2013 WBC Bracket Challenge!

Play my 2013 World Baseball Classic Bracket Challenge
to win a free autographed copy of "Miracle on Grass"

Enter your bracket winners and predictions for the four teams that will reach the WBC Finals in San Francisco, by posting a comment here to this post on my blog. The top five overall scores will receive a free autographed copy of my book "Miracle on Grass" - How Hall of Famer Tommy Lasorda led Team USA to a shocking upset over Cuba, capturing the only Olympic gold medal in USA Baseball history 

You need to select which two teams you think will advance out of each of the Four Pools. You also need to then select which four teams will advance all the way to the finals, and then which country you believe will WIN the 2013 WBC.

Here are the brackets:
First Round: Choose 2 teams to advance from each pool
Pool A: Brazil, China, Cuba, Japan
Pool B: Australia, Chinese Taipei, Korea, The Netherlands
Pool C: Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Spain, Venezuela
Pool D: Canada, Mexico, Italy, USA

2nd Round: Choose 2 teams to reach finals from each pool
1. Pool A Top 2 vs. Pool B Top 2
2. Pool C Top 2 vs. Pool D Top 2

Finals: Choose 1 winner
Pool 2 runner-up vs. Pool 1 winner
Pool 1 runner-up vs. Pool 2 winner
World Championship Game

Good luck, and enjoy watching the games!

David Fanucchi is the author of “Miracle on Grass” - How Hall of Famer Tommy Lasorda led Team USA to a shocking upset over Cuba, capturing the only Olympic gold medal in USA Baseball history. He was the official Team USA Press Officer for both the 2000 USA Baseball Olympic Team and the 2006 USA World Baseball Classic Team. More information about Fanucchi and Miracle on Grass can be found on his website at www.davidfanucchi.com. Follow him on Twitter @miracleongrass.