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03-06-2009, 03:40 PM
The Dominican Republic team to the World Baseball Classic ended its warm-up games with one win and two losses in Jupiter, Florida. Yesterday, in the game against the St. Louis Cardinals, the DR lost 4-1. Interestingly, Dominican Albert Pujols chose not to play for the Cardinals out of respect for the Dominican team. He was not able to get clearance of the Cardinals to play for the DR in the WBC.
http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090305... (http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090305&content_id=3922284&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl)
The Dominican team now flies to San Juan, Puerto Rico where it will play its first match in the World Baseball Classic on Saturday, 7 March against the Netherlands team at 11amET (12 noon Dominican time). The DR plays in Group D (Panama, Puerto Rico, Netherlands and the DR). The Pool D winner and runner-up advance to Round 2 in Miami, Florida.
Other teams vying for the 2009 World Baseball Championship are Pool A (China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea), Pool B (Canada, Mexico, South Africa, US), Pool C (Cuba, Netherlands, Panama, Puerto Rico), Pool D (Australia, Dominican Republic, Italy, Venezuela).
The Dominican roster is http://web.worldbaseballclassic.com/rosters/
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#16)
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The Dominican team now flies to San Juan, Puerto Rico where it will play its first match in the World Baseball Classic on Saturday, 7 March against the Netherlands team at 11amET (12 noon Dominican time). The DR plays in Group D (Panama, Puerto Rico, Netherlands and the DR). The Pool D winner and runner-up advance to Round 2 in Miami, Florida.
Other teams vying for the 2009 World Baseball Championship are Pool A (China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea), Pool B (Canada, Mexico, South Africa, US), Pool C (Cuba, Netherlands, Panama, Puerto Rico), Pool D (Australia, Dominican Republic, Italy, Venezuela).
The Dominican roster is http://web.worldbaseballclassic.com/rosters/
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#16)