More on Australia's defeat of Mexico at the WBC

Weellllllllll. Had some time to let the amazing victory sink in.

The good news is that it is actually making some news:

Almost hidden under Phil Hughes' headline you can see the World Baseball Classic line at the SMH. You can also read about it at MLB.com, where Andrew Graham said 'We're a force, a team that's going to bring some force. We're going to try to win every game we play.' Or, at the Baseball Radio National Forums you can read coach John Deeble's thoughts, or at the Australian, Yahoo Sports, or ESPN.

Mexico is a strong side. They have plenty of major leaguers in their midst and won their pool in the 2006 Classic. Their starting pitcher Oliver Perez signed a 3-year $36m contract with the Mets this year. And their closer, Francisco Rodriguez joined the Mets on a 3-year $37m contract. Against the Aussies - who don't have any current major leaguers - Perez and Rodriguez gave up 10 hits and 6 runs over 2.2 innings combined.

The Aussies, who are largely a bunch of fringe-MLB players and prospects, showed that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts today. There were some outstanding performances, and a cursory glance at the box score highlights these:

• Trent Oeltjen: 4-for-5 with a walk and an RBI, and an excellent sliding catch in centerfield
• Luke Hughes: 2-for-6 with 3 RBIs
• Chris Snelling: 3-for-5 with 2 homers and 3 RBIs
• Ben Risinger: 2-for-5 with 3 RBIs
• Brett Roneberg: 3-for-4
• Brad Harman: 3-for-5 with 4 runs
• Andrew Graham: 4-for-6 with 3 RBIs
• (20-year-old!!!) Liam Hendriks: 1.1 IP, 1 hit, 0 runs
• Damien Moss: 1.2 IP 1 hit, 0 runs
• Rich Thompson: 2 IP, 2 hits, 0 runs, 3 strikeouts

What a game! And we mercy-ruled them. I didn't even know you could do that once you stopped playing T-Ball!

We have Cuba up next - Wednesday Aus time, with Travis Blackley taking the mound