As if it weren’t bad enough that John Lackey will be pitching for Team USA in the World Baseball Classic, the OC Register’s Earl Bloom is reporting that Brian Fuentes, too, will be joining Team USA.
We’re all for patriotism and all but risking arm injury? Not so much.
[Update - Welcome OC Register readers....thanks Sam.]
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January 8, 2009 at 3:58 pm
[...] tops Angels’ bargainsGood Cop, Bad Cop « Three Days of Cryin’ on Smoltz to Sox?World Baseball Risk « Three Days of Cryin’ on Patience, Angels fans: Fuentes will close for Team USA firstMark Whicker, ocregister.com on [...]
January 9, 2009 at 10:11 pm
[...] Jump to Comments Add Scot Shields to the Team USA mix, compounding our previously stated concerns. Shields pitched for Team USA in 2006 as well, and then went out and had one of the better [...]
January 20, 2009 at 12:49 am
[...] we’re not particularly fond of any Angel starting pitchers pitching in the WBC, we like the idea of Lackey working into the [...]
January 24, 2009 at 1:30 pm
[...] As far as we’re concerned, of course, the less Angel starting pitchers involved in the World Baseball Classic, the better. [...]