{"id":43148,"date":"2024-04-25T17:16:46","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T00:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=43148"},"modified":"2024-04-25T17:17:51","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T00:17:51","slug":"new-zealand-black-sox-team-announcement-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=43148","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand Black Sox Team Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The New Zealand roster features 11 players from the last World Cup, as well as the return of veterans <strong>Bartorillo, Hayes and Laulu<\/strong>, who helped the Black Sox win their last World Championship in 2017. Other veterans of the World Cup winning team are <strong>Cole Evans, Ben Enoka and Thomas Enoka.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbsc.org\/en\/news\/six-world-champions-named-to-new-zealand-roster-for-wbsc-mens-softball-world-cup\">From the official WBSC website:<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The New Zealand Black Sox announced&nbsp;the selection of 16 athletes who will represent&nbsp;the country&nbsp;at the&nbsp;WBSC Men&#8217;s Softball World Cup, that will open this year with the group stage. World No. 8 New Zealand will play in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbsc.org\/en\/events\/2024-xviii-mens-softball-world-cup-group-b\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Group B<\/a>, scheduled&nbsp;in Prince Albert, Canada, from 10 to&nbsp;14&nbsp;July.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">??? Six world champions named to New Zealand roster for WBSC Men&#39;s Softball World Cup.<br><br>? World No. 8 New Zealand will play in Group B, scheduled in Prince Albert, Canada, from 10 to 14 July.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SoftballWorldCupM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SoftballWorldCupM<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9EbuFbq5jG\">https:\/\/t.co\/9EbuFbq5jG<\/a><\/p>&mdash; WBSC ?? (@WBSC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WBSC\/status\/1783346948843389116?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"118\" height=\"136\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/softball.-New-Zealand.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5595\" style=\"width:170px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New Zealand roster features 11 players from the last World Cup, as well as the return of veterans Bartorillo, Hayes and Laulu, who helped the Black Sox win their last World Championship in 2017. Other veterans of the World Cup winning team are Cole Evans, Ben Enoka and Thomas Enoka. 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