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Posted By: Todd Schultz

I was watching the first game without Yankee pitcher Wang, but still:

1. Three of the players you listed were born in Puerto Rico--Wiliams, Posada and Molina, and as such, were born US citizens. Now you're down to 6/18 or one third.

2. Check the pitching staffs. Other than Wang and Rivera,the rest are US born. I believe the Angels have three non-US born pitchers--K-Rod, Colon and Escobar. This is where the US born players are most prevalent. I haven't studied the post-season rosters per se, but it looks like the Astros and Cardinals only have one pitcher each born outside the US, as do the Braves if Jorge Sosa made the roster. Seems the Padres have 2, and 2 catchers, and no other players born outside the US.

3. I don't really care what the percentage is, I just challenged the premise, and it seems to me pretty obvious that the number of foreign born players in MLB is not close to 50%. Also, I believe citizenship is important, and I wonder how many of those foreign born players have become US citizens.