Jump to: navigation , search The 1973 Amateur World Series run by FIBA is listed in the history books as "Amateur World Series XXI" or "Baseball World Cup XXI" even though the event numbered "XXII" actually had begun and finished earlier - the 1973 Amateur World Series run by rival group FEMBA . Once the two organizations reconciled later in the decade, the current numbering system was put into place. The FIBA 1973 Amateur World Series was held in Havana , Cuba from November 25 through December 9 , 1973 . Cuba , as usual, won Gold, going 14-0 for manager Servio Borges . With the reduced field, they allowed only 5 runs in the tournament while scoring 119. Agustín Marquetti took home MVP honors after leading the tourney in RBI (21) and hits (25); he batted .417.

Félix Isasi (.327) led in runs (20) and tied for the most homers (3), even with teammates Evelio Hernández (.524 in 21 AB) and Armando Capiró (.368). Wilfredo Sánchez (.364) led in steals (9). Luis Barreiro (3-0, 0.00) led in strikeouts (34) and tied for the win lead. Julio Romero (3-0, 0.00) led in ERA and tied for the most wins. Juan Pérez Pérez no-hit Venezuela, the first no-hitter for a Cuban in Amateur World Series history; ironically, he allowed Cuba's lone earned run(s) of the tournament with a 0.95 ERA. Puerto Rico won Silver at 10-3 and only lost 3-2 to Cuba one game (their other game against Cuba was a 10-0 defeat). Juan Fontánez led in average (.432). They were managed by Vic Power . Venezuela claimed Bronze with a 10-4 record.

Evelio Ovalles led in innings (27) and tied for the most wins (3-0). Osvaldo Castellanos was their skipper. Jump to: navigation , search The 1973 Amateur World Series run by FEMBA ran parrelel to the 1973 Amateur World Series run by the FIBA in a period of international baseball conflict. Though the FEMBA event started and ended earlier, it went into the history books post-reconciliation as "Amateur World Series XXII" while the FIBA event was known as "Amateur World Series XXI". The FEMBA Series was held in Managua , Nicaragua from November 22 through December 5 . United States won the event, going 10-0 to take home Gold. It was their first Gold ever in an Amateur World Series and was aided by the absence of Cuba, a member of FIBA. Rich Wortham won the finale, 1-0, in a duel of future major leaguers and had a 0.00 ERA in 27 innings. Orlando Gonzalez scored 12 runs to lead all players.

Jimmie Hacker was named the All-Star at 3B, Wayne Krenchicki was picked at SS, Danny Goodwin at C and Wortham as LHP. Nicaragua went 8-2 to take home Silver. The home team featured Dennis Martinez , the final game loser to Wortham. Julio Cuarezma led with four doubles. Gersan Jarquin was the All-Star 2B, Pedro Selva the All-Star DH and Julio Juarez the All-Star RHP. Puerto Rico took home Bronze at 8-2. Rene Acevedo led with 3 homers and 11 RBI. Mark Marquess - 2012 Baseball Roster - GoStanford.com | Stanford Athletics Stats Biography One of the premier coaches in college baseball history and a man whose name is synonymous with the Stanford baseball program, Mark Marquess enters his 40th year at the helm of his alma mater in 2016 as the Clarke and Elizabeth Nelson Director of Baseball.

Since arriving on The Farm as a two-sport athlete in baseball and football in the fall of 1965, Marquess' impact upon Stanford baseball is beyond measure, even by the benchmark of his long list of on-field accomplishments. Perhaps more important than any of the wins or championships his club has produced is the nature of the program he has developed, both on and off the field. In his four decades associated with the school, Marquess has been the architect of a Stanford program that is nationally recognized as one of winning baseball and quality student-athletes. A member of the American Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame, Marquess opens the 2016 season as the third-winningest active coach in the nation with a career record of 1,554-839-7 (.649). Marquess picked up win No. 1,500 at rival California on March 4, 2014.

A three-time NCAA Coach of the Year recipient and nine-time Pac-10 Coach of the Year honoree, Marquess has guided his Stanford clubs to 29 NCAA Tournament appearances, a pair of College World Series championships (1987 and 1988), six NCAA Super Regional titles, 16 NCAA Regional crowns and 12 Pac-10 regular season championships. Marquess owns a career 131-64 record in postseason play, including a 82-27 mark in the NCAA Regionals, a 13-10 ledger in the NCAA Super Regionals and a 36-25 (.590) record at 14 College World Series. In a testament to the standard of winning baseball Marquess has created at Stanford, 37 of his 39 teams have finished at .500 or better. Marquess has presided over 20 teams that have won at least 40 games, including six clubs that have crested the 50-win plateau.

