[cardinalfan27]

they arent necessarily basing it on where the player was born, but instead their family hieritage, because several of the players including Marco Scutaro, who might still be undecided because he can play for Italy or Mexico, have parents from another country... Manny Ramirez was born in New York City, but he would be playing for the Dominican Republic... I don't think it is a joke at all, the people playing are respecting their country and playing for pride...