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+<!DOCTYPE message PUBLIC "-//TSN//DTD Preview 1.0/EN" "WorldBaseballPreviewXML.dtd">\r
+<message>\r
+<XML_File_ID>4019568</XML_File_ID>\r
+<heading>FEV!PREVIEW-KOR-TPE</heading>\r
+<game_id>3</game_id>\r
+<schedule_id>3</schedule_id>\r
+<category>Previews</category>\r
+<sport>WBC</sport>\r
+<title>\r
+WBC Game Preview from The Sports Network\r
+</title>\r
+<vteam>Korea</vteam>\r
+<hteam>Chinese Taipei</hteam>\r
+<visitorprob record="0-0" ERA="0.00">Korea - Chan Ho Park</visitorprob>\r
+<homeprob record="0-0" ERA="0.00">Chinese Taipei - Lin Ying-jei</homeprob>\r
+<body>\r
+ \r
+<P>\r
+ (Sports Network) - The much ballyhooed World Baseball Classic gets underway\r
+ today with the first of six games in Pool A, as Korea and Chinese Taipei open\r
+ the tournament at the Tokyo Dome.\r
+ \r
+</P>\r
+<P>\r
+ Korea enters the tournament as one of the favorites in its pool thanks to a\r
+ roster that includes several Major League ballplayers, most notably\r
+ righthander Chan Ho Park.\r
+ \r
+</P>\r
+<P>\r
+ Park, probably the most famous pitcher in Korean history, has spent 12 years\r
+ in the majors and posted a combined 12-8 mark last year with a 5.74 earned run\r
+ average with the Texas Rangers and San Diego Padres.\r
+ \r
+</P>\r
+<P>\r
+ The 32-year-old hurler joins two other big league pitchers on Korea's staff,\r
+ as Jae-Weong Seo and Sun Woo (Sunny) Kim join Park in the rotation.\r
+ \r
+</P>\r
+<P>\r
+ Byung-Hyun Kim, who made a career-high 22 starts for the Rockies last season,\r
+ will likley handle the closing duties and has previous international\r
+ experience with Korea's Junior National team (1996) and the National Team\r
+ (1997-98).\r
+ \r
+</P>\r
+<P>\r
+ New York Mets' reliever Dae-Sung Koo will also see time.\r
+ \r
+</P>\r
+<P>\r
+ Korea's offense will be led by first baseman Heep Seop Choi, who has belted 40\r
+ home runs during his four MLB seasons. Also, Seung-Yeop Lee, who will split\r
+ time with Choi at first and at designated hitter. hit 56 home runs in his last\r
+ Korea Baseball Organization season, is coming off a solid 2005 season in Japan\r
+ with Chiba Lotte\r
+ \r
+</P>\r
+<P>\r
+ Centerfielder Yong-Taik Park will set the table, as well as provide some power\r
+ from the top of the lineup for the Korean squad. Last year he led the KBO with\r
+ 90 runs scored and 43 stolen bases.\r
+ \r
+</P>\r
+<P>\r
+ Chinese Taipei, meanwhile, is considered a longshot to make it to Round 2,\r
+ especially since two of its top players opted to skip the event.\r
+ \r
+</P>\r
+<P>\r
+ New York Yankees righthander Chien-Ming Wang, who is returning from a shoulder\r
+ injury, decided to pull out and concentrate on the start of the MLB regular\r
+ season, while first baseman Chen Chin-feng, who likely would have been the\r
+ most productive hitter in the lineup, will miss the event because of a nagging\r
+ hand injury.\r
+ \r
+</P>\r
+<P>\r
+ With Chin-Feng sidelined, Chinese Taipei's power will come from Chia-Hsien\r
+ Hsieh, who belted 23 home runs and drove in 74 runs for the Macoto Cobras last\r
+ season with the Chinese Professional Baseball League. Infielder Tai-Shan\r
+ Chang, who has 154 home runs in a 10-year professional career, could also\r
+ supply some pop.\r
+ \r
+</P>\r
+<P>\r
+ Southpaw Lin Ying-jei is expected to get the starting assignment in the\r
+ opener. Last year with the Cobras, Ying-Jei posted a 12-10 mark with a 2.33\r
+ ERA in 212 innings. He also fanned 174 batters.\r
+ \r
+</P>\r
+ \r
+</body>\r
+<time_stamp>March 1, 2006, at 12:42 PM ET</time_stamp>\r
+</message>\r
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