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World Baseball Classic

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crazybuckfan40

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Anyone interested in this?

Looks like Japan is just killing people in their Pool.

The US opens up Tuesday.

I hope they show some pride, they should have the most talent, so it would suck for them to get embarressed like the bball team did in the olympics.

Hopefully Griffey plays good.
 
I want to see the Italian team, made up largelyof MLB guys who've probably never been to their motherland.

Japan may have the best overall talent, just not much American fans would be familiar with. PR, Venezuela, and the US have good chances as well.
 
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They had the baseball tonite guys on sportscenter and

I believe Krukie chose Venezula over DR.

Renoylds chose the US over the DR.

I believe that Peter Gamons chose Japan over US.

I think it shoudl be fun to watch. I look for the other countries to go out and put thier full 100% effort forward. Wondering if the americans will do the same.

I think it is a good way to kick the season off, better than spring training.
 
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<TABLE id=inlinetable cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=3 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TH style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #000000" colSpan=2>AND THE WORLD CHAMPION WILL BE ...</TH><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top><TD>NAME </TD><TD>COUNTRY </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD>Jim Caple
ESPN.com Page 2 senior writer
</TD><TD>Dominican Republic </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD>Jerry Crasnick
ESPN.com MLB Insider writer
</TD><TD>Venezuela </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD>Peter Gammons
ESPN baseball analyst
</TD><TD>Japan </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD>Gary Gillette
ESPN.com MLB Insider writer
</TD><TD>Dominican Republic </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD>Pedro Gomez
ESPN baseball reporter
</TD><TD>United States </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD>Eric Karabell
ESPN.com fantasy columnist
</TD><TD>Venezuela </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD>Bob Klapisch
ESPN.com contributor
</TD><TD>United States </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD>Tim Kurkjian
ESPN The Magazine senior writer
</TD><TD>United States </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD>Sean McAdam
ESPN.com contributor
</TD><TD>Venezuela </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD>Eric Neel
ESPN.com Page 2 columnist
</TD><TD>Dominican Republic </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD>Rob Neyer
ESPN MLB Insider columnist
</TD><TD>Venezuela </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD>Buster Olney
ESPN The Magazine senior writer
</TD><TD>Venezuela </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD>Steve Phillips
ESPN baseball analyst
</TD><TD>Dominican Republic </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD>Phil Rogers
ESPN.com contributor
</TD><TD>United States </TD></TR><!--<tr valign="top" style="background-color:#ececec;"><td>Enrique Rojas
ESPNdeportes.com/ESPN.com reporter</td><td>Dominican Republic</td></tr>--><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD>Alan Schwarz
ESPN.com contributor
</TD><TD>United States </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD>Jayson Stark
ESPN.com senior writer
</TD><TD>Venezuela </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top><TD>TOTALS: </TD><TD>Venezuela 6,
U.S. 5, D.R. 4, Japan 1
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
 
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there are pitch limits for the pitchers during the first round of 65 pitches. It goes up for the next round (not sure if it's 75 or 80) and then to 90 pitches for semis and finals. Should be too big of a deal regarding wear and tear for the pitchers, I'm worried about a position player getting HBP or some other possible freak injury.
 
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Pitchers in the WBC are subject to pitch counts and participation limits.

It breaks down like this:


A pitcher must:

• Not pitch until a minimum of four days have passed since he last pitched, if he threw 50 or more pitches when he last pitched;
• Not pitch until a minimum of one day has passed since he last pitched, if he threw 30 or more pitches when he last pitched;
• Not pitch until a minimum of one day has passed since any second consecutive day on which the pitcher pitched; and
• Throw no more than:
-- 65 pitches per game in Round 1 of the tournament;
-- 80 pitches per game in Round 2 of the tournament; and
-- 95 pitches per game in the semifinals and final of the tournament.

Note: A pitcher may exceed the maximum per-game limits in order to complete a batter's plate appearance.

If a pitcher is within 20 pitches of a prescribed limit at the beginning of an inning, the Game Operations Technical Committee (appointed to each game by WBCI) shall so inform the umpire-in-chief, both managers and the ballpark public address announcer. The Game Operations Technical Committee shall immediately notify the umpire-in-chief when a pitcher has reached a limit set forth in the rule (which includes finishing a batter's plate appearance, if necessary), whereupon the umpire-in-chief shall inform the pitcher's manager to remove the pitcher from the game immediately.
 
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The Man said:
there are pitch limits for the pitchers during the first round of 65 pitches. It goes up for the next round (not sure if it's 75 or 80) and then to 90 pitches for semis and finals. Should be too big of a deal regarding wear and tear for the pitchers, I'm worried about a position player getting HBP or some other possible freak injury.
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Well same could happen in Spring Training. That is why I don't see it being a big deal.
 
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Big papi and Adrian Beltre with bombs for the Dominicans. Miguel Cabrera with one of his own for the Venezuelans.

6-5 D.R. in the top of the 9th.


The lineups these two teams started today are scary....


Dominican Republic:

Alfonso Soriano
Miguel Tejada
Albert Pujols
David Ortiz
Moises Alou
Adrian Beltre
Juan Encarnacion
Alberto Castillo
Willy Taveras

Bartolo Colon


Venezuela:
Omar Vizquel
Carlos Guillen
Bobby Abreu
Miguel Cabrera
Ramon Hernandez
Magglio Ordonez
Victor Martinez
Edgardo Alfonso
Juan Rivera


Johan Santana
 
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US game versus Mexico on ESPN2 coming up at 4.

Jake Peavy gets the nod on the hill. Mexico counters with Rodrigo Lopez.

Expect the Mexican supporters to outnumber the U.S. fans at Chase Field.

US Lineup

LF Johnny Damon
SS Derek Jeter
CF Ken Griffey Jr.
3B Alex Rodriguez
DH Mark Teixeira
1B Derek Lee
C Brian Schneider
RF Randy Winn
2B Chase Utley
 
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