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Worst Baseball Jersey Error Ever?
Alex Rodriguez World Baseball Classic jersey spelled wrong and worn to Yankee Stadium 9/22/07
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Enjoy, Padres Fans, Enjoy
Your Padres made a statement today. Before noon eastern time, the Padres had locked up five of the top international prospects from around the globe for a total of nearly $5,000,000. Those commas are in the proper places. Let's allow that to sink in for a second... Feels good, doesn't it?

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 First Round of WBC in Japan, Mexico, Canada, Puerto Rico
First Round of WBC in Japan, Mexico, Canada, Puerto Rico
The first round of WBC '09 will be played outside of the US, it was announced Monday in Japan. The second edition of the World Baseball Classic will be staged next March in Tokyo, Japan; Mexico City, Mexico; Toronto, Canada; and San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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 Angels To Get 2010 All-Star Game. Dodgers Get WBC Finals
Angels To Get 2010 All-Star Game. Dodgers Get WBC Finals
The 2010 All-Star Game will be played in Angels Stadium in 2010, according to a report in today’s LA Times . The announcement is to be made on Wednesday by Commissioner Selig. The game is scheduled for Tuesday, July 13, with a fan festival at the Anaheim Convention Center extending from the previous weekend through game day. The Angels and the city of Anaheim worked together to secure ...
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 WBC Approves Final Eight Invites For '09 Tournament
WBC Approves Final Eight Invites For '09 Tournament
World Baseball Classic, Inc. (WBCI) today announced the final eight teams that will be invited to participate in the 2009 World Baseball Classic next March, as endorsed by the tournament's Steering Committee. These eight teams – Australia, Canada, China, Chinese Taipei, Italy, Netherlands, Panama, and South Africa – round out the field of 16 invited
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 MLB Working Towards Instant Replay Proposal
MLB Working Towards Instant Replay Proposal
Jimmie Lee Solomon, MLB’s executive vice president for baseball operations, is working toward a proposal and the technology in involved in instant replay, which may get tested in this year’s Arizona Fall League and then possibly during the 2009 World Baseball Classic. The proposal comes after general managers voted 25-5 in favor of using the instant replay technology for ...
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Random YouTubery: Dice-K blooper of the century
Gyroballs are apparently verrrry slippery. This happened during a World Baseball Classic game, it appears.
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Blog: Baseball America Prospects Blog » Blog Archive » Torres Lands New Cuban Client
Miami-based agent Jaime Torres, who has represented Cuban defectors such as Jose Contreras and recent signees Yohannis Perez (Brewers) and Yoslan Herrera (Pirates), has a new client available to meet with major league teams. Alexei Ramirez led Cuba s ...
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 Uniform Advertisement in MLB is "When" not "If"
Uniform Advertisement in MLB is "When" not "If"
At the time of the inaugural World Baseball Classic in March of 2006, I wrote that it was the perfect vehicle to experiment with corporate advertisement on player uniforms (see The WBC and MLB’s Marketing Experiment on The Hardball Times ). ...
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 Reports: Sosa says he'll retire after 2009 WBC
Reports: Sosa says he'll retire after 2009 WBC
Sammy Sosa, still without an offer to play in the major leagues, will retire from baseball after the next World Baseball Classic, according to published reports.
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 Panama seeks assistance from MLB
Panama seeks assistance from MLB
Seeking what has been coined as "technical assistance," Panama president Martin Torrijos and his delegation discussed the future of the sport in his country, including the possible creation of a baseball academy, exhibition games during Spring Training and inclusion in the next World Baseball Classic, with Major League Baseball officials on Monday.
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 Video - Diego Corrales vs Jose Luis Castillo (10th Round) - YouTube
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Video - Diego Corrales vs Jose Luis Castillo (10th Round) - YouTube
Diego Corrales (39-2-0) vs Jose Luis Castillo (52-6-1) for the WBC and WBO Lightweight Title. (2005-05-07)
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 Fukudome declares for free agency
Fukudome declares for free agency
NAGOYA, Japan (AP) -- Chunichi Dragons outfielder Kosuke Fukudome declared for free agency Monday, opening the way for a possible move to the major leagues."I'd like to see what kind of interest I get," he said. "We'll see where this goes." The ...
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 Exclusive? David Wright Throws His Real Girlfriend a Surprise Birthday Party
Exclusive? David Wright Throws His Real Girlfriend a Surprise Birthday Party
An extremely kind reader has sent us a few photos of the surprise birthday party Mets 3B David Wright threw last weekend for his gorgeous girlfriend, model Molly Beers. The tipster says the pair is definitely still dating (apparently, they met two ...
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 What an unfortunate, albeit fitting, nickname
What an unfortunate, albeit fitting, nickname
With all the attention Pat Neshek's blog is getting, I urge (urge!) you to scroll down to see what Dennys Reyes' nickname is - it was stitched on his glove for the WBC and it is one of the most awesome nicknames I've heard in a while.
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Mexico City, San Juan, Tokyo, Toronto to host 2009 WBC first round - MLB
TOKYO (AP) - Mexico City, San Juan, Tokyo and Toronto were selected Monday to host first-round games during the second World Baseball Classic in 2009. The 16-nation tournament will switch from a round-robin to a double-elimination format during the ...
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Short Hops: Big Ben, Dice-K and Slammin' Sammy
Ben Broussard finds a new home, Dice-K leaves last nights game early and Sammy Sosa and the World Baseball Classic.
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 Thoughts on the State of the Game: Pt. 3
Thoughts on the State of the Game: Pt. 3
Editor’s note: I have broken this up into a three part series by Bill Jordan Can I Get a Replay? Granted this has been a terrible month for home run calls. Carlos Delgado and Alex Rodriguez have reasons to be upset, but when are people going to realize that baseball is not going to just throw

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