SAN DIEGO -- Results aside, it could be tough for Japan to host later round games for the next World Baseball Classic in 2009.
Kids dressed in Fidel Castro costumes carry Japanese flags as they await the start of the World Baseball Classic championship game between Cuba and Japan in San Diego.
"Especially if they win, one of the issues they will press is whether we should have more of the tournament over there next time," Major League Baseball Players Association Chief Operating Officer Gene Orza said Monday at Petco Park. "We're going to look at everything."