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Jaydawg
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Re: Arod to play in the WBC after all?       <FONT COLOR=BLACK><b>[</font>Reply to #<a href="read.pl?1-1598">1598</a>]</b>
1/5/06, 4:13pm
>     With A-Rod in their lineup, the U.S. should have the edge
>over the Dominican Republic.  I still don't understand why he
>considered playing for the Dominican.  Though, for some
>reason, A-Rod received quite a big backlash over that
>controversy, while very little has been said about Mike Piazza
>playing for Italy.  The media is setting a very bad example
>here.

As much as I like Piazza, I think that this is probably more of a statement as to how poorly people think of Piazza nowadays.  If we were talking, say, 1996 Piazza, I think that there would be some backlash against him.

[Reedster from Sylmar/CA]
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