One player who was identified early in the process as a very solid choice was Pat Borders, who was a two-time World Series champion with the Toronto Blue Jays and the MVP of the 1992 Series, when the Jays defeated the Atlanta Braves. During the spring of 2000, Borders was with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, and it was looking as if he would be playing most of the season at triple-A Durham, making him eligible for the Olympic team. “Here was a player that had so much experience behind the plate, we thought that would be a tremendous asset to the young pitchers we would have on the squad,” said
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