World Baseball Classic Preview: Group B  Greg Fiume  Group B
features some Pacific Rim teams and the Dutch, for some reason.
We take a cursory look at the teams, and then answer some
cultural and political questions about the countries themselves.
Group B of this competition is an interesting draw. Despite a
disappointing showing at Euro 2012, the Netherlands has to be
the favorite, and somehow the rules have changed to allow three
teams from the AFC to qualify for the tournament. Chinese Taipei
outperformed their world ranking of 134 to make the tournament.
Australia and Korea have had recent success...  .... I'm being
told that this joke is somewhat thin and that I am talking about
the wrong sport. Who knew? No, this is the WBC, and we are
looking at Group B. Australia, Chinese Taipei, The Netherlands,
and South Korea are the participants in this group, which will
play from March 1st to March 5th at Taichung Intercontinental
Baseball Stadium in Taiwan/Chinese Taipei. We will have a drive-
by look at each te