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2017 World Baseball Classic |OT| America prevails
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evil solrac v3.0
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DEATH TO AMERICA!!!
er, I mean, dammit Venezuela you had one job...
er, I mean, dammit Venezuela you had one job...
Team USA by far has the most and best talent of any baseball playing country. Even their "junior varsity" team is stacked with talent. It'd be great to see a team USA at full force, but unfortunately most American players and fans don't give a shit about the WBC.
That's the thing though, I just think some american players don't really care about baseball like that. It feels as if they care mostly about the money baseball provides instead of the sport itself. As you, I wonder why some players like trout and kershaw don't play. At the current rate I would say the american team is probably a top 4 team. With all their other players they'd definitely be top 2 at the very least. However, even with a fully loaded roster, I don't think that means they'd win. We saw one of the craziest lineups in 2006 when the Dominican Republic had the craziest lineup ever, big albert in his prime, soriano in his prime, ortiz, reyes all in their prime, and not even make it past 4th place.
You are absolutely right.
Their lucrative careers are more important than a trophy for their home country.
Sir Alemeth
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USA. USA. USA.
lowhighkang_LHK
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Aranado saved your ass Gregerson.
Looks like they have a chance.
Heck of a play to end it.
Yep. Hopefully the low runs scored​ doesn't come back to bite them.
Yes but DR has never put together the kind of starting pitching rotation that Team USA could. Kershaw, Bumgarner, shit, just throw the Mets rotation out there. That would compliment a very potent US lineup.
Lugo was decent for the Mets down the 2016 stretch when a lot of starters went down with injuries.
He's on a MLB team that knows how to farm + prep pitchers. If he's playing at Petco, he should pitch well.
Missed the end of the game, but I'm glad both Felix and Smyly had great games.
Also, as an American, I hate how we treat international tournaments. We don't care, and we have the worst chants. Living in Japan and seeing how the Japanese fans treat their team, and how their players treat their fans, it's night and day. Oh well.
Also, as an American, I hate how we treat international tournaments. We don't care, and we have the worst chants. Living in Japan and seeing how the Japanese fans treat their team, and how their players treat their fans, it's night and day. Oh well.
That's been the biggest weakness of the Dominican Republic. We did have a 1-2 punch of Pedro Martinez and Johnny Cueto iirc in one of the wbc, but Pedro was starting to age. I do put Cueto in that category though. Of course he's just one pitcher though. Though Kershaw is known to choke in the big games, so I wouldn't care about him, Burmgarner is scary.
Anyways, congrats USA. Fridays game will be very interesting to watch.
evil solrac v3.0
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Kershaw would choke and Bumgarner would be too psyched out by all the bat flips and celebrations.
Frozenprince
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He was better than decent. He was great.
And it's absolutely stupid to get on these guys for "caring more about their money than national pride" like that's just ridiculous. Most of them are barred from playing to begin with and eceb if they weren't, of course they care about their money. This is their job. They have a limited window within which to make as much money as possible. What if Mike Trout rams the corner wall in a stadium he's never played in and ruins his shoulder?
Even if that happened, the US would have crazy depth in that scenario to come in after them.
Frozenprince
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The US already has crazy depth tho
It's true, but I still think there'd still be someone better than Tanner Roark coming in after a starter if all those guys were to be playing.
That being said I'm very happy/impressed with Archer/Stroman/Smyly, they've been a lot better than I expected.
Frozenprince
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If all those guys were playing the US wouldn't need depth wed win every game via mercy rule.
Our pitching is light-years ahead of the fields except MAYBE a 100% healthy DR or Japan.
If MLB had a top 50 pitcher list, all these guys would be in there with yes, Clayton Kershaw as #1.
I guess people are disappointed why baseball doesn't get the same treatment as basketball.
Dmncnby2k9
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One thing i read also, maybe the WBC doesnt want all these top players to play. If they did, the insurance they would have to pay would be insane.
Frozenprince
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Just getting Kershaw would require upwards of $40M in insurances.
EazyWeazy3
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Got my tickets for Friday and Satuday night.
Can't wait!
Can't wait!
NoctisVsStar
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DR better win tonight
Are we all just simply ignoring how serious a threat Japan is? They have won 2 out of 3 WBC titles and are currently 6-0 (albeit a weaker schedule). I know Pool F is made up of four teams with tremendous MLB talent but I feel like we are overlooking the fantastic ballplayers Japan puts on the field and how well they play together.
Japan is a powerhouse; however, they need to switch some of these teams and make other pools as competitive as pool f. Just about everyone expected them to come out of every pool they've played so far.
I hope they play a Pr, or Dr team to see how they fare.
PK Strawstorm
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Tonight's game is back in Miami, right? (dreams)
I'm sure there are some good fans in San Diego who are happy to see the games, but what a disappointment versus the Miami scene.
I'm sure there are some good fans in San Diego who are happy to see the games, but what a disappointment versus the Miami scene.
That San Diego crows sucks lol, MLB would've made a lot of money playing in Miami. Almost every game would've been sold out.
Dominican Power
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Why would they play in San Diego and not in Dodger Stadium?
Dodger Stadium is the finals.
Jeter doesn't get to that and wouldn't have the arm strength.
Well in the regard of arm and getting to the ball I'd say he's more like A-Rod; however, I was looking at it more from a motion perspective. The style.
Who would've thought this game would be 1-0 in the 6th inning?
If Dr holds on to win this will benefit them tremendously in case a tie occurs.
Omega Kirby
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Hell yeah, Dominicanos!! We're back in this tournament, now USA is the next big hurdle
perfectchaos007
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I'm looking forward to baseball coming back to the olympics
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