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Just a thought, if Jake Peavy is around when the third WBC comes to pass, he might want to skip it. His 2006 season was adversly affected by his participation in it, and his 2009 spring training is being sacrificed so he can be awful in the tournament this time around. Yesterday he got lit up for 6 runs in two innings, something that had only happened once in his entire MLB career, as Puerto Rico routed the US 11-1 with the mercy rule invoked at the end of the 7th. As a measure of how much this matters to non-Americans, consider this:

Geographically, Puerto Rico was the visiting team, playing on United States soil. But by any other measure, the team in the white uniforms was very much the home club. Of an announced crowd of 30,539, a good two-thirds sounded as though it was cheering for Puerto Rico, which also benefited from having the last turn at bat….”We felt as if we were playing in Puerto Rico,” Beltran said. “There was great support. I wasn’t expecting that it would be as it was. I thought there were going to be more Americans. … We’re in the U.S. but I appreciate the support, and we thank the Puerto Rican fans for having supported us because we really do this both for them and for Puerto Rico.”

That quote may make Tommy Lasorda kill himself.

In the other game, Venezuela got by the Dutch 3-1, but once again, it was a hard fought game. The Dutch continue to pitch out of their minds.

As for today, a triple header with Pool play in San Diego underway and the US/Dutch in an elimination game. The schedule:

—Japan/Cuba at 4:00 pm est on ESPN2

—US/Dutch at 7:30 pm est on ESPN2

—Korea/Mexico at 11:00 pm est on ESPN2