Matt Smith of the nice website Baseball GB looks at the role of the British National Team regarding the 2009 Baseball World Cup, which takes place in Europe. As you may know, there is some confusion after the announcement of the five preliminary round groups. In pool D, played in Moscow (Russia), the second European participant is not known yet, as the IBAF apparently is discussing, if Great Britain or France receives the last spot. Why there is even a discussion, remains unclear, because the British team qualified for the 2009 World Cup through their second place finish at the European Championship in Barcelona a year ago.