http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2057633

heres what some of the countrys rosters might look like....

United States
Lineup
SS Derek Jeter
1B Todd Helton
3B Alex Rodriguez
DH Barry Bonds
LF Manny Ramirez
RF Gary Sheffield
CF Jim Edmonds
C Jason Varitek
2B Mark Loretta

Starting pitchers: Roger Clemens, Randy Johnson, Jason Schmidt, Ben Sheets
Bullpen: Brad Lidge, Joe Nathan, Billy Wagner, Tim Hudson, Dontrelle Willis
Bench: Scott Rolen, Adam Dunn, Brian Roberts, Joe Mauer

Dominican Republic
Lineup
2B Alfonso Soriano
SS Miguel Tejada
1B Albert Pujols
DH David Ortiz
CF Vladimir Guerrero
RF Sammy Sosa
3B Aramis Ramirez
LF Jose Guillen
C Miguel Olivo

Starting pitchers: Pedro Martinez, Bartolo Colon, Odalis Perez, Miguel Batista
Bullpen: Francisco Cordero, Guillermo Mota, Armando Benitez, Octavio Dotel, Damaso Marte
Bench: Adrian Beltre, Rafael Furcal, Wily Mo Pena, Juan Brito

Puerto Rico
Lineup
2B Jose Vidro
C Ivan Rodriguez
CF Carlos Beltran
1B Carlos Delgado
DH Javy Lopez
3B Mike Lowell
RF Jose Cruz Jr.
LF Bernie Williams
SS Alex Cora

Starting pitchers: Javier Vazquez, Joel Pineiro, J.C. Romero, Kiko Calero
Bullpen: Roberto Hernandez, Javier Lopez, Fernando Cabrera, Pedro Feliciano, Juan Padilla
Bench: Jorge Posada, Jose Valentin, Juan Gonzalez, Luis Matos

Venezuela
Lineup
3B Melvin Mora
2B Carlos Guillen
CF Bobby Abreu
LF Miguel Cabrera
DH Magglio Ordonez
C Victor Martinez
RF Richard Hidalgo
1B Andres Galarraga
SS Omar Vizquel

Starting pitchers: Johan Santana, Carlos Zambrano, Freddy Garcia, Kelvim Escobar
Bullpen: Francisco Rodriguez, Juan Rincon, Jorge Julio, Ugueth Urbina, Wilson Alvarez
Bench: Ramon Hernandez, Edgardo Alfonzo, Cesar Izturis, Juan Rivera

Canada
Lineup
2B Pete Orr
RF Larry Walker
CF Jason Bay
1B Justin Morneau
3B Corey Koskie
DH Matt Stairs
LF Aaron Guiel
SS Danny Klassen
C Cody McKay

Starting pitchers: Rich Harden, Erik Bedard, Jeff Francis, Ryan Dempster
Bullpen: Eric Gagne, Jesse Crain, Paul Quantrill, Rheal Cormier, Aaron Myette
Bench: Simon Pond, Pete LaForest, Stubby Clapp, Rob Ducey

Japan (thanks to jonze234 for this lineup)

OF: Ichiro
OF: Hideki Matsui
OF: So Taguchi
3B: *
SS: Tadahito Iguchi (he played there before his arm surgery)
2B: Kazuo Matsui
1B: *
C: *

SP: Hideo Nomo, Kazuhisa Ishii, Tomo Ohka, Hideki Irabu (i heard that hes been tearing it up back in japan since he left the yanks)
RP: Shigetoshi Hasegawa, Shingo Takatsu, Jung Keun Bong

obviously the Dominican and USA team look really powerful but I really like Venezuelas team to do really well as well.

Last edited by Eddie N MIAMI on May-14-2005 at 02:09

Eddie my man you put in Canada and not Japan? No love for my boys Ichiro and Matsui??

Should be a good tourney and good for baseball.

Isnt Manny gonna play for the Dominican???? Hes a bronx boy I think but still lol

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Originally posted by InterMilan31 Eddie my man you put in Canada and not Japan? No love for my boys Ichiro and Matsui?? Should be a good tourney and good for baseball. Isnt Manny gonna play for the Dominican???? Hes a bronx boy I think but still lol

Didn't Manny get his US passport at the end of last season?

But it's great news! Now if they'll only show it here on dutch tv...

Bit early to say who would be in the bullpen and who would be starting. On current form the D-Train would have to be included as a starter and Gagne might recover from injury to become the best closer again rather than Lidge. Wouldn't Cuba have a fairly strong team? Have to say though the Dominican Republic team looks awesome!

