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+ (Sports Network) - The much ballyhooed World Baseball Classic gets underway + today with the first of six games in Pool A, as Korea and Chinese Taipei open + the tournament at the Tokyo Dome. + +

+ Korea enters the tournament as one of the favorites in its pool thanks to a + roster that includes several Major League ballplayers, most notably + righthander Chan Ho Park. + +

+ Park, probably the most famous pitcher in Korean history, has spent 12 years + in the majors and posted a combined 12-8 mark last year with a 5.74 earned run + average with the Texas Rangers and San Diego Padres. + +

+ The 32-year-old hurler joins two other big league pitchers on Korea's staff, + as Jae-Weong Seo and Sun Woo (Sunny) Kim join Park in the rotation. + +

+ Byung-Hyun Kim, who made a career-high 22 starts for the Rockies last season, + will likley handle the closing duties and has previous international + experience with Korea's Junior National team (1996) and the National Team + (1997-98). + +

+ New York Mets' reliever Dae-Sung Koo will also see time. + +

+ Korea's offense will be led by first baseman Heep Seop Choi, who has belted 40 + home runs during his four MLB seasons. Also, Seung-Yeop Lee, who will split + time with Choi at first and at designated hitter. hit 56 home runs in his last + Korea Baseball Organization season, is coming off a solid 2005 season in Japan + with Chiba Lotte + +

+ Centerfielder Yong-Taik Park will set the table, as well as provide some power + from the top of the lineup for the Korean squad. Last year he led the KBO with + 90 runs scored and 43 stolen bases. + +

+ Chinese Taipei, meanwhile, is considered a longshot to make it to Round 2, + especially since two of its top players opted to skip the event. + +

+ New York Yankees righthander Chien-Ming Wang, who is returning from a shoulder + injury, decided to pull out and concentrate on the start of the MLB regular + season, while first baseman Chen Chin-feng, who likely would have been the + most productive hitter in the lineup, will miss the event because of a nagging + hand injury. + +

+ With Chin-Feng sidelined, Chinese Taipei's power will come from Chia-Hsien + Hsieh, who belted 23 home runs and drove in 74 runs for the Macoto Cobras last + season with the Chinese Professional Baseball League. Infielder Tai-Shan + Chang, who has 154 home runs in a 10-year professional career, could also + supply some pop. + +

+ Southpaw Lin Ying-jei is expected to get the starting assignment in the + opener. Last year with the Cobras, Ying-Jei posted a 12-10 mark with a 2.33 + ERA in 212 innings. He also fanned 174 batters. + +

+ + +March 1, 2006, at 12:42 PM ET +