to Toyko to Taipei City (Taiwan). We arrive on Saturday night, then play four games against their national team starting on Sunday.
You've played several against teams from several Asian countries now (Korea and Japan). Do you expect the same kind of baseball from Chinese Taipei?
I think it will be a combination of Korea and Japan. We will see the same kind of pitching, but they are maybe not as offensive as the Japanese. They are as fundamental and passionate about the game as the others are. Being in their country changes the dynamics for everyone though. We have been traveling easily and comfortably, and now it changes to a foreign land. The key for us is to get acclimated as soon as we can, get our feet on the ground, and get changed over to their time and get used to their food and hotels. It will be a little easier in Toyko, because we are staying in an Americanized hotel with mostly American food. For me, getting rid of jet lag is difficult - we basically lose a whole day.
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