Marquess led the Cardinal to a school-record stretch of 10 consecutive 40-win campaigns from 1995-2004. Marquess' clubs have advanced to postseason play in 29 of a possible 39 seasons, including a school-record 13 straight campaigns from 1994-2006. Stanford has won at least one game in 27 of its trips to the NCAA Tournament under Marquess. Long recognized as one of the toughest conferences, Marquess has led the Cardinal to a .580 winning percentage in the Pac-12 (624-452). Stanford has finished either first or second in the Pac-12 a total of 23 times (including Southern Division finishes), while capturing 12 conference championships. The Cardinal has won at least two consecutive conference titles three different times under Marquess, as Stanford captured three straight crowns in both 1983-85 and 1997-2000 before winning back-to-back championships in 2003 and 2004.

Perhaps the crowning moment of Marquess' career came when the Cardinal captured back-to-back College World Series titles in 1987 and 1988, becoming one of only four programs in the 63-year history of the CWS to have ever won at least two consecutive titles. Another testament to his achievement is the fact that 52 of the 60 players that reached the majors under Marquess have earned their degrees. But there was much accomplished before and much has been done since. Stanford has reached the College World Series a total of 14 times and been in the CWS final on five occasions during Marquess' tenure, including a stretch where the Cardinal finished second three times during a school-record string of five consecutive trips to Rosenblatt Stadium from 1999-2003. The trips to Omaha were just two shy of Oklahoma State's NCAA record run of seven in a row from 1981-87. Even more impressive, each of the 14 teams Marquess has skippered to the CWS has won at least one game. Both of Marquess' championship clubs won the title after having their backs against the wall.

His 1987 team won the first CWS crown in school history, finished the season 53-17 overall and was 21-9 in the Pac-10 Southern Division - winning the league title by five full games. But the Cardinal had to win its final three CWS contests after a second-round loss to claim the title, defeating Oklahoma State in the championship game. Stanford completed the back-to-back feat in 1988 by winning eight postseason elimination games (four in both the CWS and the NCAA Northeast Regional), concluding its unbelievable run by defeating league rival Arizona State in the championship tilt. Stanford's recent near misses for another national title include the 2000 trek, when the Cardinal went unbeaten in its CWS bracket before dropping a 6-5 heart-breaker to LSU in the championship game. In 2001, Stanford again swept through its bracket before falling to Miami in the championship contest. Two years later, the Cardinal made a run through the losers' bracket of the 2003 CWS with three straight wins in elimination games to reach the championship again, extending Rice into the final game of the inaugural best-of-three CWS championship series.

Marquess became the 23rd NCAA Division-I baseball coach to reach the 1,000-win mark, with a victory over Florida State on February 9, 2001. He picked up his 1,100th career victory with a February 17, 2003 win over Nevada. Win number 1,200 came against California on March 5, 2005, while he reached the 1,300-win plateau by defeating top-ranked Arizona State on April 6, 2008, at Klein Field at Sunken Diamond. Marquess recorded his 100th career postseason win in Stanford's NCAA Super Regional-clinching victory over Long Beach State on June 7, 2003. Stanford's success under Marquess has paid dividends at the next level as well, as his players are normally very visible on the radar screens of professional baseball scouts. Over 200 Cardinal players have been chosen in the draft since 1977, including 25 first round or compensation picks since Jack McDowell in 1987.

Marquess has also developed several fine young coaches that were either former assistants or players on The Farm, including David Esquer (head coach - California), Mark Machtolf (head coach - Gonzaga), Dave Nakama (former head coach - San Francisco State; assistant coach - Stanford/Washington), Mark O'Brien (former head coach - Santa Clara, assistant as San Jose State) and Ed Sprague (head coach - Pacific). The accolades have streamed Marquess' way throughout his career at Stanford, including three NCAA Coach of the Year selections (1985, 1987, 1988). Marquess was named the 2003 Pac-10 Coach of the Year, his ninth such award. He was previously chosen as the Pac-10 Southern Division Coach of the Year seven times in the final 16 seasons of the league (1983, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1994, 1997-98) and the Pacific-10 Coach of the Year during the first season of the conference's restructuring in 1999.

Marquess has also been a well-known coach on the international level. In 1988, he won International Coach of the Year honors after leading the United States Olympic team to a gold medal at the Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea. Marquess guided his club to a 4-1 record, defeating Japan, 5-3, to capture the first gold medal in baseball for the United States. Prior to arriving in Seoul, Marquess led the national team to the silver medal at the World Amateur Baseball Championships in Italy. The Americans posted an 11-2 mark in the tournament, losing both games to gold medalist Cuba in the bottom of the ninth inning. For the summer, the USA squad posted a 42-11 overall record. As head coach of the USA National Team, Marquess skippered the club to a silver medal at the 1987 Intercontinental Cup Tournament in Cuba. In the summer of 1984, he served as an assistant coach on the USA squad that competed at the World Amateur Championships that were also played in Cuba. Serving as head coach of USA Baseball in 1981, Marquess guided the U.S.

collegiate team to a gold medal at the World Games in Santa Clara. Following that accomplishment, he led the club to the gold medal at the Intercontinental Cup in Edmonton, Canada. His squad edged Cuba, 5-4, in the finals to mark the first time since 1970 that the United States had beaten the Cubans in international competition. In addition, Marquess became the only person ever to post victories over the Cuban team as both a player and a coach. From 1989-98, Marquess served as president of USA Baseball, an organization that handles all aspects of amateur baseball - from the youth level through the college-aged player and the Olympic squad. Marquess' success as a coach can be traced to his days as a player. A three-year starter at first base for Stanford (1967-69), he earned first-team All-America honors in 1967 and garnered second-team All-America recognition in 1968. He was also named first-team All-Pac-8 and All-District-8 in both 1967 and 1968.

