NewsWhore
03-04-2008, 02:10 PM
The DR has announced that it will not compete in the 2009 World Baseball Classic if the country is not included as one of the host countries. Leonardo Matos Berrido, representing the Dominican Professional League, said that the DR was reconsidering its participation in the next WBC because WBC officials didn't even have the courtesy to respond to an application made by the DR in November. Host cities have been announced as Toronto, Mexico City, Tokyo, San Juan and Los Angeles. The DR has a legitimate gripe, considering that Dominican baseball players account for the largest number of foreign-born players in MLB, but the argument has always been that the DR doesn't have the baseball infrastructure to host MLB games.
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