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SPORTSTICKER WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC ADVISORY
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#WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC ADVISORY#
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SportsTicker's coverage of the inaugural World Baseball Classic,
which starts Thursday, March 2, will include the following files:

* - moved

IN-PROGRESS UPDATES
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Updates will move under the league code WBBC.  

EVENT MESSAGES TYPES
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                                   Regular   Correction
                                   -------   ----------
Score/Linescore                       01          11
Final with Summary to Follow          01          11
Note (sent anytime)                   02          12
Starting Bats/Confirmed Starters      03          13
Pitching Change                       04          14
Home Runs                             05          15
Warm-ups                              06          16
Scoring Update/Summary                08          18
How They Scored                       09          19
Confirm                               20          --
Event Log                             30          -- 
Final with Batteries & Probables      31          41
#Game Stats In-Progress               35          --
#Play-by-Play In-Progress             36          --
Lineups/Boxscore                      89          99

# indicates Premium Level Service Only

FILE                                  SLUG
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Schedule & Results                    BC-BBY-SCHD-WBBCSCHEDULE-R *
Comma-delimited schedule              BC-BBY-SCHD-COMMASKED-R *

Standings                             BC-BBY-STND-WBBCSTANDINGS-R *

Team rosters                          BC-BBY-LGNS-XXXXXXXXXXROSTER-R
                                       (XXXXXXXXXX - team code)

Individual Game Recaps                BC-BBY-RCPS-XXXXXXXXXX-R-YYYYYYYYYY
                                       (XXXXXXXXXX - home team),
                                       (YYYYYYYYYY - visitor team)

Main Note                             BC-BBY-LGNS-WORLDBASEBALLCLASSIC-R

World Baseball Classic Statistics
 League Leaders (Consolidated)        BC-BBY-STAT-WBBCLEAD-R (includes pitching)
 League Leagers (Individual)
  Batting                             BC-BBY-STAT-BATAVG-R
  Home Runs                           BC-BBY-STAT-HRS-R
  RBI                                 BC-BBY-STAT-RBI-R


TEAM CODES       TICKER NAME
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AUSTRALIA        AUSTRALIA
CANADA           CANADA
CHINA            CHINA
CHINTAIPEI       CHINESE TAIPEI
CUBA             CUBA
DOMREPUBLC       DOMINICAN REP
ITALY            ITALY
JAPAN            JAPAN
KOREA            KOREA
MEXICO           MEXICO
NETHERLNDS       NETHERLANDS
PANAMA           PANAMA
PUERTORICO       PUERTO RICO
SOUAFRICA        SOUTH AFRICA
USA              USA
VENEZUELA        VENEZUELA

For more info, contact SportsTicker's MLB Editor
James Keller (james.keller@sportsticker.com) at
(860) 766-1899, John Mastro (john.mastro@sportsticker.com)
at (860) 766-9511/(212) 515-1026 or Lou Monaco
(lou.monaco@sportsticker.com) at (212) 515-1163.

Updated: Tuesday, February 28