Marquess' name is still etched in the school's record book, as his .404 batting average in 1967 is fifth all-time on the school's single-season list and his 15 career triples are tied for fifth. Marquess is one of only 10 to have both played in and coached at the College World Series. Marquess competed on the 1967 USA Pan American Games team that captured the gold medal. One of the greatest two-sport athletes ever on The Farm, he completed his collegiate baseball career with three seasons on the Stanford football squad as a quarterback, split end, defensive back and punt returner. A member of the American Baseball Coaches' Association Hall of Fame, he is also a member of the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame. After graduation, Marquess signed with the Chicago White Sox organization in 1969 and spent four seasons as a professional baseball player before getting a taste of coaching as a player and coach with Des Moines' Triple-A team in 1973. Marquess was an assistant coach on the Boulder Collegians squad that captured the 1975 National Semi-Pro championship.

The following year, his Boulder team placed third at the national tournament. Prior to his appointment as head coach at Stanford in 1977, Marquess spent five seasons (1972-76) as an assistant under Ray Young at Stanford. Marquess now officially serves as the Clarke and Elizabeth Nelson Director of Baseball at Stanford. The Nelsons, through a large gift to the baseball program, endowed the position in 1987. Marquess' success in the dugout and on the field has led to some other exciting and noteworthy experiences. Marquess made his broadcasting debut for CBS during the network's coverage of the 1987 Pan American Games in Indianapolis. After winning the College World Series and Olympic gold medal in 1988, he was asked to throw out the first pitch before Game 4 of the 1988 World Series on October 19 at the Oakland Coliseum and President Ronald Reagan later honored Marquess and the Olympic championship squad at a White House reception. Marquess also served as a color commentator for the baseball venue during NBC's coverage at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain.

In 2001, Marquess and the Cardinal played in the opening game at the College World Series in which President George W. Bush threw out the first pitch. Marquess earned his bachelor's degree in political science from Stanford in 1969. He completed his master's degree in political science at San Jose State in 1976. Marquess and his wife, Susan, reside in Mountain View. They have three daughters - Bridget, Anne and Maureen - and five grandchildren. -- null  Davis Whitfield  NFHS Mike Gaski  At Large (President) Mike Gaski was elected to his first term as President of USA Baseball on Jan. 7, 2001, was re-elected to the position on Jan. 10, 2005, again in January 2009, December 2013 and, most recently, in December 2014. He was the head baseball coach at UNC-Greensboro since its inception in 1991, and in 22 seasons accumulated over 650 wins.

A beautiful $4.3 million baseball stadium was completed in 1999, and a new $2.4 million locker room and training center opened in 2010. During his tenure, Gaski coached more than 40 players who were either drafted or signed to professional baseball, including: Rob Gilliam (2007-09), Ricky Orton (2007-08), Matt Gaski (2007-08), Ryan Falcon (2003-07), Guy Welsh (2006-07), Jermaine Mitchell (2006), Chris Mason (2003-05), Taft Cable (1999-01), Brian Moehler (1991-93), and Jay Metzger (2001-04). He has had on his squads four All-Americans, five Freshman All-Americans, three Freshman All-America honorable mentions, two Academic All-Americans and a remarkable 54 All-Conference selections. Gaski guided the program to NCAA tournament appearances and league championships in two different Division I conferences -- the Big South and the Southern.

Gaski has also led the Spartans into the top 30 of several national polls over his 22 seasons. In 2006, he guided the Spartans to the program's first-ever win over a No. 1-ranked team when UNCG knocked off North Carolina, the eventual national runner-up. He has been honored as the Conference Coach of the Year on four occasions; his most recent award was in 2011. In 2010, Gaski was presented with his 600th win as a head coach, and that year he was also inducted into UNCG's Hall of Fame with his 1994 team. That Spartan team, composed mostly of the players who had started the UNCG program only three years earlier, posted 39 wins and captured its first Big South Conference title. The '94 squad made UNCG's first-ever trip to the NCAA tournament in any Division I sport. In 1997, the Spartans recorded a school-record 45 wins on the way to the Big South Conference regular-season and tournament titles and a No. 28 final national ranking.

