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Dominican Republic threatens to hold WBC hostage
2008-03-04 18:26
by Bob Timmermann

The Associated Press reports that the president of the Dominican Republic baseball federation has threatened to pull the nation out of the 2009 World Baseball Classic unless a Dominican city is picked to host first round games.

"If they do not give us the opportunity of being a host, like we have requested, the Dominican Republic will not participate," league president Leonardo Matos Berrido said at a news conference Monday.

The Dominican Republic made it to the semifinals in the 2006 WBC, losing to Cuba 3-1.

Do the Dominicans have much to gain by threatening to drop out?

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2008-03-04 19:38:33
1.   Xeifrank
See ya later. Just let the state of Texas have their own team, they are like another country anyways.
vr, Xei
2008-03-04 21:55:59
2.   Eric Enders
Actually, a Texas team would probably do pretty well in the WBC. At the least, they'd have one heck of a pitching staff.

C Curtis Thigpen/J.R. Towles
1B Adam Dunn
2B Kelly Johnson
SS Brandon Wood
3B Jorge Cantu
LF Lance Berkman
CF Hunter Pence
RF Carl Crawford

Bench:
Brad Hawpe
Short Chris Young
Conor Jackson
James Loney
Omar Quintanilla

Rotation:
Josh Beckett
John Lackey
Scott Kazmir
Tall Chris Young
Roger Clemens

Bullpen:
Greg Maddux
Clay Buchholz
Homer Bailey
Micah Bowie
Mike Gonzalez
Scott Linebrink
Huston Street
Joe Nathan

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