Japan Goes With Top Players for First WBC (AP)
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World Baseball Classic's Japanese team manager Sadaharu Oh speaks to reporters during a press conference in Tokyo Friday, Dec. 9, 2005. Japan has selected its best players for the inaugural World Baseball Classic but is still waiting for a positive response from one of its biggest stars, Hideki Matsui of the New York Yankees. Oh said he is convinced Matsui will be joining the team. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
AP - Hideki Matsui still hasn't decided if he will join Ichiro Suzuki on Japan's team for the inaugural World Baseball Classic. The Seattle Mariners' Suzuki, second baseman Tadahito Iguchi of the World Series champion Chicago White Sox, and San Diego Padres pitcher Akinori Otsuka were among the players named to the team on Friday by Japan manager Sadaharu Oh. |
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