The boys from the Bahamas were fan favourites at the 2009 World Baseball Challenge. In front of their legion of loyalists at Citizen Field, they went winless in seven outings.
The Bahamas national team is back for this year's WBC, which starts on Friday night at the same venue. The Bahamas club will face stiffer competition than it did two years ago but, in its quest for a 'W' or two, will be much improved itself.
"Nobody is under any illusion that the Bahamas is the top-ranked team coming into this tournament but they wanted to come back in a big, big way and prove themselves," said WBC co-chairman Jim Swanson. "They knew they had to come back more experienced. They knew they had to come back older, and they knew they had to come back with certain things like pitchers who throw a little harder and guys who can put the ball in play more and be better at certain positions. I think they've had a plan to do that. They've asked us from the beginning if they could come back and put on a better show than what they think they did in 2009 and we're very happy to have them."
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