Yesterday I started work on a Team USA WBC rant that will never see the light of day. Part of me is disappointed that so many top players (starting pitchers in particular) are turning down roles on the team, but for the most part, the team is shaping up to be pretty good.
The team released [...]

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Just found this article by Tom Verducci about the WBC. He interviews Davey Johnson and there are a number of interesting tidbits. Let me highlight a few and give some opinions. I have to say I kind of like what I’m reading here.
The new attitude begins with the right man to manage the team, former [...]

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On Wednesday someone in Las Vegas will announce a preliminary roster for the United States 2009 WBC team. I’ve been putting my own roster together and will continue to do so up until the games start in March. What I want to do now is reveal my own roster along with some predictions of what [...]

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I have to admit I expected more of an outcry about Alex Rodriguez’s decision to play for the Dominican Republic instead of the U.S. team. I think part of the problem is that, at least at this point, people just don’t care enough about the WBC to get wrapped up in it. If the U.S. [...]

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I don’t want to come off as too knee-jerk here, but my purpose in bringing up Team Korea’s announcement of its preliminary roster for its 2009 WBC team, is to highlight that Team USA has announced nothing. Nada. Not the manager, not the team captain, not the guy who will be running around picking up [...]

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There was a discussion in the comments section of a recent WBC News and Notes I did about the idea of bringing Kevin Youkilis, who is one of my favorite Red Sox, to Canada when the 2009 WBC kicks off for the U.S. team. For me, this begins an interesting discussion ultimately asking who should [...]

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If you play fantasy baseball you know catching is either something you try to jump on early in a draft or pretty much ignore altogether and hope to grab some lightening in a Mike Napoli or Carlos Ruiz. However, when you  take even the  Ruizs and the Molinas  of this world  out of the equation…ie. [...]

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Last week I linked to an item concerning the Venezuelan WBC team and why players like Magglio Ordonez, Miguel Cabrera and Johan Santana are saying they may not play if changed aren’t made.Turns out it has to do with management and the fact that Luis Sojo has been asked back to manage the team.
“We haven’t [...]

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Over the next seven months I’m going to compile a roster that I think should be the United States entry into the World Baseball Classic.
I’m not Korean and I’m not saying the Korean method of fielding a team for an international baseball competition is the best or most proven method. In fact, one could [...]

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