World Baseball Classic
mca47
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Who else is a fan of this?
There are a lot of things I think that could be done differently to not directly effect the MLB season, but I think it's pretty exciting.
By the way...
The Netherlands is currently beating The Dominican Republic right now (3-2 bottom of the 8th)! Wow!
There are a lot of things I think that could be done differently to not directly effect the MLB season, but I think it's pretty exciting.
By the way...
The Netherlands is currently beating The Dominican Republic right now (3-2 bottom of the 8th)! Wow!
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Huge upset!
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
that makes sense
go cuba!!
oh wait.....
i cant even begin to tell you how much i dont give a rats ass about the world baseball classic.....
hehehehehehe......................
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
Sammi: Wanna just break up?
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
Go USA and all... but team Canada has a special place in my heart... as does Justin Morneau.
EV: Los Angeles 4.12.2008, Los Angeles 4.13.2008, Nashville 6.17.2009, Nashville 6.18.2009, Memphis 6.20.2009
I'm hoping Australia can keep up their upset of Mexico in Mexico.
- 8/28/98
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- 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
Watched tonight's VEN v USA game ... man, I cannot stand Rick Sutcliffe (he was the color announcer) ... ugh, he makes Joe Morgan nearly tolerable.
But, I do love seeing these guys play for their country and forming bonds and getting pumped with their teammates ... seeing Jeter and Pedroia turn a DP ... Miguel Cabrera, Magglio Ordonez and Bobby Abreu, what an outfield.
On the flip side, I guess, Pedroia and Youkilis were giving Red Sox teammate Jason Bay of Canada a lot of shit before, during and after the USA v Canada game.
Australia is now up 17 - 7 on Mexico!
"I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
what?!?!!? you must think I was somehow taking a shot at the Mets. 2 straight mega collapse chokejobs have made you hyper-sensitive. If you think hurling it at 96 MPH pitch after pitch, at max effort, ina meaningful game, is comparable to what "he be doing" in a meaningless Grapefruit matinee, you don't know much about pitching. Just ask Luis Ayala, who went from elite set up man, to mop up man, after blowing out his elbow in the 2006 WBC. if that were Mariano or Joba, or anyone else, ramping it up 3 weeks into spring training, I would have been nervous as hell.
nice try, looking to get under my skin with the arod shit. I hate the guy, and wish they could get out of his deal. I think they'll do better without him. Anyone who thinks Jose Reyes could launder Derek jeter's jock doesn't know much about the game.
Sammi: Wanna just break up?
No kidding. This thing is so fraudulent that it's not even funny. They aren't trying as hard as they can because there is no pay and no national pride. The Italian team was filled with guys who haven't set foot in an Italian restaurant in years. It means absolutely nothing! I tried watching, but it's also like watching spring training in terms of their readiness too. So lame!
A few corrections ... first, there is prize money ... the winning team will split $3M amongst them, may not mean a lot fo teh dominicans or the US team, but hell, would love to see the Netherlands win it, they'd love that coin!
Second,"they aren't trying as hard as they can", well ... these guys are FAR MORE into these games than any spring training game I've ever seen ... fist pumping, cheering, screaming ... sorry, but there is a LOT of emotion for an 'exhibition' ... these guys have plenty of national pride, just ask the DR how they feel after losing to the Netherlands.
Watching Youkilis foul off about 9 pitches then finally jacking a mistake over the left field fence, and seeing Derek Jeter being the first guy out fo the dugout pumping the fist ... yeah, there are some cool moments if you watch it.
the fact there are guys trying to scramble onto the Italian team should inditacte that people would do anything to play in this.
It's far from perfect, and it doesn't prove who really is the best ... but, it's a decent little tournament.
"I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
I was at the Canada/USA game on Saturday and during the game, they had a thing on the Jumbotron for each country. You know, the usual crazy fans all decked out in their gear (mostly hockey jerseys for the Canadian fans, of course), cheering for their respective countries, and they also showed footage of the previous World Classic for each country. Anyway, during the U.S. "montage", they played "Born in the U.S.A.". They must have done it again the next game. I have to admit, being a Canadian at a Canada/USA game in Canada and being forced to hear "Born in the U.S.A. was slightly annoying. They played nearly the whole damn song.
Also, it's new. Who knows what this tournament could turn out to be in the future? It could be a well-respected event years from now.
Anyway, the outcome of Saturday's game wasn't ideal, but I had an absolute blast, and we were so close ... oh, so close! The atmosphere was incredible. The Skydome hasn't been that bumping with energy in over a decade, and it was fun to be a part of that again. Here's hoping Canada can beat the Italians tonight and move on. I think another Canada/USA game would be awesome!
Just like in the NHL, it is very important for these players to have a chance to represent their country in a world-wide tournament. Some players are willing to play through injuries (unless they are waiting for a steroid controversy to cool off). And for people that live outside of Canada and the U.S., this is probably bigger then any other form of baseball competition in the world. If you don't think so, can you only imagine what kind of party that Chavez would have thrown if the USA would have lost on Sunday . . . although I imagine it became "let's pretend this never happened" page 13 news after the shellacking.
Considering Japan is the defending champion I don't think they have much to prove.
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- 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
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U S A!!!
U S A!!!
"I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
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EV- 08/09,10/2008.06/08,09/2009
1.no mercy rule-is this pro ball or your local softball/baseball game. who cares what the score is
2. do this during the end of the season, not during spring training. genius move to break up team chemistry
3. play the games in cities where fans care like ny or boston or chicago, not in florida where theres 13,000 people at the game.
Sammi: Wanna just break up?
Well with it being in March I think weather wise it would be hard to have it in NY Boston or Chicago, but yes, it still is a good point.
Sammi: Wanna just break up?
No manager or gm would allow his pitchers to pitch after the playoffs. Either the majority of pitchers would not have pitched in over a month (end of September) or would have pitched throughout the playoffs after a 162 game season. There is way too high a risk or injury doing it at the end of the year.
- 8/28/98
- 9/2/00
- 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
- 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
- 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
- 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
- 8/2/07, 8/5/07
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- 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
- 9/11/11, 9/12/11
- 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
Everyone is in shape in the season. Hopefully teams will let players play. It could be a lot of fun. What if the USA were to trot this line up out there:
1b- Mark Texiera
2b- Chase Utley
SS- Jimmy Rollins
3b- Alex Rodriguiz or David Wright (depending on if zlex feels he is an american that year :arrow: )
C- Brian McCan
Rf- Matt Holiday
CF- Grady Sizemore
LF-Ryan Braun
Quite a better line up then they trotted out most days during this disaster.
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