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Team USA is ripping it. David Wright aka Captain America with 2H and 5 RBI's in the last game for USA as they demolished Puerto Rico.
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itll be interesting to see how japan fares as they are using an all domestic player roster. cant believe korea is struggling.
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South Korea is now 1-1 after smothering the Australians as Seung Song, in four innings allowed two hits. South Korea in a must win game next as they face Chinese Taipei who are 2-0.
Korea seems sluggish to start the tournament. That 5-0 stunner on account of 4 blunders was a horrible sight. In this game against Australia, the relievers did pitch in.
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Canada's provisional roster:
Canada's provisional roster* with team and hometown:
PITCHERS
RH John Axford, Brewers, Port Dover, Ont.
RH Phillippe Aumont, Phillies, Gatineau, Que.
RH Jesse Crain, White Sox, Toronto
LH Andrew Albers, Twins (AA), North Battleford, Sask.
RH Jim Henderson, Brewers, Calgary
RH Shawn Hill, Tigers, Georgetown, Ont.
RH Chris Leroux, Pirates, Mississauga
RH Trystan Magnuson, Jays (AA) Vancouver
RH Scott Mathieson, Yomiuri (Japan), Aldergrove, B.C.
RH Dustin Molleken, Nippon (Japan), Regina
CATCHERS
Russell Martin, Pirates, Montréal
Chris Robinson, Orioles (AAA), Dorchester, Ont.
INFIELDERS
3B Brett Lawrie, Jays, Langley, B.C.
1B Justin Morneau, Twins, New Westminster, B.C.
2B Pete Orr, Phillies, Richmond Hill
2B Taylor Green, Brewers, Comox, B.C.
SS Cale Iorg, Tigers (AAA), Toronto
SS Jonathan Malo, Quebec (Can Am), Jolliette, Que.
1B Jimmy Van Ostrand, Nationals (AA), Richmond, B.C.
OUTFIELDERS
Tyson Gillies, Phillies (AA), Vancouver
Adam Loewen, Mets (AAA), Surrey, B.C.
Micahel Saunders, Mariners, Victoria
Tim Smith, Orioles (AA), Toronto
COACHES
Manager: Ernie Whitt (Clinton, Mich.)
Hitting/1B coach: Larry Walker (Maple Ridge, B.C.)
Pitching coach: Denis Boucher (Lachine, Que.)
Bullpen coach: Paul Quantrill (Port Hope, Ont.)
Hitting coach: Stubby Clapp (Windsor, Ont.)
3B coach: Tim Leiper (Vierra, Fla.)Coach/director: Greg Hamilton (Ottawa)
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I'm excited that San Diego Padres Luke Gregerson will suit up for Team USA. Meanwhile, Gregerson's teammate, Edinson Volquez will suit up for the Dominican Republic.
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My partial roster pick for USA:
C - Buster Posey
1B - Mark Teixeira
2B - Dustin Pedroia
3B - Michael Young
SS - Troy Tulowitzki
OF: Josh Hamilton, Mike Trout, Matt Kemp, Ryan Braun, Curtis Granderson, Giancarlo Stanton, Jason Heyward, Mark Trumbo.
I would want to bring back Braun and Granderson from the 2009 WBC squad that will mesh well with the dynamos of the outfield.
There are a lot of possibilities for the pitcher, but I am hoping that Roy Halladay and Chris Sale are to be considered.
For the BP, I would want three people to be considered: Jonathan Papelbon, Jim Johnson and Sergio Romo.
I'm open to having Derek Jeter once again, but NO Bryce Harper.
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We have a national team?I thought Israel doesn't acknowledge the existence of baseball or something
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I don't know what the World Baseball Challenge is, but last week Cuba beat Chinese Taipei in the final.
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Originally posted by sinobball View Posthttp://www.ibaf.org/en/world-ranking.aspx?type=1
1 Cuba
2 USA
3 Korea
4 Japan
5 Chinese Taipei
6 Netherlands
7 Venezuela
8 Canada
9 Mexico
10 Australia
11 Puerto Rico
12 Italy
13 Dominican Republic
14 Nicaragua
15 China
16 Panama
17 Spain
18 Thailand
19 Germany
20 Czech Republic
21 Great Britain
22 Netherlands Antilles
23 Philippines
24 South Africa
25 Pakistan
26 Hong Kong
27 France
28 Colombi
29 Sweden
30 Croatia
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Originally posted by JGX View Posthttp://www.ibaf.org/en/article-detai...9-25ecc4b05123
For the first time there will be qualifying tournaments, 16 teams will fight for the last 4 spots.
Teams invited for qualifiers:
Brazil
Canada
Chinese Taipei
Colombia
Czech Republic
France
Germany
Great Britain
Israel
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Panama
Philippines
South Africa
Spain
Thailand
Let the great Fil-Am baseball player hunt begin!
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You know what's surprising though? India is not ranked. They must be able to find a dozen guys who can swing a stick and throw a ball, I mean it's not that different from their national sport! (I think....)
Also why on earth is Dominican Republic not even ranked in the top 10 in the world? Their national federation must be very sorry.
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Originally posted by sinobball View Posthttp://www.ibaf.org/en/world-ranking.aspx?type=1
1 Cuba
2 USA
3 Korea
4 Japan
5 Chinese Taipei
6 Netherlands
7 Venezuela
8 Canada
9 Mexico
10 Australia
11 Puerto Rico
12 Italy
13 Dominican Republic
14 Nicaragua
15 China
16 Panama
17 Spain
18 Thailand
19 Germany
20 Czech Republic
21 Great Britain
22 Netherlands Antilles
23 Philippines
24 South Africa
25 Pakistan
26 Hong Kong
27 France
28 Colombi
29 Sweden
30 Croatia
Even Hong Kong is in the top 30! Really, this sport isn't very popular worldwide.
LOL again @ Chinese Taipei having to play in the qualifiers. But this is unfair because the groupings in 2009 were based on geographical regions, and obviously the Asian group was the toughest (Japan and Korea both made it to the Final game).) who i've never heard of before in my life
(Belau!!! And they're ranked in 34th place!!)
I used to play softball and then some baseball while I was in elementary and middle school and i'm sure if I assembled some Lebanese friends as well as Lebanese Americans who play the sport in the States i'm sure we can field a team that has a crack at qualifying to this listLast edited by Khalid80; 06-09-2011, 07:27 AM.
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