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AP NewsBreak: Wide eligibility rules for World Baseball Classic; Anaheim and Phoenix to host.
(From AP Worldstream)
Byline: RONALD BLUM
Mike Piazza would be eligible to catch for Italy in the inaugural World Baseball Classic next year under eligibility rules being discussed by the commissioner's office and the players' association.
The sport is considering adopting rules that allow the most latitude, a high-ranking baseball official said Monday after arriving at the annual meeting of big league general managers.
In addition, the commissioner's office and the union planned to complete the sites for the tournament on Tuesday, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the of the pending announcement.
Chase Field in Phoenix (formerly Bank One Ballpark) and Scottsdale Stadium will join the Tokyo Dome, Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and the Atlanta Braves' spring training ballpark in Kissimmee, Florida., as first-round sites.
Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, will be used with Bithorn Stadium as a second-round site for the tournament, to be played from March 3-20. The semifinals and the final will be at San Diego's Petco Park, baseball and the union said in September.
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