Nebo86

WBC Countdown: 24 days- Royals prospect Cheslor Cuthbert went 4 for 8 with 1 HR for Nicaragua in the 2012 WBCQ.

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Nebo86

WBC Countdown: 23 days- Brett Willemburg is 7 for 28 in both Classics & Qualifier for South Africa

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Nebo86

WBC Countdown: 23 days- Adrian Gonzalez has hit .237 with 2 HR & 9 RBI in both Classics for Mexico

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Nebo86

WBC Countdown: 23 days- Norichika Aoki has hit .310/.375/.333 with 7 RBI & 4 R in both Classics for Japan

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JustinVerlander35

I'm really excited for this to start already

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Nebo86

WBC Countdown: 22 days- Cubs recent acquisition, Kyuji Fujikawa had a 0.00 ERA & 1.00 WHIP in 4 IP for Japan in 2009.

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Nebo86

That makes two of us, will this be the first WBC for you?

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Nebo86

WBC Countdown: 21 days-

China's Ray Chang had a slash line of .455/.455/.818 in the 2009 Classic.



Carlos Delgado has a hit .471/.640/.941 with 2 HR & 5 RBI in both Classics for Puerto Rico



In two starts Estaban Loaiza had a 5.00 ERA & 1.67 WHIP in 9 IP for Mexico in 2006



Alexei Ramirez went 6 for 16 in the 2006 Classic for Cuba



Gene Kingsale has hit .250/.314/.250 in both Classics for the Netherlands



WBC Countdown: 20 days-

Hisashi Iwakuma had 1.35 ERA & 0.90 WHIP in 20 IP with 15 SO for Japan in 2009.



Luke Hughes #20 has hit .200/.350/.467 in both Classics for Australia.

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Nebo86

I was just reminded that the first game is on March 1st 23:30 E.S.T. making the WBC 19 days away:

WBC Countdown: 19 days-

Mets farmhand Kai Gronauer had a .471 OBP for Germany in the 2012 WBCQ



Rob Cordemans has 0.96 ERA & 1.07 WHIP in 9.1 IP in both Classics for the Dutch

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Nebo86

Hurst still pitching, only now it's to help game grow


Bruce Hurst (left), pictured in 2006, is back as pitching coach of China's World Baseball Classic team.

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