The Panama national baseball team is the national team of Panama

Panama

Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...

. They are currently the 16th ranked baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

 team in the world.

Roster

Pitchers

Manuel Acosta,
Albenis Castillo,
Bienvenido Cedeno,
Bruce Chen

Bruce Chen

Bruce Kastulo Chen is a Panamanian professional baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Royals.-Background:...

,
Manuel Corpas

Manuel Corpas

Manuel "Manny" Corpas is a Major League Baseball pitcher who is currently in the Texas Rangers organization.-Colorado Rockies:...

,
Jorge Cortez,
Roger Deago

Roger Deago

Roger I. Villarreal Deago is a baseball player who last played professionally in 2008. He played in Major League Baseball for the San Diego Padres in 2003, and has also played in numerous international baseball events as well.-Professional baseball:Deago was signed as an amateur free agent by the...

,
Paolo Espino,
Miguel Gomez,
Santos Hernandez,
Len Picota,
Ramon Ramirez,
Davis Romero,

Catchers

Damaso Espino,
Carlos Munoz,
Cesar Quintero,
Carlos Ruiz,

Infielders

Javier Castillo,
Vicente Garibaldo
Yoni Lasso,
Orlando Miller,
Olmedo Saenz,

Outfielders

Earl Agnoly,
Audes De Leon,
Freddy Herrera,
Carlos Lee

Carlos Lee

Carlos Noriel Lee is a first basemen in Major League Baseball who plays for the Houston Astros. He bats and throws right-handed....

,
Sherman Obando,
Adolfo Rivera,
Ruben Rivera

Ruben Rivera

Rubén Rivera Moreno is a professional baseball player, who is currently an outfielder for the Piratas de Campeche of the Mexican League. He played Major League Baseball for five different teams, from to...

,
Manuel Rodriguez http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/worldclassic2006/news/story?id=2295409

2006 World Baseball Classic

Scheduled Games (Round One)
March 7, 2006 - Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico national baseball team

The Puerto Rico National Baseball Team is a team that is selected by the Puerto Rican Baseball Federation to compete in major international events in representation of Puerto Rico...

 2 Panama 1

March 8, 2006 - Cuba

Cuba national baseball team

The Cuba national baseball team is the national team of Cuba. The team is made up of amateur players from the Cuban national baseball system, as there are no professional sports leagues in Cuba...

 8 Panama 6 (11 innings)

March 10, 2006 - Netherlands

Netherlands national baseball team

The Netherlands national baseball team is the national baseball team of the Netherlands. They are currently the top team in Europe and currently the sixth ranked men's baseball team in the IBAF World Rankings....

 10 Panama 0 (7 innings)

2009 World Baseball Classic

Panama competed in the 2009 World Baseball Classic, Playing its games in Pool D at San Juan

San Juan, Puerto Rico

San Juan , officially Municipio de la Ciudad Capital San Juan Bautista , is the capital and most populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 395,326 making it the 46th-largest city under the jurisdiction of...

, Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...

. After losses to pool host Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico national baseball team

The Puerto Rico National Baseball Team is a team that is selected by the Puerto Rican Baseball Federation to compete in major international events in representation of Puerto Rico...

 and the Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic national baseball team

The Dominican Republic national baseball team is the national baseball team of the Dominican Republic.-World Baseball Classic Roster:- Dominican Republic:Manager: 17 Felipe Alou...

, Panama was ousted from the tournament without scoring a single run. They finished in 15th place overall, just ahead of South Africa

South Africa national baseball team

The South African national baseball team is a baseball team which represents the Republic of South Africa in international baseball competitions such as the World Baseball Classic and formerly the Summer Olympics.-All-Africa Games:...

.

External links

• Connor, Joe, Welcome to Panama. ESPN (MLB), January 17, 2006. Retrieved 2009-12-16.