A-Rod to Play for the US

[Chisox73]

ESPN has just reported that Alex Rodriguez will play for the United States in the upcoming World Baseball Classic.

This comes a after A-Rod was placed on the Dominican Republic's peliminary roster.

[christian gentleman]

yeesh

what a drama.

[Boston Boxer]

it seems everything is a drama with AROD. I am not going to put much stock into this Baseball Classic if Cuba is not able to play...and people like Nomar play for Mexico or Piazza play for Italy as speculated...this whole this is a flop IMO

[christian gentleman]

it seems everything is a drama with AROD. I am not going to put much stock into this Baseball Classic if Cuba is not able to play...and people like Nomar play for Mexico or Piazza play for Italy as speculated...this whole this is a flop IMO

agreed. if there's no cuba, it's pointless. and the way they will just use pitchers for an inning or two. it's not a real competition. they should just call it the world baseball exhibition.

[christian gentleman]

but I guess calling it the classic is almost hinting at that.

[west coast orange and black]

chisox, did rodriguez have anything to do with being placed on the roster of the dominican republic, or did the team officals act on their own? i dunno.
i'd like to find out if rodriguez backed out of some sort of confirmation to the domican republic.