US sent home by Japan in semis of WBC

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Derek Jeter, Jimmy Rollins, Roy Oswalt and the rest of Team USA can get back to preparing for the start of the major league baseball season. They won't be playing for the World Baseball Classic championship. The Americans lost to defending champion Japan 9-4 in the semifinals at Dodger Stadium on a cold, blustery Sunday night, getting sent home early for the second straight time in the WBC. "It's a disappointment to all of us," Tommy Lasorda, Hall of Fame manager and WBC global ambassador, said from his seat behind read more

NECN | March 23, 2009

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