World Baseball Classic 2009

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I went to the World Baseball Classic's Semi-finals and final game at San Diego's Petco Park back in '06. Japan beat Cuba for the title in the final game. Daisuke Matsuzaka was the starter for Japan and that along with the 2 semi-final games were possibly the best baseball games I've ever been to. Petco Park was alive and buzzing with baseball fever and patriotic pride. Cuban and Japanese flags everywhere, people wearing their country's colors, singing their anthems and cheering for their national teams louder then I've ever heard before. The energy I felt that day was so exhilerating and infecting that I can still feel it today and I can't wait until the next World Baseball Classic starts this March. Round 1 is March 5-12 Pool A/Tokyo: China, Chinese Taipai, Japan, Korea Pool B/Mexico City: Australia, Cuba, Mexico, South Africa Pool C/Toronto: Canada, Italy, USA, Venezuela Pool D/San Juan: Dominican Republic, Kingdom of the Neatherlands, Panama, Puerto Rico Two teams will continue on to the second round, March 14-19, in San Diego and Miami The Semi finals are at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles on March 21, 22 And then the final game is also at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles on March 23th. I can't wait and plan on going to all of the San Diego games and all of the Los Angeles game. Back in '06 Team USA didn't do so well as the tournament takes place during spring training and they weren't quite ready. Hopefully this time they'll take it more seriously and have already started practicing so we can make a go of it this time. Conpetition in this event if fierce. well, c u there!:?)