Joakim getting ready for the 2009 WBC
During this year’s World Baseball Classic, Joakim was ill, so he wasn’t able to enjoy event as much as he had hoped too. He had a great time getting to know Mexican pitching legends Teddy Higuera, Fernando Valenzuela and Armando Reynoso. He shared good times with Adrian Gonzalez, Dennys Reyes, and Ricardo Rincon. Joakim made new friends and visited with old friends.
“It was just fun to see everybody together,” he says. The team didn’t play as well as he would have liked, but Mexico did make it to the second round against some very talented teams.
