Posted July 12, 200519 yr maybe not the pitching the venezuelans have, but just wow SP- D. Cabrera, bartolo, pedro, r. ortiz, odalis perez, c. vargas, j. tavarez RP - m. batista, benitez, benoit, brazoban, j. colome, f. cordero, dotel, heredia, d. marte, mesa, mota c- m. olivo, only one 2b - soriano, luis, placido ss - tejada, furcal, peralta, nefi 3b - aramis, beltre 1b - pujoles, ortiz, c.pena, franco of- vlad, manny, jose guillen, enc, mondesi, willy mo, sammy haha, that is ridiculou hitting, here is my team SP (pick 4)- Pedro, bartolo, odaliz and i guess r. ortiz (maybe miguel batista starting again) RP- batista, benitez, f. cordero, d. marte, dotel, mota C - m. olivo, no choice i guess 2b- soriano, luis and placido asll have to be on the team, soriano starts ss - tejada with furcal backing up 3b - aramis with beltre backing up 1b - ortiz with pujoles playing the outfield and backin up 1st OF - pujols, vlad and manny - willy mo, jose guillen back up...ENC is prob on team too 1. soriano 2.tejada 3.pujols 4.ortiz 5.manny 6.Vlad 7.Aramis 8. Olivo or other catcher have you ever seen a hitting lineup that good??? that is better than an allstar team, that is nuts
July 12, 200519 yr Arod is american, i believe 852224[/snapback] Yes he is but he said last Night the he will be playing for the dominican team
July 12, 200519 yr Author i dont think it's a choice, you have to play for the country you were born in am i missing something? does he have duel citizenship?
July 12, 200519 yr i dont think it's a choice, you have to play for the country you were born in am i missing something? does he have duel citizenship? 852239[/snapback] Yes you do have a choice, and his choice was his parents domican rebulic
July 12, 200519 yr Author do you have a link for this? you ALWAYS have to play for the country you were born in
July 12, 200519 yr I have no idea about the A-Rod situation, but in most international sports, it can go back to where your grandparents were born.
July 12, 200519 yr do you have a link for this? you ALWAYS have to play for the country you were born in 852249[/snapback] they will be allowed to play if they have ties to that country. Same with the Olympics To be honest, I would much rather see a USA vs World format. On this format, there are going to be a lot of teams that suck
July 12, 200519 yr Arod is american, i believe 852224[/snapback] Yes he is but he said last Night the he will be playing for the dominican team 852226[/snapback] hes both
July 12, 200519 yr AROD was waving a Dominican flag last night, he'll play with the DR. And if he does, that team is absolutely ridiculously stacked. I think it could be something like this: 2B Castillo / Soriano 3B Rodriguez 1B Pujols RF Guerrero LF Ramirez DH Ortiz (I think they are using a DH) SS Tejada CF Guillen C Olivo Plus the staff is nothing to laugh at with Pedro, Bartolo Colon, and Odalis Perez. That's one future hall of famer, an ace, and a damn good 2-3 guy. While the pen isn't looking at KRod, they have Armando Benitez, Octavio Dotel, Yhency Brazoban, Guillermo Mota, Damaso Marte, Frank Francisco, and Jose Mesa. The benchy will probably include some combination of Aramis Ramirez, Sammy Sosa, whoever doesn't start at second of Castillo and Soriano, Rafael Furcal, Arian Beltre, Julio Franco, and Wily Mo Pe?a, among others. I don't think anybody else has that kind of talent on their team. And DR Venezuela might meet in the first game of the first round, how cool is that.
