The preliminary phase at the XXVI Pan-American 12U Baseball Championship in Barranquilla, Colombia ended on Tuesday with the Dominican Republic and Colombia concluding the first round with victories. Panama remained at the top of the standings with a perfect 4-0 record, followed by Colombia (3-1), Brazil (2-2), the Dominican Republic (1-3) and Peru (0-4).

The fourth day of the competition at the XXVI Pan-American 12U Baseball Championship in Barranquilla, Colombia featured a pair of shutouts for the undefeated Panama and Brazil. Host Colombia had an off day.

Argentina has won the XI South American Championship, which was held in Guayaquil, Ecuador in October. It is their second straight title. In the finals they defeated host Ecuador in a ten-inning thriller as Sebastian Garcia scored the winning run of an 8-7 victory. Peru, Chile and Bolivia also participated in the tournament, which was televised in South America.

The XXVI Pan-American 12U Baseball Championship in Barranquilla, Colombia continued on Sunday with day three of the competition. Brazil stunned the Dominican Republic to pick up its first win of the tournament, while Panama won the duel of undefeated teams against host Colombia.

The XXVI Pan American 12U Baseball Championship in Barranquilla, Colombia continued on Saturday with the second game day. Panama and Colombia celebrated their second wins.

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The XXVI Pan-American 12U Baseball Championship started on Friday, November 2 in Barraquilla, Colombia and will be played through Saturday, November 10. On the first day of the competition host Colombia and Panama celebrated shutouts to open the tournament with wins.

(COOPERSTOWN, NY) – Six former major league players, three executives and one umpire comprise the 10-candidate Pre-Integration Era ballot to be reviewed and voted upon at Baseball’s Winter Meetings for consideration for the Hall of Fame Class of 2013, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum announced today.

Major League Baseball announced that Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers and Buster Posey of the San Francisco Giants have been selected as the winners of the 2012 Hank Aaron Award.

Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers was named the recipient of the 2012 Roberto Clemente Award presented by Chevrolet at a press conference prior to Game Four of the World Series at Comerica Park in Detroit.