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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    Solat13 wrote:
    Jason P wrote:
    I foresee the WBC picking up a lot of steam in coming years. The U.S. team is taking it very seriously. It is obvious that the Central and South American teams take if very seriously. I'm sure Japan wants to prove a thing or two also. Plus, baseball has been terminated from the Olympics. I think that the fan base for this tournament only has upside.

    Considering Japan is the defending champion I don't think they have much to prove.
    That's why I noted "a thing or two" :D
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  • jimed14
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    U S A!!!

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  • Phantom Pain
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    Cool Story !

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  • LONGRD
    LONGRD Posts: 6,036
    Looks like the title game will be between the Koreans and Japanese unless Team USA makes a comeback against Team Japan, down 6-2 it the bottom 7th.

    :lol: What an ugly swing by David Wright to end the top 7th.
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  • Gary Carter
    Gary Carter Posts: 14,077
    3 things bout that should be done to get more people into it in my view

    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.
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  • Thorns2010
    Thorns2010 Posts: 2,201
    metsfan wrote:
    3 things bout that should be done to get more people into it in my view

    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.


    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.
  • Gary Carter
    Gary Carter Posts: 14,077
    Thorns2010 wrote:
    metsfan wrote:
    3 things bout that should be done to get more people into it in my view

    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.


    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.
    very good point. then play it in stadiums that have retractable roofs. 13,000 people is a joke and shows just how much people in florida dont care bout baseball.
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  • Solat13
    Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    metsfan wrote:

    2. do this during the end of the season, not during spring training. genius move to break up team chemistry

    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.
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  • jamminpearls
    jamminpearls Posts: 7,078
    There is no way derek jeter should have been playing ss instead of rollins. I've seen him not get to balls and make bad throws that any philadelphia phillie fan knows and has seen jimmy make a million times. Jeter years ago probably would have made them plays but not now. And it's a shame when your playing for a chance to make the title game that your best options aren't out there were they belong.
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  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    Once every four years or three years or however often they do it they should start teh season a week earlier and finish it a week later and take two weeks during the all star break and do this.

    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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  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,337
    I like the WBC, but I think having the tourney when it is, is pretty dumb.
    They should do it late fall (after the World Series) where everyone could play if they wanted to, any little or nagging injuries would have plenty of time to heal before the next season...and no spring training games would be missed.
  • haffajappa
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    GOOOO JAPANNNN
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  • LONGRD
    LONGRD Posts: 6,036
    Whoa! what an amazing game.
    Congrats to Japan, again winningthe WBC title.

    Why would pitch to Ichiro with the 1st base open? :lol:
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  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    LongRd. wrote:
    Whoa! what an amazing game.
    Congrats to Japan, again winningthe WBC title.

    Why would pitch to Ichiro with the 1st base open? :lol:

    That's a Terry Francona move right there ;)
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  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    that was a good game. I wish i would have been able to stay up to see the end of it but on the east coast that would have been pretty late.
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