While Rob Dibble may be unimpressed with women’s role in baseball, it’s safe to say that dodging bullets is not a skill generally required by male participants in the sport. But down in Venezuela, where the Women’s World Baseball World Cup is taking part at a Caracas miltary base, Cheuk Woon Yee Sinny, who plays third-base for Hong Kong, was shot in the calf as she went to take her position during a game against the Netherlands on Saturday.
Player Shot At Women’s World Baseball World Cup
Fortunately, her injuries were not serious - the bullet was taken out, and she was released from hospital later that day. But the BBC reports it is “highly embarrassing” for the goverment, because the Fort Tiuna military base is “considered to be one of the safest places in Caracas.” The Hong Kong team, who withdrew from the competition as a result, might beg to differ with that conclusion, and the tournament has been relocated.
What’s perhaps more interesting - and depressing - is that the first reaction of many readers to the news will probably have been, “Wait - there’s a women’s world baseball championship?” That’s understandable: while softball gets covered by ESPN, and the retirement of icon Jenny Finch is headline news, you could spend quite some time trying to find any information on the event, outside the shooting, at mlb.com.
I found rather more details on the event’s Wikipedia page: there is an official site, but the English-language section isn’t exactly working. At time of writing, the US team are 2-1 in pool play, with the loss being a 5-1 defeat to the Japanese, the reigning champions, who are favorites to win the event again. Canada and Australia are also likely to make the final four. The tournament continues through August 22nd.
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