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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