World Baseball Classic: Dominican Republic May Lose Starters

Translated from El Nuevo Dia

As before, please feel free to inform me of any errors in my translation.

clásico mundial
Posibles bajas en Dominicana

Jugadores como Pujols, Ortiz y Soriano podrían verse afectados.

World Baseball Classic Possible Scratches in the Dominican: Players like Pujols, Ortiz and soriano could be affected

SANTO DOMINGO — La República Dominicana perdería al menos seis de sus principales estelares para el Clásico Mundial de béisbol debido a problemas físicos, informó el domingo el gerente general, Stanley Javier.

The Dominican Republic will lose at least six of its principal stars for the WBC due to health problems, the team's general manager Stanley Javier said Sunday.

“Hay varios casos que serán analizados como son los de Albert Pujols, David Ortiz, Fausto Carmona, Francisco Liriano, Alfonso Soriano y Carlos Peña”, dijo Javier en una entrevista con el programa La Semana Deportiva, del canal 13 de la República Dominicana.

“There are various cases that will be analyzed, like those of Albert Pujols, David Ortiz, Fausto Carmona, Francisco Liriano, Alfonso Soriano and Carlos Peña”, said Javiar in an interview with the program “La Semana Deportiva (The Week in Sports), on channel 13 in the Dominican Republic.*

Los citados jugadores estuvieron en la lista de lesionados por períodos prolongados de tiempo en las temporadas del 2007 y 2008 y en los casos de Pujols y Peña, ambos fueron operados durante el receso.

The players cited above were on the DL for prolonged periods of time in the seasons of 2007 and 2008 and, in the cases of Pujols and Peña, they had surgery during the break.

MLB anunció ayer en su portal en la internet que hoy se pondrán a la venta las taquillas individuales para los Juegos del Clásico Mundial que se jugarán en Puerto Rico, Toronto, Miami, San Diego y Los Ángeles. En el caso de Puerto Rico, los boletos pueden ser adquiridos a través de Ticketpop y sus precios fluctúan entre los $12 y $96.

MLB announced yesterday on its website that today people could purchase individual tickets for the WBC games that will be played in Puerto Rico, Toronto, Miami, San Diego and Lost Angeles. In the case of Puerto Rico, tickets can be acquired through Ticketpop and the prices are fluctuating between $12 and $96.

Según Javier, el Clásico tiene una regla que establece que peloteros que hayan estado más de 90 días en la lista de lesionados en las dos temporadas previas no pueden participar en el torneo.

As Javier said, the Classic has a rule that establishes that players that spent more than 90 days on the disabled list in the two previous seasons cannot participate in the tournament.

El receptor boricua Jorge Posada confirmó el sábado que no jugará debido a dicha reglamentación.

The catcher Jorge Posada confirmed Saturday that he will not play owing to the said rule.

Esperanzado Javier

Sin embargo, el ejecutivo dominicano estableció que la regla no es absoluta.

The hope of Javier

However, the Dominican executive established that the rule is not absolute.

“Eso es algo que será analizado durante los entrenamientos de primavera y no es algo automático, por lo que nos mantenemos optimistas de que ellos estarán en el equipo”, aseguró.

"This is something that will be analyzed during Spring Training and is not something automatic, for this we remain optimistic that they will be on the team”, he reassured.

La República Dominicana integra junto a Puerto Rico, Holanda y Panamá el grupo D que jugará en el estadio Hiram Bithorn de San Juan, en la primera ronda.

The Dominican Republic is entered together with Puerto Rico, the Netherlands and Panama in group D that will play in Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan in the first round.

Jorge Posada to play in the World Baseball Classic?

According to this ESPN Deportes report, Jorge Posada wants to play in the 2009 World Baseball Classic. Rather than making you sift through a mangled babelfish translation, I did some translating of my own.

Please note, it might not be perfect--and if you're a fluent speaker, feel free to correct me--but it should be better than what you get from an automated translator:


BRISTOL—A diferencia del torneo anterior, el receptor puertorriqueño Jorge Posada afirmó el martes que sí jugará con Puerto Rico durante el Clásico Mundial de Béisbol 2009.

Unlike the earlier tournament, the Puerto Rican catcher Jorge Posada affirmed Tuesday that he would play for Puerto Rico during the WBC in 2009


“Sí, él va a jugar. De hecho, ya firmó para jugar, y está practicando en Tampa”, dijo Jorge Posada padre a ESPNdeportes.com.

“Yes, he is going to play. He has said he is going to play and he is practicing in Tampa”, said Jorge’s father to ESPN Deportes.

“Él sí estuvo operado del hombro, pero está recuperado”, agregó Posada. “Va a jugar como bateador designado, por lo menos. Él me lo ha dicho enfáticamente en dos o tres ocasiones”.

“He had surgery, but he has recooperated”, said Posada. “He is going to play as a designated hitter, for now. He has told me he has said so on two or three occasions . "

Según informó el martes un oficial de los Yankees, Posada, quien no jugó durante el torneo del 2006 con la escuadra boricua, tampoco jugaría con Puerto Rico en la edición del Clásico 2009.

After being informed on Tuesday, a Yankees official said that Posada did not play in 2006 with the Puerto Rican squad, nor would he play with Puerto Rico in 2009.

El receptor de los Mulos solamente jugó 51 partidos con 168 turnos al bate en el 2008 con los Yankees.

The starting catcher only played 51 games with 168 ABs in 2008 with the Yankees. (Note: I'm not quite sure if this is an accurate translation of 'receptor de los Mulos', but it would fit with the article).

“Él está lesionado y no va a jugar”, dijo una fuente del equipo a ESPNdeportes.com.

“He is injured and is not going to play”, said a source with the team to ESPN Deportes.

Posada sufrió una lesión en el hombro que lo llevó dos veces a la lista de incapacitados, hasta que finalmente fue operado en julio y perdió el resto de la temporada.

Posada suffered an injury that had him on the DL twice, and was finally operated on in July and lost the rest of the season.

Según la fuente, los Yankees no le han prohibido jugar a Posada y éste podría tener la opción de jugar en el Clásico 2009 si se siente recuperado.

Following the source, the Yankees have not prohibited Posada from playing and Posada has the option to play in the WBC in 2009 if he is feeling better.




The last bit doesn't seem to jive with the rest of the article, but what it's basically saying is that technically Posada is not prohibited from playing if he's healthy, even if the Yankees don't want him to.

Whether or not Posada should play is an issue--he does have at least two new pitchers to learn--but he has gone so long without game action that a few games at DH could not be an awful thing.