Back in 2005 after the IOC decided that baseball should be removed from the Olympics, MLB got together with the baseball powerhouse nations and created something called the World Baseball Classic. The first WBC was played in 2006. The USA team pretty much played like crap that year. Fast forward three years to 2009, and the WBC is back for round 2. The USA is in a pool with Canada, Venezuela, and Italy. They kicked off pool play against team Canada. The team doesn't seem to be as loaded with power hitters and the bullpen is definitely weaker with only one real closer, J.J. Putz (who has certainly been struggling, at the end of last year and through the exhibition games). All that being said, they managed to scrape out, and I do mean scrape out, a win over team Canada, 6-5. Most likely setting up a clash with Venezuela tomorrow.
USA! USA! USA!
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