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Dutch Baseball- Bringing March Madness to the WBC in beating the Dominican Republic
The U.S., Puerto Rico, Japan, Venezuela, Cuba, and Korea have all coasted through to the second round in the double elimination format of this years Classic. Panama, South Africa and Italy have all been eliminated. This was all to plan, but Italy beat Canada (no superpower, but anchored by guys like Jason "Buzzards" Bay, Russell Martin, and Justin Morneau), Australia beat Mexico, and, get this, the Netherlands beat The Dominican Republic twice.
"Last night I sat down in the seventh inning and had to squint to make sure the score was right. 0-0. Guys named Stuifbergen, Smit, Neuman (a fireballing Red Sox prospect who struck out Tejada in the eighth) and Boyd shut down the imposing All-Star laden lineup from the Dominican. When it really counted Eugene Kinsale and Yurrendell de Caster came through in the eleventh, even after their opponents had taken the lead in the top of the inning. I couldn't look away, and my girlfriend kept wondering who I was rooting for when I cheered at every out gotten by the Dutch (she knew the Sox and the U.S. were not playing)."
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