In 1998, UNCG's first season in the Southern Conference, the Spartans posted a then-record 22 league wins en route to the conference title. After posting a 40-18 overall record, the team narrowly missed its third NCAA trip in five years. In 21 seasons of Division I play, Gaski's teams had an impressive 648-507-1 record. Gaski began coaching at the collegiate level in 1979 as an assistant at Cleveland State and spent one season with the Vikings. After his tenure with Cleveland State, Gaski headed to Ohio State in 1980. There, he coached the pitchers and catchers. Gaski helped the Buckeyes to back-to-back record-setting seasons and their first NCAA appearance in more than 15 years. From Ohio State, Gaski went to Florida Southern to assume the position of assistant head coach with the Moccasins. During his four-year stint (1983-87), the team made four consecutive NCAA appearances, finished second in the nation in 1984 and claimed the Division II National Championship in 1985.

Gaski left collegiate coaching in 1988 to assume the position of executive director of the Spanish Olympic Program in preparation for the Games of the 25th Olympiad in Barcelona, Spain. As the principal administrator for Olympic baseball preparation, Gaski's responsibilities included the development of a national baseball program and the preparation of the Olympic venues. Upon his return to the United States and UNCG, Gaski was immediately enlisted by USA Baseball to serve as a consultant on international affairs and Olympic preparation. In 1991, he became the team leader of the U.S. squad in the Pan American Games in Cuba and joined the 1992 USA Olympic Baseball coaching staff in a similar role. In 1993, Gaski was elected treasurer of the Pan American Baseball Confederation that governs international baseball throughout the Americas. Gaski returned to the Olympics in 1996, serving this time on the USOC International Games Prep Committee for the Atlanta Games. In 1998, Gaski joined Team USA as an assistant coach on the National Team that played in the IBA World Championships.

In March of 2001, Gaski was elected by the International Baseball Federation to serve on the technical committee that oversees all international competition, including the World Championships and the Athens Olympic Games in 2004. In February 2006, Gaski was elected technical commissioner by the International Baseball Federation's executive committee in preparation for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Though Gaski's administrative skills place him in high demand throughout the United States and abroad, he continues to serve on the board of directors and advisory board of numerous statewide and local organizations including the North Carolina Amateur Sports Association. Gaski recently completed his term as a member of the NCAA Baseball Division I Selection Committee and served on several advisory groups including the NCAA Baseball Academic Enhancement Working Group, a committee charged with addressing the concerns surrounding academic performance by baseball student-athletes and their correlation to the NCAA's new APR standards. He remains on Major League Baseball's Official Playing Rules Committee as an advisory member.

Gaski earned a bachelor's degree in English from Detroit in 1973, a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from UNCG in 1977 and a Master of Arts in English from Ohio State in 1982. Coach Gaski and his wife, Bobbie, have two sons, Matt and Nick. Jason Dobis  At Large (Treasurer) Jason Dobis has been a member of USA Baseball�s executive committee (and, now in its current form, the Board of Directors) since 2001, first as a �Recent Athlete� and now in his current position as treasurer. Dobis was a pitcher for the silver-medal-winning 1994 USA Baseball 18U National Team and later spent three years in Minor League Baseball. Dobis is the immediate past representative (before Ernie Young) for the sport of baseball to the United States Olympic Committee's Athlete Advisory Committee (AAC).

Jenny Dalton-Hill  Recent Athlete (Secretary) Jenny Dalton-Hill played in nine games, starting eight, for the 2010 Women's National Team, which brought home the bronze medal from the IBAF Women's Baseball World Cup in Venezuela. The infielder logged a .333 average (8-for-24) with a double and two runs scored, and finished fifth on the team with nine RBIs. Currently a top performer on the baseball diamond, Dalton-Hill originally starred as a softball player at the University of Arizona where she won three national softball championships with the Wildcats in 1993, '94 and '96, and was a three-time All-American. In her senior year in 1996, Dalton-Hill was the Pac-10 conference Triple Crown winner, she was named the Honda National Player of the Year and she was voted the World Series MVP that postseason as well. At the conclusion of her softball career, Dalton-Hill was the NCAA record holder in career RBIs, runs scored, walks, slugging percentage and RBIs per game. She also held the NCAA single-season record for RBIs, walks and single-game home runs.

Off the field, Dalton-Hill serves as a youth baseball and softball coach and instructor. She also volunteers as a teaching assistant and works for a landscaping company in Kentucky. A native of Lexington, Ky., Dalton-Hill is married to husband Marc, and they have three children: Dalton, Brooke and Cogan. Charles M. Blackburn Jr.  NABF Charles Blackburn has been a member of the Board of the National Amateur Baseball Federation since 1960. In 1967, he became the youngest person ever elected to serve as president of the NABF. He still holds this distinction today. In 1987, he was elected to serve as executive director/CEO, and is still in this position today. Blackburn continues to serve on the board of several amateur baseball organizations/leagues in the greater Washington, D.C., area, and in the state of Maryland. He is currently president of the Maryland State Baseball Association and commissioner of the Eddie Brooks Collegiate League. He has also served as commissioner of the Southern Maryland American Legion League and of the Industrial Baseball League of Greater Washington, D.C.

