Check out place of birth
http://www.worldbaseballclassic.com/2006/rosters/index.jsp?sid=t841

2/9/2006 11:14:19 PM

i see what your saying about USA born

however why are half of them not from anywhere?

2/9/2006 11:15:38 PM

b/c it says 'birth'place

and they are all mike piazza clones

so technically

they were never born

2/9/2006 11:18:44 PM

well even laboratories have locations

2/9/2006 11:20:38 PM

what the hell is this about

i'm half greek, but there's no way i'd ever suit up for a greek national team (not like i have the skills anyway) because i was born here and raised here -

are guys like dellucci and derosa just going so they can be the premier players on the team, or do they have a genuine connection?

i wonder

2/9/2006 11:24:16 PM

that roster is old Piazza already dropped out

2/9/2006 11:27:03 PM

so its team usa jv team

2/9/2006 11:27:27 PM

hahaha what an awesome roster

2/9/2006 11:30:48 PM

You have to have some sort of connection for sanctioned international play...but it can be something as simple as your grandfather being a citizen of that country. The catch is that once you play for one country, you have next to no chance of being allowed to play for another. Evgeni Nabokov played a game for Kazakhstan as a junior, and they only cleared him to play for Russia last year.

2/9/2006 11:40:43 PM

awesome. my aunt is hatian, guess i can try out for their soccer team

2/10/2006 12:02:35 AM

What no Tony Graffanino???

2/10/2006 12:50:21 AM

why the fuck do they have 31 infielders

2/10/2006 1:06:51 AM

Because homeruns and flyballs are for pansies.

2/10/2006 3:34:43 AM

^^haha, I was thinking the same thing. Gotta love the 60 man roster.

2/10/2006 10:06:27 AM

You only have to beable to obtain a passport in that country to play for that team... thats why Nomar Garciaparra is on the Mexico roster....

2/10/2006 10:26:22 AM

these are also just the provisional rosters not everyone makes the real team

2/11/2006 4:08:04 AM