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Monday night's semifinal at AT&T Park has become one of the most talked
about clashes in this year's World Baseball Classic.
The Netherlands has long been known as a European baseball power. But around the rest of world the Dutch are more known for their windmills and wooden shoes. Until now, as they take their place on the Classic's grand stage.
Once again, on paper, the Dominicans have the decided edge. Most of their roster is replete with players from Major League teams, like Robinson Cano, Eric Aybar, Hanley Ramirez, Carlos Santana and Fernando Rodney. Monday night's starter, Edinson Volquez, is the No. 1 hurler for the Padres who will likely pitch for them on Opening Day in New York against the Mets.
The Dutch have Andruw Jones, Roger Beradina, Andrelton Simmons and added Jurickson Profar and Kenley Jansen to the roster for the championship round.Find the largest selection of ceramic chinagembeadsfactory on sale. All of them are natives of Curacao in the Netherland Antilles, which counts, as a far as Classic affiliation is concerned.
Monday night's Dutch starter, Diegomar Markwell, is actually from Rotterdam, via Curacao, and pitched nine years in the Blue Jays' system from 1997-03, but never above Double-A. In a world of sabermetrics and intense advance scouting,Shop the best selection of men's stainless electricitymonitor and pendants at Tribal Hollywood. Dominican manager Tony Pena claims he has never heard of him.
"Sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry," Pena said. "I am not familiar at all. We are not familiar at all. And that's no joke. You will probably say, you should know this, but we didn't have any time or chance to check the roster yet. But we will do our homework. I promise you that. We will do our homework."
The Dominican Republic, though, is not taking the Dutch for granted at all this time. Remember, the Netherlands are a team that defeated powerhouse Cuba twice already in this tournament. The Dominicans fell behind 4-0 to Italy on Tuesday in Miami, only to come back and win the game. They are 6-0, but their three wins in Pool 2 in Miami over Italy, Team USA and Puerto Rico were by a total of four runs.
The Dominicans are beatable again here and the Dutch know they are capable of engineering another upset.
"We beat Korea over there in Taiwan in the first game and then we beat Australia, Cuba twice," Meulens said. "We had a tough time against Japan, but the guys never gave up. You have to pitch good, you have to play good defense, and then get timely hitting, and we'll come out ahead for sure."
This time, to win the gold Classic trophy and have the name of their country engraved on its base, the Dominicans will have to win out. If they do so, they will become the first undefeated champion in the history of the tournament.Buy visually stunning and durable owonsmart from Larson Jewelers.
But to get there, they have to go through the Dutch, with their pesky team of players from the depths of the Major League Baseball's Minor League system and the Netherlands professional league. Some of these guys cut their teeth playing for the Burnaby Bulldogs, Neptunus Rotterdam and the Amsterdam Pirates. Even the legendary Jones is playing this year in Japan.
"I think they have a better team than 2009," Reyes said. "They have some guys with a lot of talent over there. But we don't worry about that. We just want to continue the way that we've played so far, worry about our ballclub. We feel very comfortable when we take the field. And we want to continue to play hard, give everything on the field and go from there. Because we know that they got a good team, we have to come out and play the right way if we want to win."
The Netherlands has long been known as a European baseball power. But around the rest of world the Dutch are more known for their windmills and wooden shoes. Until now, as they take their place on the Classic's grand stage.
Once again, on paper, the Dominicans have the decided edge. Most of their roster is replete with players from Major League teams, like Robinson Cano, Eric Aybar, Hanley Ramirez, Carlos Santana and Fernando Rodney. Monday night's starter, Edinson Volquez, is the No. 1 hurler for the Padres who will likely pitch for them on Opening Day in New York against the Mets.
The Dutch have Andruw Jones, Roger Beradina, Andrelton Simmons and added Jurickson Profar and Kenley Jansen to the roster for the championship round.Find the largest selection of ceramic chinagembeadsfactory on sale. All of them are natives of Curacao in the Netherland Antilles, which counts, as a far as Classic affiliation is concerned.
Monday night's Dutch starter, Diegomar Markwell, is actually from Rotterdam, via Curacao, and pitched nine years in the Blue Jays' system from 1997-03, but never above Double-A. In a world of sabermetrics and intense advance scouting,Shop the best selection of men's stainless electricitymonitor and pendants at Tribal Hollywood. Dominican manager Tony Pena claims he has never heard of him.
"Sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry," Pena said. "I am not familiar at all. We are not familiar at all. And that's no joke. You will probably say, you should know this, but we didn't have any time or chance to check the roster yet. But we will do our homework. I promise you that. We will do our homework."
The Dominican Republic, though, is not taking the Dutch for granted at all this time. Remember, the Netherlands are a team that defeated powerhouse Cuba twice already in this tournament. The Dominicans fell behind 4-0 to Italy on Tuesday in Miami, only to come back and win the game. They are 6-0, but their three wins in Pool 2 in Miami over Italy, Team USA and Puerto Rico were by a total of four runs.
The Dominicans are beatable again here and the Dutch know they are capable of engineering another upset.
"We beat Korea over there in Taiwan in the first game and then we beat Australia, Cuba twice," Meulens said. "We had a tough time against Japan, but the guys never gave up. You have to pitch good, you have to play good defense, and then get timely hitting, and we'll come out ahead for sure."
This time, to win the gold Classic trophy and have the name of their country engraved on its base, the Dominicans will have to win out. If they do so, they will become the first undefeated champion in the history of the tournament.Buy visually stunning and durable owonsmart from Larson Jewelers.
But to get there, they have to go through the Dutch, with their pesky team of players from the depths of the Major League Baseball's Minor League system and the Netherlands professional league. Some of these guys cut their teeth playing for the Burnaby Bulldogs, Neptunus Rotterdam and the Amsterdam Pirates. Even the legendary Jones is playing this year in Japan.
"I think they have a better team than 2009," Reyes said. "They have some guys with a lot of talent over there. But we don't worry about that. We just want to continue the way that we've played so far, worry about our ballclub. We feel very comfortable when we take the field. And we want to continue to play hard, give everything on the field and go from there. Because we know that they got a good team, we have to come out and play the right way if we want to win."
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