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Saturday, March 23, 2013

Freeman was set to play for Canada

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posted on March 23, 2013 at 10:24 AM by The Mighty Quinn to wbc | 3 comment(s)

But does he know the lyrics to ” Let’s Go to the Mall” or the “Beaver Song”?

“LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLA. - How many national teams can boast having a suitable replacement for an MVP winner?

Had Joey Votto’s knee prevented him from playing in this month’s World Baseball Classic, Atlanta Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman was ready and willing to wear the maple leaf.

“I told the players association to make sure they let the WBC know that both my parents were born in Canada,” Freeman ...

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1. Good cripple hitter posted on January 17, 2013 at 09:19 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I didn't read the intro and I was really confused to see that Japan was going to the WBC with 3 catchers and 4 infielders, one of whom is Kaz Matsui. I thought he was retired, but apparently he just went back to Japan.

2. Voros McCracken of Pinkus posted on January 17, 2013 at 09:33 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Anybody else find it odd that Italian American starting first baseman outhit the American American starting first baseman last year?

3. puck posted on January 17, 2013 at 09:46 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Karim Garcia (yes, that one!) is going to be doing a lot of running in the OF.

4. puck posted on January 17, 2013 at 09:54 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

While looking at Italy's roster, they have a guy named Chris Colabello, who was at AA New Britain last season. After 7 years in the Can-Am league! That's some perseverance.

5. Crispix Attacks 2: Swag Airlines posted on January 17, 2013 at 10:12 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

The Honkbalers only have one catcher. Come back, Kenley Jansen!

6. Gamingboy posted on January 17, 2013 at 11:28 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

It's a preliminary roster. The Honkbalers will find their catcher, and damn, that middle infield of Profar and Andrelton Simmons- how many MLB teams would kill for that?

7. Crispix Attacks 2: Swag Airlines posted on January 17, 2013 at 11:53 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Another note on catchers, the Brazilians are missing their one major leaguer, Yan Gomes. They do have a lot of Japanese-surnamed guys. That's the team I'm most excited to get a glimpse of.

8. Gamingboy posted on January 18, 2013 at 12:26 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Yan Gomes apparently hasn't made his mind up, since he was traded shortly after he played in qualifiers, so he's checking with camp first.

The large number of Japanese-surnamed players are a result of the large number of Japanese expats that live in Brazil. Up until relatively recently, they made up the vast majority of Brazilian baseball players.

9. The Clarence Thomas of BBTF (scott) posted on January 18, 2013 at 02:39 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Holy cow is the USA team gonna mash.

10. Meatwads stronger now, ready for the house posted on January 18, 2013 at 02:59 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

No Starlin Castro for the DR, apparently he did not make the roster, but Reyes, Hanley Ramirez, and Miguel Tejada

11. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Griffin (Vlad) posted on January 18, 2013 at 10:29 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

The Honkbalers only have one catcher. Come back, Kenley Jansen!

I was actually kind of disappointed by that. The Pirates have a young catching prospect named Danny Arribas who has played for them in the past, and I'm not sure why the Dutch didn't pick him this time around.

12. zack posted on January 18, 2013 at 11:53 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Weird that Bruce Chen is playing for China. Less weird than Jewish players playing for Israel, but he's 2nd/3rd generation Panamanian. Oh, right, Panama lost it's qualifiers.

13. Gamingboy posted on January 18, 2013 at 12:52 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Pujols apparently isn't playing because he couldn't get insurance for his knee due to his giganto-contract.

14. Gamingboy posted on January 18, 2013 at 01:33 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Oh, I found the full rosters in PDF format (along with what team that are normally with) at link that can be found here.

15. Random Transaction Generator posted on January 18, 2013 at 01:44 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I'm disappointed to find out that they don't have a Team Canada jersey for sale at MLB.com.

Australia, Venezuela, Netherlands...but no Canada.

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Saturday, March 23, 2013

Freeman was set to play for Canada

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