Orioles fans can place some blame on World Baseball Classic

The Orioles had more players on the WBC than any other team, and 5 pitchers. Players from many teams broke down and were 10 cents on the dollar to their fans as a result. Angelos, Selig, and Fidel Castro are busy working on the next WBC, when Orioles fans will be set up to have their players ruined again.

• "In the 2006 World Baseball Classic, the Orioles contributed more players than any other major league team, with eleven players suiting up for their home nations. Erik Bedard and Adam Loewen Canada; Rodrigo López and Geronimo Gil (released before the season began by the club) played for Mexico; Daniel Cabrera and Miguel Tejada for the Dominican Republic; Javy Lopez and Luis Matos for Puerto Rico; Bruce Chen for Panama; Ramon Hernandez for Venezuela; and John Stephens for Australia." from Wikipedia.

There are other sources for this info, this is just one. I remember very well Bruce Chen publicly criticizing another Panamanian player for not participating. That player is still playing today.

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