Mexico, Canada avoid suspensions for bench-clearing brawl during World ...

Texas Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre said on Sunday that he may not join the Dominican Republic team for the second round of the World Baseball Classic. Beltre withdrew from the first round because of a strained right calf. An inconsistent swingThe ugly brawl (sequence starts around 55-second mark in the video linked here) between Canada and Mexico in their first-round World Baseball Classic game Saturday afternoon wouldn't have happened in the 2009 WBC.Last night, the U.S. played its first game in this year's World Baseball Classic, and we learned a number of things: 1. America's official language is English, 2. The best the U.S. can do for an ace in an international competitionBy losing 6-3 to Puerto Rico on Saturday night, Venezuela dropped to 0-2 and gained a quick and unexpected exit from the World Baseball Classic, a stunning development for a country of 30

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