Knighted-soldier and Freethinker, here's some info regarding odious team "Great Britain" and vomit-inducing team "Netherlands", as well as the cucked Canadian Canucks:
The Bahamas is not a British colony, but rather an independent sovereign nation, having gained full independence from the United Kingdom on July 10, 1973. As a Commonwealth realm, it maintains King Charles III as its monarch and head of state, represented locally by a governor-general.
Yes, people from Curaçao are Dutch citizens; since 2010, Curaçao has been an autonomous country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, meaning its residents automatically hold Dutch nationality, Dutch passports, and EU citizenship, allowing them free movement within the EU. While Curaçao governs its internal affairs with its own parliament and Prime Minister, its citizens are part of the Kingdom
Team "Great Britain" is actually
team Bahamas. Team " Netherlands" is really T
eam Curacao, with a few (dark) black dwellers from Aruba sprinkled into the mix.
In addition to
mostly sons and grandson's of Bahamians, Britain actually had a few decent whites (most notably Nate Eaton and Matt Koperniak) with actual (but fairly limited) "ties" to England. Holland's team was basically all black and should never be allowed to represent "Europe"!
Actually, pure nonsense that both these teams were allowed to represent Europe! So, two of the four teams representing Europe, where actually Caribbean based teams
Freethinker, as far as Canada, the Naylor brothers are the sons of a white "man", described as a "super" baseball fanatic, married to a short, heavy set Jamaican woman. Not only did he train his 3 three mulatto sons (two started in the W.B.C.), but he also trained his Jamaican wife's nephew Denzel Clarke -- Canucks starting CF. So one white man was responsible for a third of Canada's starting lineup.
In addition, Canada starting SS was a Dominican, who's only ties to Canada is he went to school in Montreal for 4 years as a child. That should not qualify him as a "Canadian", expect in some bizarre kosher clown world
Italy and the
Czech's were both white teams, representing Europe. Czech's brought their actual national team and got tattooed! Italy replaced their national players (that qualified for W.B.C.) with big league players and have thrived. Italy is actually way ahead of the Czech's in baseball, having produced 2 MLB players (born and trained in Italy) in the last decade, or so. They've also produced a surprising number of players that have reached AA and AAA baseball. Best Italian native, perhaps, is a young pitcher in the
Pittsburgh Pirates organization, who missed W.B.C. due to shoulder issues. Was scheduled to be a starter in the W.B.C. and has been compared to rising U.S. star Nolan McLean (Mets), but has been dogged by injuries.