Competing teams in the 2015 Asia-Pacific-Middle East Junior, Senior, and Big League Baseball Regional Tournament started arriving on Saipan in time for Friday\u2019s opening at the Francisco M. Palacios Baseball Field.<\/p>\n
First to arrive was Guam\u2019s Juniors squad, which only took an hour trip and arrived at the Francisco C. Ada Saipan International Airport at 3:30am. Next was the Junior league team from Australia at 7am, while the Big Leaguers from the Philippines were scheduled to arrive at 2:40pm. Hong Kong\u2019s Juniors and Seniors division teams are scheduled to touch down tomorrow at 1:50am. All teams will be billeted at the Mango Resort.<\/p>\n
Other teams\u2014Chinese-Taipei\u2019s Junior and Big league squads, Guam\u2019s Senior and Big league crews, and the Junior and Senior delegations of the Philippines\u2014are also expected to arrive on Thursday. Their meals, starting on Friday, will be provided by Auntie Mag\u2019s (breakfast and dinner) and Herman\u2019s Modern Bakery (for lunch). The organizing committee will also provide mobile phones to 14 teams for coordination.<\/p>\n
The press box will be reserved only for tournament officials and statisticians, while an additional tent will be set up for the media that will be covering the regional tournament.<\/p>\n
After Friday\u2019s opening ceremony, the CNMI and Guam will play in the first game (Big League) of the tournament at 3pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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