Players and coaches of team Venezuela observe a minute of silence to pay tribute to late President Hugo Chavez before the start of the World Baseball Classic first round game against the Dominican Republic in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Andres Leighton, AP
But when he took the mound for the Mexico team in the World Baseball Classic Thursday, he struggled. The San Francisco Chronicle reports Romo threw 26 "high-intensity pitches" before giving up a two-run double to Team Italy's Anthony Rizzo, the Chicago
This just in: Baseball -- especially the World Baseball Classic -- is very popular in Japan. Repeat: very popular. Major League Baseball just announced that one-third of all televisions in Japan -- the ones that were turned on -- were tuned in to Japan
In an exciting day of World Baseball Classic action, Italy pulled an upset of Mexico, the DR continued to flex its collective muscle at the plate, and the Netherlands continued to surprise with a win over Cuba.
Joey Votto of Canada and Brandon Phillips of the United States start their World Baseball Classic today at Chase Field in Phoenix. Canada takes on Italy at 2 p.m., while the United States plays Mexico at 9 p.m. Both games
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