WBC Provisional Rosters
Yesterday evening, MLB.com announced that the provisional rosters for the upcoming World Baseball Championships has been set. Sixty players from each nationality was placed on a team of their corresponding countries, and as of March 3rd the roster will have to be narrowed down to a 30-man squad.
Quite a few contenders as well. Australia, Canada, China, the Dominican Republic, Italy, the Netherlands, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, South Africa, Chinese Taipei, the United States and Venezuela will duke it out for worldwide supremecy on the first Friday in March as I'm sure I prolly listed last time I posted about the WBC). Some notable names are P Jung Bong/Korea, Ken Griffey Jr./USA, Yoni Lasso/Panama, Felipe Lopez & Javier Valentin/Puerto Rico, Frank Menechino/Italy, and Wily Mo Pena/Dominican Republic. Ok, so the Reds stand to effect the WBC very little, but here's the listing in .pdf form.
Quite a few contenders as well. Australia, Canada, China, the Dominican Republic, Italy, the Netherlands, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, South Africa, Chinese Taipei, the United States and Venezuela will duke it out for worldwide supremecy on the first Friday in March as I'm sure I prolly listed last time I posted about the WBC). Some notable names are P Jung Bong/Korea, Ken Griffey Jr./USA, Yoni Lasso/Panama, Felipe Lopez & Javier Valentin/Puerto Rico, Frank Menechino/Italy, and Wily Mo Pena/Dominican Republic. Ok, so the Reds stand to effect the WBC very little, but here's the listing in .pdf form.
For some reason should you not have Adobe Reader to view .pdf files then crawl out of your cave and pick it up here.
posted by bironm at
10:47 PM
5 Comments:
Peavy vs Domincan Republic in the Championship game at Petco park.
I live for this.
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Teebeebee, at 10:36 AM
Canada will win it all!
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Big Ben, at 8:44 PM
You know, this may be the redemption we need from the ass-beating we'll receive in the Olympics in hockey. Canada has Gagne and Jason Bay, but damn, outside of that you have maybe Corey Koskie and he's average or slightly above at best - after that it's pretty slim pickens. Justin Morneau?
I dunno, I think anything less than a first place finish for the USA will be a disappointment. Kudos for putting D.R. in another bracket, nothing like delaying an inevitable showdown.
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bironm, at 10:32 PM
The only country not taking this event serious is the USA.
They are ripe for a huge upset, players like Bonds, Buerhle and Halladay dropping out.
No way in hell the US wins the WBC.
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Teebeebee, at 3:56 PM
Definitely seems to be a bit of arrogance on the USA's part - I just wish you had people lining up to play in this instead of thinking about their finances on the American squad.
Our talent level is still up there, but the DR is going to be tough.
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bironm, at 10:15 PM
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