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Friday, December 02, 2011
Japanese baseball owners on Thursday said they want Japan to participate in the 2013 World Baseball Classic.
“We’ve been having peaceful and cooperative talks with WBC organizers. For Nippon Professional Baseball, we want Japan to take part,” said Rakuten Eagles owner Toru Shimada.
Shimada headed a negotiating team representing Japan’s 12 pro club owners, who were seeking a bigger share of the profits from the WBC, during talks in October with Major League Baseball, the tournament’s organizer.
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1. vortex of dissipation Posted: December 02, 2011 at 11:09 PM (#4005498)Does anyone know when they qualifying groups and their host nations will be announced?
Or if they have been already.
*Chinese Taipei
Thailand
Philippines
New Zealand
*Canada
Nicaragua
France
Israel
*Panama
South Africa
Colombia
Brazil
*Spain
Germany
Czech Republic
Great Britain
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