The World Baseball Classic. A moneymaking endeavor to determine which team can draw the largest television audience. Which country has the best pitchers, for 75 pitches or less at a time. Which country can have the most successful spring training. Which Canadian can hit .500 but still exit early. Which game will South Africa lose due to the slaughter rule.
Here are the Red Sox (and Sox minor leaguers) that are on preliminary rosters for the 2009 WBC:
USA:
2B Dustin Pedroia
1B Kevin Youkilis
Dominican Republic:
DH David Ortiz
Puerto Rico:
3B Mike Lowell
RP Javier Lopez
Japan:
SP Daisuke Matsuzaka
RP Hideki Okajima
Canada:
LF Jason Bay
C George Kotteras
The Netherlands:
P Deniis Neuman
South Africa:
P Justin Erasmus
Chinese Taipei:
IF Chih-Hsien Chiang
Panama:
IF Angel Chavez
Australia:
OF Mitchell Dening
Manager Jon Deeble (He's a scout for the Sox)
Ortiz and Lowell will likely not play. Hopefully nobody gets injured.
Source:
MLB.com
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