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Mariners LHP Rowland-Smith not in WBC (AP) (sports.yahoo.com)

Ryan Rowland-Smith chose his livelihood over his country. As expected, the Seattle Mariners' promising left-hander decided Sunday to stay in spring training rather than play for his native Australia in the World Baseball Classic. He said Australia's manager, Jon Deeble, was disappointed but understood that Rowland-Smith didn't want to risk a major league job by missing at least 10 days of camp...