Baseball players and owners plan to stage the second edition of the World Baseball Classic in 2009. "Timing and format still have to be discussed, but we're going to go ahead with it," Bob DuPuy, baseball's chief operating officer, said Tuesday at the general managers' meetings. Japan won the first edition of the WBC last March, beating Cuba 10-6 in the final. The United States was eliminated in the second round with a 2-1 loss to Mexico.