Tejada changes his mind on WBC
Enrique Rojas, ESPNdeportes.comA phone call from Felipe Alou is all it took for Miguel Tejada to change his mind and join the Dominican Republic team in next month's World Baseball Classic.
Story | Conversation | February 27, 2009Mateo, Guzmán lift Leones del Caracas
Enrique Rojas, ESPNdeportes.comRoundup of action in the winter leagues.
Story | Conversation | January 12, 2009Marti, Gomez didn't defect for MLB
Enrique Rojas, ESPNdeportes.comThe possibility of an MLB career was not the primary why pitcher Yadel Marti and outfielder Yasser Gomez left Cuba in a raft during the holidays.
Story | Conversation | January 11, 2009Sources: Marti, Gomez defect
Enrique Rojas, ESPNdeportes.comRight-hander Yadel Marti, Cuba's best pitcher in the first World Baseball Classic in 2006, and outfielder Yasser Gomez left the island and are in an unknown location before attempting to reach Dominican Republic to seek an MLB career.
Story | Conversation | December 29, 2008D.R. vows to skip World Classic if not considered as host site
Enrique Rojas, ESPNdeportes.comThe Dominican Republic will not participate in the second World Baseball Classic if it is not considered among the sites for one of the three rounds of the tournament, according to team officials.
Story | Conversation | March 03, 2008Yanks reportedly don't want Cano to risk injury in D.R.
Enrique Rojas, ESPNdeportes.comThe Yankees told Robinson Cano to stop playing winter ball.
Story | Conversation | December 27, 2007Let's crown a real 'world champion'
Enrique Rojas, ESPNdeportes.comThe winners of the World Series and the Japan Series need to get together each year and crown a real world champ, writes Enrique Rojas.
Story | Conversation | November 02, 2006Cards slugger leads by example
Enrique Rojas, ESPNdeportes.comWith baseball's integrity under fire, Albert Pujols is the perfect candidate to save the game.
Story | Conversation | April 28, 2006Cubans can play with anybody
Enrique Rojas, ESPNdeportes.comEven though Japan won the final of the first World Baseball Classic, Cuba was not defeated.
Story | Conversation | March 20, 2006Cuba, Japan are familiar foes
Enrique Rojas, ESPNdeportes.comNeither Cuba nor Japan wants to concede anything, not even the name of its starting pitcher for the WBC championship game.
Story | Conversation | March 19, 2006Dominicans still believe they're the best
Enrique Rojas, ESPNdeportes.comDespite falling short of their goal, the Dominicans were satisfied with their effort.
Story | Conversation | March 18, 2006Win sends strong message to world
Enrique Rojas, ESPNdeportes.comA bunch of amateurs? Hardly. The Cubans have proven they can compete with -- and beat-- baseball's best.
Story | Conversation | March 18, 2006Lasorda: 'I don't want Cuba to win'
Enrique Rojas, ESPNdeportes.comTom Lasorda still cannot understand what happened to Team USA in the World Baseball Classic and doesn't want Cuba to win the tournament.
Story | Conversation | March 18, 2006Colon leaves after six scoreless innings
Enrique Rojas, ESPNdeportes.comA blister knocked Dominican pitcher Bartolo Colón out of the World Baseball Classic semifinal against Cuba on Saturday.
Story | Conversation | March 18, 2006Cordero lacks insurance to cover him in WBC
Enrique Rojas, ESPNdeportes.comRight-hander Francisco Cordero cannot play for the Dominican Republic in the semifinals of the World Baseball Classic because he does not carry an insurance that covers his participation in the tournament.
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