how about this matchup (now that a-rod has decided to play for the dominican):

Dominican Republic
DH- Big Papi
C- Olivo
1B- Pujols
2B- Soriano
SS- Tejada
3B- A-Rod
OF- Vlad
OF- Manny
OF- Guillen
Bench- L. Castillo
B- Furcal
B- Reyes
B- Wily mo
B- Beltre
B- Aramis R.

P (12)
1) Batista
2) benitez
3) brazoban
4) Colon
5) F. Cordero
6) Pedro
7) Od. Perez
8) Mesa
9) Duaner S.
10) Tavarez
11) D. Cabrera
12) Ervin Santana

Venezuela
DH- Mora
C- V. Martinez
1B- (possibly alfonzo, with mora at third, but i'm counting on a player who might still live in venezuela)
2B- Guillen
SS- Vizquel
3B- Alfonzo
OF- Abreu
OF- Cabrera
OF- Maggs
Bench- izturis
B- Ramon Hernandez
B- Hidalgo
B- Alex Gonzalez (marlins)
B- Jose Lopez (prospect for mariners

P- Chacin
P- Garcia
P- Julio
P- Rincon
P- K-rod
P- Johan S.
P- Silva
P- Urbina
P- C. Zambrano
P- V. Zambrano
P-Carrara

the dominican has better hitting, but venezuela has filthy pitching. what an awesome matchup. puerto rico has a nice team too. so does japan.

hey gdawgs, can you pin this for me, and make it the official WBC thread? thanks.

I wouldn't say the DR's pitching is much to scoff at either. Those lineups look like a lot of fun to watch.

for sure. DR has better relief pitching, but venezuela has nasty starters. imagine how many hispanics there will be at that matchup?

I merged this thread with the other WBC thread and went ahead and pinned it like you asked, swoosh.

GDawgs88 Wrote:I merged this thread with the other WBC thread and went ahead and pinned it like you asked, swoosh.

cool, thanks.

BTW, that is two awesome looking teams. Hopefully most of those guys will decide to participate.

<a href='http://sportsline.com/mlb/story/8662357' target='_blank'>sportsline article</a>

You can't forget Felix Hernandez. Hopefully he'll pitch for the Venezuelan team.

I am from Venezuela, and I'm stocked for the WBC. Go Venezuela!

baseballstud Wrote:You can't forget Felix Hernandez. Hopefully he'll pitch for the Venezuelan team.

I am from Venezuela, and I'm stocked for the WBC. Go Venezuela!

if he makes the team. or if the mariners let him. i know that he is just coming off an injury.

Yeah, M's probably won't let him. He was out with bursitis for a month, and just recently came back pitching in the bullpen for the AAA team. Then he got called up after Franklin got busted for roids. Yesterday the M's put him on an 80 pitches pitch count. We have to be safe, but we have to fire our pitching coach Brian Price. Why is it that whenever any of our pitchers leave Seattle they start pitching good?!