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SPORTSTICKER WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC NOTE
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#United States World Baseball Classic roster#
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The following players have confirmed their position on
Team USA's 30-man roster & are scheduled to report to
Team USA Training Camp in Arizona on Thursday, March 2:

PITCHERS          MLB TEAM       B  T    HT   WT      BORN
========          ========       =  =    ==   ==       ===
Roger Clemens                    R  R    6-4  235   8/4/62
Chad Cordero      Washington     R  R    6-0  200  3/18/82
Brian Fuentes     Colorado       L  L    6-4  220   8/9/75
Todd Jones        Detroit        L  R    6-3  230  4/24/68
Al Leiter         NY Yankees     L  L    6-3  220 10/23/65
Brad Lidge        Houston        R  R    6-5  210 12/23/76
Gary Majewski     Washington     R  R    6-1  215  2/26/80
Joe Nathan        Minnesota      R  R    6-4  220 11/22/74
Jake Peavy        San Diego      R  R    6-0  180  5/31/81
Scot Shields      LA Angels      R  R    6-1  170  7/22/75
Huston Street     Oakland        R  R    6-0  185   8/2/83
Mike Timlin       Boston         R  R    6-4  210  3/10/66
Dan Wheeler       Houston        R  R    6-3  220 12/10/77
Dontrelle Willis  Florida        L  L    6-4  240  1/12/82

CATCHERS          MLB TEAM       B  T    HT   WT      BORN
========          ========       =  =    ==   ==       ===
Michael Barrett   Chi Cubs       R  R    6-3  210 10/22/76
Brian Schneider   Washington     L  R    6-1  195 11/26/76
Jason Varitek     Boston         S  R    6-2  230  4/11/72

INFIELDERS        MLB TEAM       B  T    HT   WT      BORN
==========        ========       =  =    ==   ==       ===
Derek Jeter       NY Yankees     R  R    6-3  195  1/26/74
Chipper Jones     Atlanta        S  R    6-4  210  4/24/72
Derrek Lee        Chi Cubs       R  R    6-5  245   9/6/75
Alex Rodriguez    NY Yankees     R  R    6-3  225  7/27/75
Mark Teixeira     Texas          S  R    6-3  220  4/11/80
Chase Utley       Philadelphia   L  R    6-1  185 12/17/78
Michael Young     Texas          R  R    6-1  190 10/19/76

OUTFIELDERS       MLB TEAM       B  T    HT   WT      BORN
===========       ========       =  =    ==   ==       ===
Johnny Damon      NY Yankees     L  L    6-2  180  11/5/73
Jeff Francoeur    Atlanta        R  R    6-4  220   1/8/84
Ken Griffey Jr    Cincinnati     L  L    6-3  220 11/21/69
Matt Holliday     Colorado       R  R    6-4  235  1/15/80
Vernon Wells      Toronto        R  R    6-1  225  12/8/78
Randy Winn        San Francisco  S  R    6-2  195   6/9/74

Manager: Buck Martinez
Bench Coach: Davey Johnson
Hitting Coach: Reggie Smith
Pitching Coach: Marcel Lachemann
Third Base Coach: John McLaren
First Base Coach: Ken Griffey
Bullpen Coach: Rick Eckstein