If you watched any of the game between USA and Canada on Wednesday, you'll know by now that Chase Utley nearly pulled team USA ahead in the 8th inning with a blast off current Phillie Scott Matheison. Almost...not quite....Seems to be the common theme amongst American athletes over the last month. Olympics anyone?? While we all thought that Miller, Jacobellis and Cohen would certainly bring home a gold, instead we were all left wondering exactly "What went wrong"? And now another tournament matching country against country, the first annual World Baseball Classic is upon us and once again, high hopes and expectations have been set for Team USA. Already, we've seen the mistakes made in the field, the less than stellar pitching, all the almost, but not quite enough. Team USA has one of the strongest rosters in the tournament if not the strongest pitching rotation. Clemens, Willis, Peavy, Cordero, Nathan, Street, with all this talent, how can you go wrong. Easy, one look at the Domincans boasting Pujos, Ortiz and Tejada, and an undefeated record, it is no doubt that the team to beat in this tournament for the USA will be the Dominicans. However, first it is a matchup with South Africa on Friday where we will see the Rocket for the first time in this tournament. The top two teams in each pool will advance on to the final round. The USA is sure to advance with a Mexico defeat over Canada or a win over South Africa. With the Rocket starting, I'll take bets on the latter, but upsets do happen and as we all saw on Wednesday, nothing is as it seems untill the bitter [email protected]

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