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Originally posted by InterMilan31 Eddie my man you put in Canada and not Japan? No love for my boys Ichiro and Matsui?? Should be a good tourney and good for baseball. Isnt Manny gonna play for the Dominican???? Hes a bronx boy I think but still lol

haha well I got these rosters from an article in ESPN, the author thinks since Manny is so happy about being a US citezen he'll probably just play for us.

Disney they probably will show it in Holland cause your country is part of the world Cup

Acid remember Gagne is canadian
also none of the MLB players from Cuba will play for their country obviously, and as of right now Cuba hasnt been confirmed to play in the World Cup yet cause of Fidel castro.

I didn't read the whole article, only the parts that I wanted to know... like MLB teams can't block players from going, which is what I wanted... yet I still fear these players will put their MLB teams first, and decline... so I'm SO seeing a TEAM USA with the likes of dirt dogs like Trot Nixon, Kevin Millar, AJ Peirzynksi, Zito, Giles, Craig Wilson, and a bunch of college kids??? no? I hope not...

I'm excited if the big boys do decide to play... I'd definately take the veteran leadership of Jeff Kent over Mark Loretta, plus NO ONE will be behind a USA team with Bonds on it, come on...lol. It will be tough enough for sox fans to root for a team with AROD on it...

Anyone with the pottential rosters for Japan I think they will be serious contenders since its practically their #1 sport and they have better resources than the other countries.

That author must be on crack you know Manny is gonna want to represent for the Dominican.

It would be nice to see Cuba in it and Fidel letting the players who are cuban and escaped to play in the US play on their national team. Another note about Cuba their women are

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ill have a go at the japanese team although im sure they have some guys in their own league that would like to play

OF: Ichiro
OF: Hideki Matsui
OF: So Taguchi
3B: *
SS: Tadahito Iguchi (he played there before his arm surgery)
2B: Kazuo Matsui
1B: * (i would put Hee Seop Choi but i think he's korean)
C: *

SP: Hideo Nomo, Kazuhisa Ishii, Tomo Ohka, Hideki Irabu (i heard that hes been tearing it up back in japan since he left the yanks)
RP: Shigetoshi Hasegawa, Shingo Takatsu, Jung Keun Bong

the asterisks are positions that the i dont know of anyone to fill in. like i said, they probably have some guys in their league that would fill in.

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Originally posted by jonze234 ill have a go at the japanese team although im sure they have some guys in their own league that would like to play OF: Ichiro OF: Hideki Matsui OF: So Taguchi 3B: * SS: Tadahito Iguchi (he played there before his arm surgery) 2B: Kazuo Matsui 1B: * (i would put Hee Seop Choi but i think he's korean) <= you are correct .. korean .. C: * SP: Hideo Nomo, Kazuhisa Ishii, Tomo Ohka, Hideki Irabu (i heard that hes been tearing it up back in japan since he left the yanks) RP: Shigetoshi Hasegawa, Shingo Takatsu, Jung Keun Bong the asterisks are positions that the i dont know of anyone to fill in. like i said, they probably have some guys in their league that would fill in.

yeah i heard the same too ..

but not many people remember how much japan was a baseball powerhouse back during the late 80s into the mid 90s ..

japan has some very big powerful hitters .. you think they should be tested for roids, since they have small bodies, but jacking up 400+ ft home runs ?? ... hhahahhahahahaha


but what happened to korea and taiwan ?? .. they always seems to tear it up during the little league world series, but don't produce much professional baseball stars .. i would love to see korea put something together, because byung-yung kim has some stuff .. a weird rotation i might say, but he can strike people out ..

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Originally posted by LeopoldStotch but what happened to korea and taiwan ?? .. they always seems to tear it up during the little league world series, but don't produce much professional baseball stars

*see Danny Almonte

what! - rounders gets a world cup.

damn it i knew i should have tried harder to get in the school team

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2105387

Groups unveiled for first Baseball world cup...woo hoo!...........
Tokyo or Taiwan
Group A
Japan
South Korea
Taiwan
China

Somwhere in the USA
Group B
USA
Mexico
South Africa
Canada

Somewhere in Latin America
Group C
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Panama
Netherlands

somewhere in Florida (most likely at Dolphins Stadium I imagine)
Group D
Dominican Rep.
Venezuela
Australia
Italy