July 12, 200519 yr I thought Octavio is out for possibly two years? Doesn't matter, he'd be the mopup man anyways
July 12, 200519 yr AROD was waving a Dominican flag last night, he'll play with the DR. And if he does, that team is absolutely ridiculously stacked. I think it could be something like this: 2B Castillo / Soriano 3B Rodriguez 1B Pujols RF Guerrero LF Ramirez DH Ortiz (I think they are using a DH) SS Tejada CF Guillen C Olivo Plus the staff is nothing to laugh at with Pedro, Bartolo Colon, and Odalis Perez. That's one future hall of famer, an ace, and a damn good 2-3 guy. While the pen isn't looking at KRod, they have Armando Benitez, Octavio Dotel, Yhency Brazoban, Guillermo Mota, Damaso Marte, Frank Francisco, and Jose Mesa. The benchy will probably include some combination of Aramis Ramirez, Sammy Sosa, whoever doesn't start at second of Castillo and Soriano, Rafael Furcal, Arian Beltre, Julio Franco, and Wily Mo Pe?a, among others. I don't think anybody else has that kind of talent on their team. And DR Venezuela might meet in the first game of the first round, how cool is that. 852321[/snapback] that's just sick, and that;s why I think a World vs US format would be more even Offerman could be the backup catcher. He was the catcher during the Caribean series for the Dominicans
July 12, 200519 yr Author that sucks about AROD, he should play for the US anyway, i like this format, this will be great, there are 4 teams or so that will excel but given time others will be able to field competitve teams aswell i see venezuela, DR, US and japan being the leaders right now
July 12, 200519 yr Why should he play for the US? I don't think you appreciate the pride hispanics have for their country, wherever they may live. We're a very culture oriented people. If it weren't for Cuba's team representing an evil regime, I'd root for the Cubans and people like Rafael Palmeiro and Livan Hernandez would play for them. And not only would the World team be so insane that it would be almost unfair to have one country have to face them, but this 16 team format works alot better. In the future, when more countries build up programs in the Orient and in Europe, they can have open qualifying. Besides, not all these stars would show up to play for a World Team in March. But for their country, they will all be there.
July 12, 200519 yr Author Why should he play for the US? I don't think you appreciate the pride hispanics have for their country, wherever they may live. We're a very culture oriented people. If it weren't for Cuba's team representing an evil regime, I'd root for the Cubans and people like Rafael Palmeiro and Livan Hernandez would play for them. And not only would the World team be so insane that it would be almost unfair to have one country have to face them, but this 16 team format works alot better. In the future, when more countries build up programs in the Orient and in Europe, they can have open qualifying. Besides, not all these stars would show up to play for a World Team in March. But for their country, they will all be there. 852428[/snapback] foot in your mouth i am cuban, actually, both parents were born there as were my grandparents and all my aunts and uncles, and I am well aware of the pride hispanics feel. regardless, I am an american first because i was born in america, i just think you should play for the country you were born in, that's all the US team would look really good with A rod at third, that's all i am trying to say
July 12, 200519 yr Why should he play for the US? 852428[/snapback] Because he was born here (NYC) and has lived here his whole life? Americans are by definition immigrants. A-Rod should play for US.
July 12, 200519 yr On a related world note...Gary Sheffield once again shows his true colors.. Gary Sheffield said yesterday that he would not play for the United States in the recently announced World Baseball Classic. ''My season is when I get paid,'' Sheffield said. ''I'm not doing that. I'm not sacrificing my body or taking a chance on an injury for something that's made up. A lot of guys feel that way. They won't say it like I will, though.'' :plain
July 12, 200519 yr Why should he play for the US? I don't think you appreciate the pride hispanics have for their country, wherever they may live. We're a very culture oriented people. If it weren't for Cuba's team representing an evil regime, I'd root for the Cubans and people like Rafael Palmeiro and Livan Hernandez would play for them. And not only would the World team be so insane that it would be almost unfair to have one country have to face them, but this 16 team format works alot better. In the future, when more countries build up programs in the Orient and in Europe, they can have open qualifying. Besides, not all these stars would show up to play for a World Team in March. But for their country, they will all be there. 852428[/snapback] foot in your mouth i am cuban, actually, both parents were born there as were my grandparents and all my aunts and uncles, and I am well aware of the pride hispanics feel. regardless, I am an american first because i was born in america, i just think you should play for the country you were born in, that's all the US team would look really good with A rod at third, that's all i am trying to say 852435[/snapback] There's no foot in my mouth, obviously if you're hispanic and you don't understand why AROD would play for the Dominican than you're worse off than if you were from another culture not understanding the way we feel about these things. You can consider yourself American first all you want, but I would venture to say that a great number of the people born here wouldn't agree with you, especially those born here out of force and not by their parents' choice. If Alex plays for the US, he would be wise not to go back to the Dominican anymore because he won't get a warm reception. And Brodie, considering Manny was part of the big huddle of Dominicans at home yesterday, and his buddy Big Papi is openly talking about the Dominican team, I think it's safe to say he'll play with the DR.