Over the many years that Blackburn has been involved in numerous amateur baseball organizations/leagues, he has been the recipient of several recognition awards, including the 1963 Edward W. Brooks Award for the Maryland State Baseball Association; the 1967 NABF President's Award (Blackburn was and still is the youngest president to receive this award); the 1982 NABF Man of the Year Award; the 1983 Washington, D.C. Home Plate Club Sandlot Hall of Fame Award; the 1985 Appreciation Award for the Industrial League of Washington, D.C.; the 1990 Topps Service Award from USA Baseball; in 2001, he was named a Legend of Maryland Baseball by the Base-Hit Foundation; in 2002 he was named to the Washington, D.C. Home Plate Club Sandlot Hall of Fame Quarter Century All-Star Team; in 2009 he received the AAABA Olin Taylor Home Plate Award; and in 2011, he received the Parade Ground League (Brooklyn, NY) Robert Trentham Memorial Award and the Baltimore Boys of Summer Hall of Fame Award.

John Gall  Recent Athlete John Gall is a former Major League outfielder and first baseman who joined USA Baseball's Board of Directors in January 2013. Gall won a bronze medal with Team USA in the 2008 Olympics and played on USA Baseball's Collegiate National Team in 1998 and 1999 while playing collegiately at Stanford University. He was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2000 MLB First-Year Player Draft and appeared in 33 games with the Cardinals and Florida Marlins from 2005-07. Gall joins Jenny Dalton-Hill as one of two recent athletes on the Board of Directors. George Grande  At Large George Grande, a 41-year veteran of the broadcasting business, has been the television play-by-play voice of the Cincinnati Reds since 1993. He and partner Chris Welsh are working together for the 17th consecutive season. They are the longest-running TV duo in Reds history. A native of New Haven, Conn., Grande has covered Major League Baseball since 1965.

Since 1980 he has hosted the National Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremonies in Cooperstown, N.Y. Grande also anchored the first-ever ESPN "SportsCenter" telecast on Sept. 7, 1979, and spent 10 seasons with the all-sports network anchoring that award-winning show and covering the World Series, NBA Finals, Stanley Cup Finals, Super Bowl, NCAA men's basketball tournament, College World Series and major college football games. From 1989-90 he broadcasted Yankees games on WPIX, and from 1991-92 he broadcasted Cardinals baseball games before he joined the Reds TV team in 1993. In 1967, Grande began his broadcasting career as the sports director and news director of the University of Southern California radio station, KUSC-FM, followed by radio stints at KNX in Los Angeles; WERI in Westerly, R.I.; and WNHC in New Haven. He completed his radio broadcast career by handling the Boston Red Sox's pre- and postgame shows on WMEX.

Grande also anchored local TV sports telecasts at WTNH in New Haven and at WCBS in New York. He started broadcasting baseball games in 1971 for the West Haven (Conn.) Yankees in the Eastern League. Grande graduated in 1969 from USC where he played baseball for four seasons and was a member of the 1968 College World Series championship team. While at USC, he played with 14 future Major Leaguers, including Hall of Famer Tom Seaver and slugger Dave Kingman. Steve Keener  Little League Baseball Stephen D. Keener joined the executive staff of Little League Baseball Inc. in 1980. In 1994 he was elected president of the organization by Little League's international board of directors, and in 1996 he was elected its chief executive officer. Under his leadership, Little League has expanded its reach around the world, improved its service to volunteers, responded to changes in technology and society, and expanded its leadership role in youth sports safety.

When Keener took office in 1994, Little League was already widely recognized as the world's largest youth sports organization, with more than 2 million players in approximately 80 countries. In the middle and late 1990s, international baseball experienced a growth phase that ultimately brought the Little League program to more than 3 million participants in more than 100 countries. Responding to this rapid expansion worldwide, Keener led the launch of Little League's capital campaign, "A World of Opportunity." The campaign sought to grow the Little League Baseball World Series from eight teams to 16 teams; to establish a leadership and training center to serve Europe, the Middle East and Africa; and to expand Little League's use of technology in service to local volunteers in communities worldwide. Successfully completed in 2001, the campaign has helped ensure the future of Little League. As the program has grown, Keener has also recognized the importance of providing volunteers with more of the tools they need to serve the children who play and the communities who choose to join the Little League movement.

He has presided over the launch of the ASAP safety program, which has reduced injuries to players and volunteers; the Coach and Manager Training Program, which provides education in baseball and softball training techniques; and the Little League Child Protection Program, which seeks to identify those who would take advantage of children and exclude them from Little League's volunteer ranks. The safety and well-being of children has been one of Little League's guiding principles since its founding in 1939. In service to that goal, Keener also has taken a leadership role in the broader youth sports arena, speaking out on topics as diverse as background checks for volunteers, equipment safety and pitch counts to protect young arms. In 2004, Little League became the first international youth sports organization to require that volunteers submit to an annual background check. In 2007, Little League Baseball instituted a rule that limited the number of pitches that could be thrown in a day, as well as the amount of rest required, based on the age of the pitcher.

