This evening, Monday 18 March at 9pm local time, the team from the Dominican Republic will face the team from the Netherlands at the AT&T Park in San Francisco, California. The last time these two teams met, the Dutch team eliminated the Dominican team n a major upset. Tonight, Edison Volquez will take the mound and try to avenge the defeat. As star shortstop Jose Reyes says: “that was then, but this is now.” It should be interesting, since yesterday Puerto Rico eliminated the champions from Japan and will face the winner of this game for the World Baseball Classic Championship. It will be worth watching, since it will be the fourth time these two teams face each other in this year’s Classic. During Saturday’s game in Miami (16 March), the CDEEE reported a demand of 2,200 MW as the game was televised. Demand tonight is likely to be as high.
The DR, that had already qualified with its earlier victory against team USA, defeated Puerto Rico 2-0 for a second time on Saturday, 16 March winning US$500,000 in cash and the right to play The Netherlands tonight.
The Dominican team is undefeated so far, and has been taking the games “one at a time,” under the leadership of manager Tony Pena. The Netherlands, that defeated Cuba twice to make it to the semi-finals, is a tough team to beat.
The team that wins tonight will match Puerto Rico that qualified for the finals after defeating Japan on Sunday night.
http://espn.go.com/mlb/worldclassic2013/story/_/id/9064909/netherlands-real-threat-win-world-baseball-classic
http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/03/17/3290645/cano-santana-help-dominican-republic.html
http://www.sportsworldreport.com/articles/12075/20130318/world-baseball-classic-predictions-dominican-republic-vs-netherlands-d-r-can-win-in-2013-final-score.htm
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130317&content_id=42889486&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb