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US name players for World Baseball Classic
(China Daily)
Updated: 2006-02-16 07:46
"I'm honoured to be a part of this," he said. "I believe with the talent we
have and the pride, it's going to be like playing in the Olympics."
The United States are in Pool B along with Mexico, Canada and South Africa
and will play their first-round matches in Phoenix, Arizona.
Their first game will be against Mexico on March 7.
The two winners in the Arizona pool advance to Anaheim, California, to
compete against the two finalists among Japan, South Korea, China and Taiwan.
The semi-finals are March 18 at San Diego, with the finals two days later at
the same site.
The other pools include powerful teams representing the
Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and Cuba.
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