Keener's leadership has led to other mandatory safety enhancements, including bases that disengage from their anchors to lessen foot and leg injuries, dangling throat protectors for catchers and the elimination of the on-deck circle for ages 12 and under. Keener's achievements in service to Little League also include the successful negotiation of television contracts, first with ABC Sports and now with ESPN. These contracts not only have brought direct benefits to local leagues, but expanded the number of Little League World Series games seen around the world on television, including games from every other division of Little League Baseball and Softball. Keener has also given volunteer recognition a high priority in the organization, establishing and expanding the Little League Awards Program. Finally, Keener is also the guiding force behind relationships with Little League's family of corporate sponsors. Keener is a native of the Williamsport, Pa., area, where he still resides with his wife, Cheryl. They are the parents of two sons and a daughter. All three of their children have been or continue to be Little League participants. Keener is a graduate of Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pa.

Abraham Key  PONY A one-time player in the Washington, Pennsylvania Pony and Colt Leagues, Abraham Key assumed the presidency of PONY Baseball and Softball in January 1995. He joined the staff on a full-time basis after graduating from West Virginia University's School of Journalism and School of Business in 1981. He had worked five years as a part-time employee while in high school and college. Key is married to Susan Mondik Key, a partner in the Washington law firm of Peacock, Keller and Ecker. They have a daughter, Casey, who recently graduated from John Carroll University, and a son, Lincoln, who attends Colorado University - Boulder. As president, Key is responsible for the daily operation of PONY Baseball and Softball, including, but not limited to, managing the staff and the new international headquarters facility, developing and managing agreements with manufacturers and sponsors, directing services to leagues and the Field Director organization, and the development of international membership. Key was elected to the PONY Baseball and Softball Wall of Fame in November 1986.

In addition to his responsibilities at PONY, Key served on the USA Baseball Board of Directors from 1995 to 2010 and was a member of the Executive Committee as Vice President - Treasurer (2000-2008). He served as the United States delegate for USA Baseball at the 2013 International Baseball Federation (IBAF) Congress in Tokyo. Key was re-elected to the USA Baseball Board in 2016. Key has been active in the Confederation of European Basbeall (CEB), Confederation of Pan American Baseball (COPABE) and International Baseball Federation (IBAF) in recent years. Key received a Meritorious Service Medal from IBAF President Riccardo Fraccari, Italy, in 2013 for his service to international youth baseball and softball. He is also a 28-year member of the American Baseball Coaches Association and has served on their Executive Committee (1999-2004) and the Board of Directors (2002-2004). He was awarded the ABCA Meritorious Service Award in 2006 for his contributions to amateur baseball.

He has served on the Amateur Softball Association (USA Softball) National Council since 2002. He was a board member and the treasurer of the National Council of Youth Sports (1992-2002), an organization of full-time professional staff workers in amateur, nonprofit organizations concerned with development, enhancement and support of youth sports activities. He served on the Board of Directors for the Major Youth Baseball Alliance (2008-2012). He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Batters Up USA. Locally, Key served on the Washington County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors (1999-2005) and was Secretary (2001-2005). He is a chapter advisor for the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity at Washington and Jefferson College. He serves on the House Corporation for Phi Kappa Psi at West Virginia University. He was honored with an outstanding Alumni Award at the 150th Grand Arch Council in Pittsburgh. He received the 2015 Washington and Jefferson College Alumni of the Year Award. Key is an advisory board member of the Washington Greene County Sports Hall of Fame and received the Youth Service Award in 2014.

Key received the Humanitarian of the Year Award from the Washington County Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 2013. Key received the Andrew G. Uram International Service Award and the Rotary Foundation Paull Harris Fellow Award from the Washington, Pennsylvania Rotary Club in October 2015. Key has served as president of the Brownson House Alumni Association, which supports a youth sports service organization in Washington. Key is a member of the Church of the Covenant Presbyterian Church and has served as a deacon and an elder. He also serves as a member of their Mission Committee. Key has been a member of the Washington Lions Club for more than 28 years and is the recipient of the Melvin Jones Fellow Award for dedicated humanitarian services. Key has coached baseball in Washington Youth Baseball; basketball at the Brownson House, the LeMoyne Center, JFK School and Washington Junior High School and softball at TWIST and Washington High School. He is also a member of the Washington Elks Lodge 776. Chris Marinak  Major League Baseball Chris Marinak is the Sr. Vice President of League Economics and Strategy at Major League Baseball.

He joined Major League Baseball in 2008 and is responsible for a variety of league-wide initiatives including Major League Baseball's commitment to grow baseball and softball at the amateur level. Marinak received an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.S. in computer engineering from the University of Virginia. He was a letterman as a pitcher for the University of Virginia baseball team and was the team captain his senior year. After graduating from the University of Virginia, he coached baseball at Mills Godwin High School in Richmond, Virginia, and James Madison High School in Vienna, Virginia. During that time, he coached three nationally ranked teams and seven Major League Baseball Rule 4 Draft picks. John McHale Jr.  Major League Baseball John McHale Jr. was named Major League Baseball executive vice president of administration on March 7, 2002. McHale joined the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 2001 as the team's COO. Prior to that, he was the president and CEO of the Detroit Tigers for six years and the executive vice president of baseball operations of the Colorado Rockies for more than three years.

