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Post by Freak93 on Dec 13, 2005 18:45:34 GMT -5
I have some questions and hopefully some of you can answer them. First, where is Alex Rodriguez playing. I went onto the WBC site and him and Marco Scutaro are just in a box w/o a country. Also, how is Mike Piazza, a Pennsylvania born person, playing for Italy's team?
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Post by eaglesrownage on Dec 13, 2005 18:55:26 GMT -5
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Post by Freak93 on Dec 13, 2005 18:58:20 GMT -5
I don't understand why though. HE IS AMERICAN. I know heritage is important, but he was born here. It just confuses me.
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Post by cooljayhu on Dec 13, 2005 19:23:23 GMT -5
I think the reason why A-Rod isn't with a country is because he has not declared what country he will play for (not sure which countries he is eligible for) or that not country added him to their roster.
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Post by nafsder2007 on Dec 14, 2005 15:50:29 GMT -5
I think the reason why A-Rod isn't with a country is because he has not declared what country he will play for (not sure which countries he is eligible for) or that not country added him to their roster. He's between Dominican Republic and USA (like Piazza, he was born here, but his family is from another country [Dominican Republic]) |
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Post by Cerrano39 on Dec 14, 2005 18:06:43 GMT -5
I don't understand why though. HE IS AMERICAN. I know heritage is important, but he was born here. It just confuses me. Some people associate themselves more with their ancestry. Simple as that. |
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Post by Jami on Dec 14, 2005 18:59:42 GMT -5
It's the same rules as the World Cup...if you have a close relative from another country, you may decide to play for that team if you wish.
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Post by Keeper on Dec 14, 2005 19:19:30 GMT -5
If a relative was born in that country, you can have citizenship there, and thus, play for their national team.
I only know because T.J. Sorrentine is playing in Italy due to his parents being born there
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Post by cooljayhu on Dec 15, 2005 22:13:46 GMT -5
I just hink what A-Rod is doing is wrong. I mean I would understand if he had dual citizenship but come on he can play for them cause his parents were born there. Seriously I think ARod needs to reevaluate his mental status after making this decision. He decide to represent a country that he wasn't born in and never lived in, while turing his back on a country and fans that pay him 250 mil to play a FRIGGIN GAME. I mean talk about ungrateful.
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Post by littlet826 on Dec 15, 2005 22:22:25 GMT -5
It doesn't matter who he plays for because either way the Dominican Republic si going to completely dominate this entire thing.
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Post by Jami on Dec 15, 2005 22:45:11 GMT -5
I just hink what A-Rod is doing is wrong. I mean I would understand if he had dual citizenship but come on he can play for them cause his parents were born there. Seriously I think ARod needs to reevaluate his mental status after making this decision. He decide to represent a country that he wasn't born in and never lived in, while turing his back on a country and fans that pay him 250 mil to play a FRIGGIN GAME. I mean talk about ungrateful. He's very proud of his latin heritage...I don't think there's a problem with that. It's not like the U.S. will be lacking players, anyway...A-Rod playing for the D.R. allows someone like Hank Blalock to take a spot on the team instead. As for Piazza playing catcher for Italy, that probably won't matter because he's washed up anyway and can't throw. What sucks now is that the U.S. government isn't going to let Cuba play in the WBC, even though they have one of the world's best national teams. You absolutely cannot have a legitimate WBC without one of the world's best teams. Having the WBC without Cuba would be like having a World Cup of Football without the United States. The whole thing would be kind of cheapened if one of the best teams isn't allowed to play, IMO. |
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Post by sep on Dec 16, 2005 15:31:15 GMT -5
What sucks now is that the U.S. government isn't going to let Cuba play in the WBC, even though they have one of the world's best national teams. You absolutely cannot have a legitimate WBC without one of the world's best teams. Having the WBC without Cuba would be like having a World Cup of Football without the United States. The whole thing would be kind of cheapened if one of the best teams isn't allowed to play, IMO. Its all Castros fault. |
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Post by Freak93 on Dec 16, 2005 16:09:25 GMT -5
I saw on ESPNEWS that a New York newspaper reported A-Rod will not be playing in the World Baseball Classic.
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Post by theretrunofasm on Dec 17, 2005 22:30:26 GMT -5
i confirm that i saw it also, why is no one playing?
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Post by Freak93 on Dec 17, 2005 22:31:41 GMT -5
What do you mean? There are a lot of guys playing.
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Post by theretrunofasm on Dec 17, 2005 23:20:02 GMT -5
there are a bunch of guys that aren't "allowed" or just arent playing....
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Post by mtroy on Jan 20, 2006 18:18:47 GMT -5
I don't think the game is going to be what interests me, I am just wondering how many dominicans and cubans plan on defecting in the WBC.
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Post by derrickjohnson on Jan 20, 2006 18:42:09 GMT -5
this is a sense has turned into a joke, people saying they will play with one country and then playing for someone else....so many players not playing, i doubt ill even be watching anymore
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Post by eaglesrownage on Jan 24, 2006 20:47:50 GMT -5
Bonds won't play in it now, probobly because he knows he will need to take a steriod test
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Post by sep on Jan 24, 2006 20:55:19 GMT -5
Bonds won't play in it now, probobly because he knows he will need to take a steriod test Or maybe he just thought..breaking the home run record > particpating in a baseball tournemant. |
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