July 12, 200519 yr that sucks about AROD, he should play for the US anyway, i like this format, this will be great, there are 4 teams or so that will excel but given time others will be able to field competitve teams aswell i see venezuela, DR, US and japan being the leaders right now 852348[/snapback] I think it could be ven. DR, us and japan also but don't forget Cuba...even though some people have blasted them cause they are going to bring the national team, which some say plays at an A ball level....if they do compete they will be a team to look at for the final four
July 12, 200519 yr Author Why should he play for the US? I don't think you appreciate the pride hispanics have for their country, wherever they may live. We're a very culture oriented people. If it weren't for Cuba's team representing an evil regime, I'd root for the Cubans and people like Rafael Palmeiro and Livan Hernandez would play for them. And not only would the World team be so insane that it would be almost unfair to have one country have to face them, but this 16 team format works alot better. In the future, when more countries build up programs in the Orient and in Europe, they can have open qualifying. Besides, not all these stars would show up to play for a World Team in March. But for their country, they will all be there. 852428[/snapback] foot in your mouth i am cuban, actually, both parents were born there as were my grandparents and all my aunts and uncles, and I am well aware of the pride hispanics feel. regardless, I am an american first because i was born in america, i just think you should play for the country you were born in, that's all the US team would look really good with A rod at third, that's all i am trying to say 852435[/snapback] There's no foot in my mouth, obviously if you're hispanic and you don't understand why AROD would play for the Dominican than you're worse off than if you were from another culture not understanding the way we feel about these things. You can consider yourself American first all you want, but I would venture to say that a great number of the people born here wouldn't agree with you, especially those born here out of force and not by their parents' choice. If Alex plays for the US, he would be wise not to go back to the Dominican anymore because he won't get a warm reception. And Brodie, considering Manny was part of the big huddle of Dominicans at home yesterday, and his buddy Big Papi is openly talking about the Dominican team, I think it's safe to say he'll play with the DR. 852498[/snapback] Dude, i understand perfectly why AROD might feel the need to play for the DR, if you read my post clearly, time and time again my point is said that i just feel AROD should play for america because that is where he was born, i feel that is reason enough i understand fully why a person in AROD's position would want to play for the country of his parents, i just disagree with that mode of thining. please dont question the pride i feel for being hispanic also, if alex did choose to play for the country of his birth, and the DR shunned him for it, then it would say more about the people of the DR showing them to be unaccepting.....it would be silly of dominicans to not like AROD because he chose the US over DR....because it's where he was born! I really dont think the dominicans would care who he plays for either way, AROD will always be a pansy to me for that little girl slap he pulled in the playoffs
July 12, 200519 yr Author that sucks about AROD, he should play for the US anyway, i like this format, this will be great, there are 4 teams or so that will excel but given time others will be able to field competitve teams aswell i see venezuela, DR, US and japan being the leaders right now 852348[/snapback] I think it could be ven. DR, us and japan also but don't forget Cuba...even though some people have blasted them cause they are going to bring the national team, which some say plays at an A ball level....if they do compete they will be a team to look at for the final four 852512[/snapback] yeah, i was thinking that too, but i dunno if they can compete with this level of play
July 12, 200519 yr Author On a related world note...Gary Sheffield once again shows his true colors.. Gary Sheffield said yesterday that he would not play for the United States in the recently announced World Baseball Classic. ''My season is when I get paid,'' Sheffield said. ''I'm not doing that. I'm not sacrificing my body or taking a chance on an injury for something that's made up. A lot of guys feel that way. They won't say it like I will, though.'' :plain 852486[/snapback] wow, what a f***ing douche bag
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