Again, I will say again. A-Rod did spend several years of his childhood in the Dominican. And your reference to the Olympics, look at 2004's Greek Baseball team. It was filled with Americans who they had apply for Greek citizenship. (Dont have the roster in front of me but remember reading a huge article on it prior to the 04 games in the Daily News. I know Clay Bellenger was on the Greek team).
And I still dont see why on earth you guys are complaining about the players playting for countries of their ancestry. I think it's great. That is how yo properly promote the game. Little Arturo in Voltera liekly could care less about the WBC, but the fact that Mike Piazza, somebody who is pretty well known in Italy (due to charity work and MLB promoting in Italia), i'm sure he will pay a little more attention.