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Use this thread for comments on the weekend games. No big match ups yet with the "biggest" going to be Korea vs. the Dutch on Saturday morning until Cuba and Japan square off on Wednesday.
| Pool A: Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome - Fukuoka, Japan | ||
| DATE/TIME (LOCAL) | DATE/TIME (ET) | MATCHUP |
| Sat, Mar 2, 7:00 PM | Sat, Mar 2, 5:00 AM | Japan @ Brazil |
| Sun, Mar 3, 12:30 PM | Sat, Mar 2, 10:30 PM | Cuba @ Brazil |
| Sun, Mar 3, 7:00 PM | Sun, Mar 3, 5:00 AM | China @ Japan |
| Mon, Mar 4, 4:30 PM | Mon, Mar 4, 2:30 AM | China @ Cuba |
| Tue, Mar 5, 5:00 PM | Tue, Mar 5, 3:00 AM | Brazil @ China |
| Wed, Mar 6, 7:00 PM | Wed, Mar 6, 5:00 AM | Japan @ Cuba |
| Pool B: Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium - Taichung, Taiwan | ||
| DATE/TIME (LOCAL) | DATE/TIME (ET) | MATCHUP |
| Sat, Mar 2, 12:30 PM | Fri, Mar 1, 11:30 PM | Australia @ Chinese Taipei |
| Sat, Mar 2, 7:30 PM | Sat, Mar 2, 6:30 AM | Korea @ Netherlands |
| Sun, Mar 3, 2:30 PM | Sun, Mar 3, 1:30 AM | Netherlands @ Chinese Taipei |
| Mon, Mar 4, 6:30 PM | Mon, Mar 4, 5:30 AM | Korea @ Australia |
| Tue, Mar 5, 12:30 PM | Mon, Mar 4, 11:30 PM | Australia @ Netherlands |
| Tue, Mar 5, 7:30 PM | Tue, Mar 5, 6:30 AM | Chinese Taipei @ Korea |
Pool C and D don't start play until Wednesday (full schedule).
Royals who will be on the various teams
Mexico
Luis Mendoza
United States
Tim Collins
Dominican Republic
Kelvin Herrera
Miguel Tejada
Atahualpa Severino
Venezuela
Salvy Perez
Puerto Rico
Irving Falu
Brazil
Paulo Orlando