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Baseball Team to Start WBC Vs. Taiwan

Written: 2006-03-02 18:48:07Updated: 0000-00-00 00:00:00

The national baseball team on Friday will start the first World Baseball Classic against Taiwan in the Tokyo Dome.

The team is in Pool A with Japan, Taiwan and China, and the top two nation will advance to the second round in California.

San Diego Padre Park Chan-ho will lead the pitchers, having won 106 games in his eleven-year Major League Baseball career.

Reliever Kim Byung-hyun of the Arizona Diamondbacks and former New York Mets pitcher Koo Dae-sung will also help out.

Leading the hitters are Asia's home run king Lee Seung-yeop, who signed with Japan's Yomiuri Giants this season, and Los Angeles Dodger Choi Hee-seop.

South Korea plays Japan Sunday night.

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