Re: 177 MLB Players from 10 Countries will play in the WBC

Piazza be eligible to play for Italy is old news. He doesn't know how he
qualifies, but apparently he does.

"Wunnuy" <wunnuy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I still haven't figured out why Piazza gets to play for Italy or Arod
> can play for the Dominican if he wants. What's the deal with that? I
> bet Piazza has never even been to Italy.
>


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