Dustin Pedroia has officially accepted an invitation to play for the US in the World Baseball Classic. The AL MVP won't be the only person representing for his country as it was confirmed a few weeks ago that Daisuke Matsuzaka plans to pitch for Japan.
In other WBC news, Josh Beckett has declined his invitation to pitch for the US. As much fun as I have watching the series, I'm COMPLETELY against having any Red Sox pitchers participate. I prefer to save those arms for the regular season, especially when the whole point of spring training is to get your arm strength back to normal, not to pitch competitively.
In other WBC news, Josh Beckett has declined his invitation to pitch for the US. As much fun as I have watching the series, I'm COMPLETELY against having any Red Sox pitchers participate. I prefer to save those arms for the regular season, especially when the whole point of spring training is to get your arm strength back to normal, not to pitch competitively.
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Also, I would like to see regular international fixtures during the season. Similar to how qualifying occurs for World Cup and other association football tournaments that require it. The league would take a week off at certain times and there would be international games. Of course, that is also wishful thinking. :-D