A 1971 graduate of the University of Notre Dame, McHale received law degrees from Boston College Law School in 1975 and the Georgetown University Law Center in 1982. While at Notre Dame, he played defensive end and linebacker on the football team. McHale and his wife, Sally, have three children, Duncan, William and Frances. Davis Whitfield  NFHS Davis Whitfield has been chief operation officer of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) since July 2015, after 5 1/2 years as commissioner of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA). In his first year as COO with the NFHS, Whitfield administered the implementation of the 2016-2021 NFHS Strategic Plan. He oversees the daily operations of the office staff and heads the Rules Review Committee and NFHS Foundation. During his tenure as NCHSAA commissioner, Whitfield instituted a five-year strategic plan; enhanced the championship experience for student-athletes, coaches and fans at NCHSAA events; and organized and directed the organization's 100th anniversary celebration.

In addition, Whitfield created a committee which led to a new student-athlete transfer policy, implemented championship cost-cutting policies and procedures, restructured the NCHSAA Handbook, and developed the Education and Athletics Committee, which evaluates the effectiveness and efficiency of current NCHSAA policy and procedure. Before joining the NCHSAA in 2010, Whitfield was on the administrative staff of the Atlantic Coast Conference for 7 1/2 years, including the final 2 1/2 years as associate commissioner. Among his duties at the ACC, Whitfield directed and coordinated all television liaison activities for regular-season ACC football, managing a staff of 20 individuals. He also assisted with the ACC Men's Basketball Tournament, developed and managed an Olympic sports budget of $4 million, and was responsible for directing all regular-season and championship activities for 22 Olympic sports. Whitfield was the site representative for several NCAA championships. He also represented the ACC at local, regional and state events, and he worked with ACC corporate partners to create and fulfill exposure opportunities.

Before his move to the ACC office, Whitfield served in the athletic department at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, including two years as director of operations and facilities management and two years as assistant athletic director for operations and facilities. He began his career in sports administration in 1995 at Campbell University in Buies Creek, North Carolina, where he was assistant athletic director for operations and facilities for three years. Whitfield attended East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, where he was a dean's list student and played on the school's baseball team, before transferring to the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He earned his bachelor's degree from UNC in 1993 and his master's in sports administration in 1995. Whitfield and his wife, Nicole, have three children: Will, Grace and Wesley. Final Season in 2017 - GoStanford.com | Stanford Athletics Final Season in 2017 Mark Marquess , Stanford's Clarke and Elizabeth Nelson Director of Baseball, announced on Monday that the 2017 campaign will be his final season as head coach.

One of the premier coaches in college baseball history and a man whose uniform number – 9 – is synonymous with the Stanford baseball program, Marquess' upcoming final season will represent his 41st overall on The Farm as head coach. “I have been blessed to have such a long and fulfilling association with Stanford University, a university that I deeply love,” said Marquess, who guided the Cardinal to back-to-back NCAA championships in 1987-88. “It's time for the University to implement a succession plan for our program and the 2017 season will be my last as head coach, but my time at Stanford has been beyond special and I will leave with incredible memories of our program and what we have accomplished.” “I would like to thank the entire Stanford community for allowing me to spend my coaching career at our world-class university. Throughout my years at Stanford, I have been honored to teach and coach phenomenal student-athletes and incredible teams. I am grateful to the assistant coaches who have been a part of our program throughout my tenure – their partnership was invaluable to me in developing our players and our program.

I would also like to thank families, friends and fans that have supported me and Stanford Baseball throughout the years – and most importantly, the many parents who entrusted their sons to me and our program. And last but certainly not least, I would like to thank my wife, Susan, and our three daughters, Bridget, Anne and Maureen, and our eight grandchildren, for loving Stanford baseball as much as I have and all of their support through the years.” “I want to thank Mark for all he has done to develop our baseball program into one of the most successful in the country,” said Jaquish & Kenninger Director of Athletics Bernard Muir . “Not only is Mark an exemplary representative of Stanford University and well respected by his peers, Mark has made an unforgettable impact on the lives of numerous student-athletes spanning four decades. Mark's tireless dedication and passion for mentoring young men proved instrumental in positioning our program for long-lasting success.

I am extremely appreciative of his contributions and we both remain committed to ensuring the future success of Stanford baseball.” Since arriving on campus as a two-sport athlete in baseball and football in the fall of 1965, Marquess' impact upon Stanford baseball is beyond measure, even by the benchmark of his long list of academic and athletic accomplishments. During his five-decade association with Stanford, Marquess has been the architect of a program that is nationally recognized as one of winning baseball and consummate student-athletes. A member of the American Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame, Marquess will open the 2017 season as the nation's second-winningest active head coach with a career record of 1,585-862-7 (.647). A three-time NCAA Coach of the Year recipient and nine-time Pac-10 Coach of the Year honoree, Marquess has also guided the Cardinal to 29 NCAA Tournament appearances, 14 College World Series (CWS) berths, six NCAA Super Regional crowns and 12 Pac-10 regular-season championships. On Feb.

