Sept. 3,
2009
2009 USA Baseball World Cup
Team Announced
The roster has been released for the 2009 USA
Baseball World Cup Team. More than have of the selections are
former Division I players.
The team will play Canada’s World Cup Team Sept.
3-6 at the National Training Complex in Cary, N.C. The World Cup
will be played in Europe in September.
Team USA will face three first-round opponents:
Germany, Venezuela and China. The top two will advance. The
first round will be held in Germany. Subsequent games would be
played in either the Netherlands or Italy. The finals will be in
Italy.
USA Baseball is the defending World Cup champion,
having defeated Cuba 6-3 in 2007 in Taipei, Taiwan. It was the
first title for the United States since 1974.
|
Pedro |
Alvarez |
INF |
Pit AA |
Vanderbilt |
|
Cedrick |
Bowers |
LHP |
Phil AAA |
none |
|
Jason |
Castro |
C |
Hou AA |
Stanford |
|
Jason |
Childers |
RHP |
TB AAA |
Kennesaw State |
|
Buck |
Coats |
OF |
Tor AAA |
none |
|
Ike |
Davis |
OF |
NYM AA |
Arizona State |
|
Daniel |
Descalso |
INF |
St. L AAA |
UC Davis |
|
Geno |
Espineli |
LHP |
SF AAA |
TCU |
|
Nate |
Field |
RHP |
Fla AAA |
non DI |
|
Lucas |
Harrell |
RHP |
CWS AAA |
none |
|
Tug |
Hulett |
INF |
KC AAA |
Auburn |
|
Kasey |
Kiker |
LHP |
Tex AAA |
none |
|
Josh |
Kroeger |
OF |
CWS AAA |
none |
|
Brad |
Lincoln |
RHP |
Pit AAA |
Houston |
|
Cory |
Luebke |
LHP |
SD AA |
Ohio State |
|
Michael |
McKenry |
C |
Col AA |
Middle Tennessee |
|
Trevor |
Plouffe |
INF |
Min AAA |
none |
|
Trevor |
Reckling |
LHP |
LAA AA |
none |
|
Todd |
Redmond |
RHP |
Atl AAA |
non DI |
|
B.J. |
Rosenberg |
RHP |
Phil AA |
Louisville |
|
Justin |
Smoak |
INF |
Tex AAA |
South Carolina |
|
Terry |
Tiffee |
INF |
Phil AAA |
non DI |
|
Ehren |
Wassermann |
RHP |
CWS AAA |
Samford |
|
Jon |
Weber |
OF |
TB AAA |
Texas Tech |
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