Today sees today the first game for both the Dominican and Venezuelan teams in the World Baseball Classic Championship. Bartolo Colon (Los Angeles Angels, Cy Young winner 2005) will be the starting pitcher for the DR, and Johan Santana (Minnesota Twins, Cy Young winner 2004) for Venezuela. This is a rematch of the DR vs. Venezuela game, that gave Venezuela the Caribbean Series win, in February of this year. The Dominican Republic and Venezuela face each today Tuesday at Disney’s Wide World of Sports in Orlando. The match begins at 1:05 pm and will be telecast in the DR by Channel 37 and on ESPN Deportes.
The game will open the competition for Group D, which also includes Australia and Italy, who will play the second game of the day. See http://dr1.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48052 for more on the World Baseball Classic.