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Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Scott Kazmir left Mondays game against Colorado after his first pitch of the second inning because of tightness on his left side.

The 33-year-old lefthander said he was tight in his hip and through warmups and and the first inning, and told pitching coach Rick Honeycutt about it between innings.

I couldnt fire my backside, so there was no power, no direction, and its a tough way to pitch, Kazmir said. Its something where you scratch your head because weve been on it constantly.

He was 10-6 with a 4.56 in 26 last starts last season, his first with the Dodgers, struggling with mechanics and flexibility because of injuries.

The frustration is through the roof right now, said Kazmir, who was making his second spring training start. Ive been dealing with this for a while now. With all the treatment and exercises I do and to be in this spot right now is definitely a head scratcher.

Reds claim Walker off waivers from Braves The Cincinnati Reds claimed first baseman Christian Walker off waivers from the Atlanta Braves, bringing him to his third organization in two months.

Walker, 25, has spent most of his time in the minors. He appeared in 13 games for Baltimore from 2014-15, going four for 27 with a solo homer. The Braves claimed him off waivers last month.

To make space on their 40-man roster, the Reds designated reliever Jumbo Diaz for assignment. Diaz, 33, has pitched for the Reds each of the last three seasons. He went 1-1 with a 3.14 ERA in 45 games last year.

Israel tops South Korea at WBC Scott Burcham singled in the winning run in extra innings Monday to lead Israel over host South Korea 2-1 in the opening game of the World Baseball Classic.

Israel got on the scoreboard in the second inning on a bases-loaded walk but South Korea tied it in the fifth when Seo Geong-chan singled to left, scoring Kim Jae-ho from third.

Burchams infield single to second base scored the runner from third in the 10th inning. Josh Zeid retired the side in the bottom of the 10th and was the winning pitcher.

First-round games also are being played in Miami, Tokyo and Guadalajara. Second-round games will be in San Diego and Tokyo, while the championship round is at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles from March 20-22.

Rangers Beltre says hell play in WBC Texas Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre says he will play for the Dominican Republic in the first round of the World Baseball Classic.

The five-time Gold Glove winner said Monday in the Rangers spring training clubhouse that he feels better after playing some exhibition games. Beltre, 37, missed the first week of games for Texas because of a strained left calf, an injury he suffered when working out at home before reporting to camp.

The Dominican Republic plays its first WBC game Thursday in Miami.

Beltre plans to stay in Arizona with the Rangers as long as he can to get treatment and more at-bats before joining the Dominican team in Miami. He was in the Rangers lineup for their game Monday against Seattle.

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PHOENIX Beware the Mensch on the Bench.

Could the first game of the World Baseball Classic become the events biggest upset?

Team Israels 2-1, 10-inning victory over host South Korea at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul in the wee hours U.S. time Monday is the early the leader in the clubhouse.

Israel was considered a long shot to become one of the two teams to advance to the semifinals from Pool A, but the odds got a lot shorter when Scott Burchams two-strike, two-out infield single drove in pinch-runner Mike Meyers with the winning run in the top of the 10th.

Right-hander Josh Zeid as in retired the side stuck out Dae-Ho Lee to end the game.

What an incredible game. Still cant catch my breath, tweeted Zeid, who thew three innings of scoreless relief for the victory.

With commissioner Rob Manfred in attendance and a bearded plush doll complete with tallit and fedora the Mensch on the Bench, a version of the elf on a shelf providing support from the dugout, Israel took a mighty step forward in a pool that includes South Korea and the Netherlands, who were generally considered shoo-ins to make the WBC semifinals.

With a victory over Chinese Taipei on Tuesday in Korea, Israel could take another large step toward an appearance in the second round. Teams play three games in pool play, and the two with the best record advance to the semifinals in Tokyo. The first tie-breaker is the a ratio of runs allowed per innings played, which already gives Israel a leg up.

Who knew?

Right-hander Jason Marquis, who started and threw three scoreless innings, is one of the few former major leagues on Team Israel. Another long-time major leaguer, right-hander Scott Feldman, is in Israels designated pitcher pool and could join the staff if it moves on to Tokyo.

