The US team at the World Baseball Classic would be...
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by user Alex Holowczak
So Team USA was chosen. Here are the results.
- C - Joe Mauer
- 1B - Ryan Howard
- 2B - Chase Utley
- 3B - Alex Rodriguez
- SS - Derek Jeter (c)
- OF - Grady Sizemore, Lance Berkman, Vernon Wells
- Utility - Jimmy Rollins, B.J. Upton, Adam Dunn, Brian McCann, Barry Bonds
- SP - Josh Beckett, Jake Peavy, Brandon Webb, Roger Clemens, Roy Oswalt
- RP - J.J. Putz, Billy Wagner, Scott Linebrink, Trevor Hoffman, David Aardsma, Joe Nathan
- CP - Jonathan Papelbon
Batting order decided by the US coach would be:
- Grady Sizemore
- Derek Jeter
- Alex Rodriguez
- Ryan Howard
- Lance Berkman
- Joe Mauer
- Chase Utley
- Vernon Wells
- Pitcher
Jeter became captain because, he had the highest number of points of anyone that made the team in the captain vote.
There were a few problems:
- There was a tie at SS, between Jeter and Rollins. I put both in therefore, since some put them in utility too. Also, it seemed fair. Jeter got in the team because he was captain.
- There was a tie at OF, between Bonds and Wells, so I put both in. Since Bonds is getting a bit old now, I put him on the bench. No other reason.
- There was a tie at SP, between Oswalt, Kazmir and Hamels. I went for Oswalt because I wanted to.
- Papelbon/Wagner, it seemed most people wanted both, but couldn't decide which one should be closer and which was a reliever. So I put them in that order.
- People couldn't count, I asked for 6 RPs, most people only voted for 5. I blame Tylersalt, who broke the mould that people followed!
- Jose Reyes - American? Dominican Republic according to Wikipedia, just to let you know Demonboy.