9, 2001, Marquess became the 23rd NCAA Division I baseball coach to reach the 1,000-win plateau with a victory over Florida State. Marquess owns a 131-64 career record in postseason play, including an 82-27 mark in NCAA Regionals, a 13-10 ledger in the NCAA Super Regionals and a 36-25 record in CWS competition. Marquess' clubs have advanced to postseason play in 29 of a possible 40 seasons, including a school-record 13 straight campaigns from 1994-2006. A culture of winning baseball has been successfully developed under Marquess, with 38 of his 40 teams finishing at .500 or better. Additionally, Marquess has presided over 20 teams that have won at least 40 games, including a school-record stretch of 10 consecutive 40-win campaigns from 1995-2004. Six of Marquess' teams reached the 50-win mark.

Stanford has traditionally excelled in conference play under Marquess, who has guided the Cardinal to a 639-467 record in league action. During his tenure, the Cardinal captured 12 conference titles and finished either first or second a total of 23 times (including Southern Division finishes) while most recently winning back-to-back championships in 2003-04. The Cardinal has also achieved at a high level in the classroom under Marquess. In seven of the last 10 years, the baseball program has produced a 100 percent Graduation Success Rate (GSR), and in no year has the GSR been less than 93 percent. Additionally, of the 60 former student-athletes who have reached the majors under his leadership, 52 earned their degrees. Stanford's success under Marquess has paid dividends at the next level as well, as his players are normally very visible on the radar screens of professional baseball scouts. Over 200 Cardinal players have been chosen in the draft since 1977, including 25 first round or compensation picks since Jack McDowell in 1987.

Marquess has also developed several fine young coaches who were either former assistants or players on The Farm, including current skippers in California head coach David Esquer, Gonzaga head coach Mark Machtolf and San Jose State head coach Mark O'Brien . Marquess has also been a well-known coach on the international level. In 1988, he won International Coach of the Year honors after leading the United States to a gold medal at the Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea. Marquess guided his club to a 4-1 record, defeating Japan, 5-3, to capture the first gold medal in baseball for the United States. As head coach of the USA National Team, Marquess skippered the club to a silver medal at the 1987 Intercontinental Cup Tournament in Cuba. In the summer of 1984, he served as an assistant coach on the USA squad that competed at the World Amateur Championships that were also played in Cuba. Serving as head coach of USA Baseball in 1981, Marquess guided the U.S. collegiate team to a gold medal at the World Games in Santa Clara.

Following that accomplishment, he led the club to the gold medal at the Intercontinental Cup in Edmonton, Canada. Marquess' squad edged Cuba, 5-4, in the finals to mark the first time since 1970 that the United States had beaten the Cubans in international competition. In addition, Marquess became the first to post victories over the Cuban team as both a player and a coach. From 1989-98, Marquess served as president of USA Baseball, an organization that handles all aspects of amateur baseball - from the youth level through the college-aged player and the Olympic squad. Marquess' success as a coach can be traced to his days as a player. A three-year starter at first base for Stanford (1967-69), he earned All-America first-team honors in 1967 and garnered second-team All-America recognition in 1968. He was also named first-team All-Pac-8 and All-District-8 in both 1967 and 1968.

Marquess' name remains etched in the school's record book, as his .404 batting average in 1967 ranks fifth all-time on the school's single-season list and his 15 career triples are tied for fifth. Marquess competed on the 1967 USA Pan American Games team that captured the gold medal. One of the greatest two-sport athletes ever on The Farm, Marquess completed his collegiate baseball career with three seasons on the Stanford football squad as a quarterback, split end, defensive back and punt returner. A member of the American Baseball Coaches' Association Hall of Fame, Marquess is also a member of the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame. After graduation, Marquess signed with the Chicago White Sox organization in 1969 and spent four seasons as a professional baseball player before getting a taste of coaching as a player and coach with Des Moines' Triple-A team in 1973. Marquess was an assistant coach on the Boulder Collegians squad that captured the 1975 National Semi-Pro championship. The following year, his Boulder team placed third at the national tournament.

Prior to his appointment as head coach at Stanford in 1977, Marquess spent five seasons (1972-76) on The Farm as an assistant under Ray Young. Marquess' Clarke and Elizabeth Nelson Director of Baseball title was made possible through a large gift to the baseball program from the Nelsons, who endowed the position in 1987. Marquess earned his bachelor's degree in political science from Stanford in 1969. He completed his master's degree in political science at San Jose State in 1976.

Question: Who shared world amateur baseball championship with USA in1973?
Answer: Cuba