Israels starting pitcher Jason Marquis throws against South Korea during the second inning of their first round game of the World Baseball Classic at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, March 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

First baseman Ike Davis is the teams most experienced hitter, with 81 major league homers, but he played only eight games with the Yankees last season. Outfielder Sam Fuld, best known for his speed and defense, has played 599 games in an eight-year career. Ty Kelly and Cody Decker also have experience, but the team is nowhere near as stacked as WBC favorites the U.S., Japan and the defending-champion Dominican Republic.

What a reminder of how fun baseball is. Now if I only could sleep, tweeted Fuld, who had two of Israels eight hits.

Israel took a 1-0 lead when Tyler Krueger drew a bases-loaded, two-out walk in the second inning, which featured a double by Zach Borenstein. South Korea tied the game on Geonchang Seos RBI single in the fifth. Israel loaded the bases three more times before breaking through in the 10th.

Israel may be short on experience, but it is long on determination and chutzpah.It has not taken an easy path to its first WBC.

The team had to win a four-team qualifier in Brooklyn in September just to get this far, and it is considered one of the lowest seeds in the 16-team field. Most of the top pros Ryan Braun, Ian Kinsler, Joc Pederson who might have signed on had Israel been placed in the Western Hemisphere chose to remain in spring training with their major league teams.

Not that it mattered in Game 1.

Israel manager Jerry Weinsteins masterful use of his pitching staff also could provide an advantage moving forward. WBC rules mandate that a pitcher who throws at least 50 pitches in a game must sit out for four days.

Since Marquis, who has 124 victories in 15 major league seasons, threw only 45, he is eligible to return as early as Wednesday, when Israel plays the Netherlands in its final pool game. Weinstein also could choose to hold Marquis for a potential tie-breaker game Friday, depending how the rest of the week plays out. Zeid threw 49 pitches.

To come out here and show the world what were capable of, I think, this mattered to me a lot, Zeid told reporters.

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Associations are constantly experimenting with new learning formats in order to better meet attendee expectations, as well as to address the different ways people like to learn.

A recent blog post by the National Conference Center highlighted six trends in experiential learning. Among them: hands-on training in a lab-like setting, as opposed to the traditional meeting room, and learning by silence, where facilitators allow more time for reflection and meditation. Another research project from the German Convention Bureau shows that groups are turning to formats that allow attendees to not only self-select their learning interests but also share knowledge informally.

This weeks ASAE Great Ideas Conference in Orlando, Florida, is also reflecting some of these research-based trends with seven distinct learning formats.

We know from the research that adults often prefer to engage in self-directed learning, and that philosophy drives much of what were doing in ASAE Learning, said Rhonda Payne, CAE, ASAEs chief learning officer. The wider range of instructional methods, which our new formats represent, give our attendees more control over setting priorities and choosing the right content, materials, and methods that match their career-development goals.

Heres a closer look at each of these formats:

Brain dates. A brain date is a one-on-one appointment, in which two attendees are matched to exchange insights about the future of associationsor anything else on their minds.

Create. In create sessions, association leaders will work on creating tools, systems, and strategies that will enable them to run their organizations more effectively and efficiently. On Sunday, attendees had the chance to create an action plan for launching an organizational design-thinking initiative to generate, test, and develop ideas that will become new programs, products, or services.

Ideate. These are another kind of interactive learning session, featuring both idea generation and the development of unconventional solutions.

Inform. The inform sessions will help association leaders get up to speed on topics like The Mechanics of Innovation and Social Media and SEO. These are meant to give attendees a quick and informative rundown of a broad topic and provide core knowledge.

Inspire. During these sessions, thought leaders from outside the association space will share their ideas to inspire association execs in their own work. On Sunday, Soon Yu, global vice president of innovation at VF Corporation, discussed how to build an iconic advantage for your brand, as she did for The North Face and Wrangler.

Learn. These sessions are the more traditional ones, blending lectures with case studies, panels, and audience interaction.

Masterclass. These intensive, 2 -hour sessions will give association execs the skills to tackle a video strategy or make a tough decision.

This kind of self-directed learning can provide a foundation for transformative learningwhere attendees use critical thinking to challenge previous assumptions and integrate new learning with prior learning, Payne said. And when that kind of higher-level skills building happens, weve struck gold.

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