![South Africa's William Liebenberg bats against Taiwan during the second inning of their International Baseball Federation's (IBAF) final Olympic qualifying tournament game in Douliou March 13, 2008. REUTERS/Pichi Chuang (TAIWAN Stock Photo - South Africa's William Liebenberg bats against Taiwan during the second inning of their International Baseball Federation's (IBAF) final Olympic qualifying tournament game in Douliou March 13, 2008. REUTERS/Pichi Chuang (TAIWAN Stock Photo -](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2E7WB52/south-africas-william-liebenberg-bats-against-taiwan-during-the-second-inning-of-their-international-baseball-federations-ibaf-final-olympic-qualifying-tournament-game-in-douliou-march-13-2008-reuterspichi-chuang-taiwan-2E7WB52.jpg)
South Africa's William Liebenberg bats against Taiwan during the second inning of their International Baseball Federation's (IBAF) final Olympic qualifying tournament game in Douliou March 13, 2008. REUTERS/Pichi Chuang (TAIWAN Stock Photo -
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Korea's Kwang Hyun Kim pitches to Taiwan during their International Baseball Federation's (IBAF) final Olympic qualifying tournament game in Taichung March 14, 2008. Both Taiwan and Korea are among the top three
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Mexico's Walter Silva Escalante pitches to Spain during their International Baseball Federation's (IBAF) final Olympic qualifying tournament game in Taichung March 14, 2008. Mexico won 2-1. The top three teams will qualify
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Taiwan's Kai-wen Cheng pitches to South Africa during their International Baseball Federation's (IBAF) final Olympic qualifying tournament game in Douliou March 13, 2008. Taiwan won 4-0. Taiwan is one of the top
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