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March 8, 2009: Left fielder - third baseman Mark DeRosa (7) of Team USA during the first round of the World Baseball Classic at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Team
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Mark DeRosa named U.S. National Team manager for World Baseball Classic - World Baseball Softball Confederation - wbsc.org
![Texas Rangers' Mark DeRosa, center, is congratulated by Carlos Lee, left, and Mark Teixeira after DeRosa hit a three-run home run off Oakland Athletics' Kirk Saarloos in the third inning of a Texas Rangers' Mark DeRosa, center, is congratulated by Carlos Lee, left, and Mark Teixeira after DeRosa hit a three-run home run off Oakland Athletics' Kirk Saarloos in the third inning of a](https://l450v.alamy.com/450v/w0add1/toronto-blue-jays-aaron-hill-slides-but-is-out-at-second-base-as-texas-rangers-mark-derosa-throws-to-first-for-a-double-play-to-end-the-fifth-inning-at-the-rogers-center-in-toronto-canada-on-july-18-2006-the-rangers-went-on-to-defeat-the-jays-5-2-upi-photochristine-chew-w0add1.jpg)