Cobra Commander Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 Cuba’s not facing Japan in the quarterfinals. The chaos scenario of Cuba playing in Miami is now more likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 Israel with a rally in the bottom of the 8th to take the lead on Nicaragua Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 4 hours ago, lostinube said: Pool A chaos! Cuba and Italy are in after Italy beats the Netherlands. Japan finished 4 - 0. Ohtani finally hit one out of the park and the pop in the Tokyo Dome... And then there's this. If this is the US, that poor fan is never seeing the ball again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 Canada/Great Britain has not involved much pitching so far. 6-4 Canada lead in the bottom of the 2nd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 the Canada/GB game is also fun because of Buck Martinez on color commentary. Some people on the Baseball subreddit apparently don't watch as many MLB Network relayed Blue Jays games as I did. Considering the pace of this game, maybe it's for the best that Mexico/USA is starting at 7pm Arizona time (10pm Eastern). Ariel Helwani was complaining about the start time of USA/GB last night, just imagine the complaints for this one (granted, LigaMX has some late start times too, so this really isn't new for some fans in the USA/Mexico game) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 25 combined runs so far in Canada-Britain, most ever in a WBC game. Still one out away from being through five innings... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 12, 2023 Author Share Posted March 12, 2023 Yeah Canada winning by mercy rule is gonna help everyone forget that two of their pitchers pitched like shit I will also mention that one of the Yankees few healthy bullpen arms - Jonathan Loaisiga - blew a lead for Nicaragua as Israel scored 3 in the 8th to take that game. Gonna be a long season... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 could probably get similar results from a Rubiks Cube that you're getting from Mark DeRosa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 13, 2023 Author Share Posted March 13, 2023 I enjoy that Joey Meneses continues to mash and yet the Nats are all "Geez... I don't know if we want to give this guy ABs" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 Mets fans nod knowingly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 Great Britain beats Colombia 7-5, meaning the USA's path out of pool play is a little less complex (they just have to win their games now) USA vs Canada later tonight. Puerto Rico vs Israel about to start. Both on FS1. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 (edited) Two neat stories coming out of the WBC: 1) The Tigers signed a 21 year old Nicaraguan pitcher to a minor league contract after one inning pitched where he struck out a couple major leaguers. Apparently he so impressed them that after the game they offered him the contract on the spot, which he apparently signed) https://www.mlb.com/news/duque-hebbert-signs-with-tigers-after-dominant-world-baseball-classic-inning 2) A Japanese Phenom showed some class after hitting a Czech Republic player with a 101 mph fast ball, tipping his cap to him (as is the Japanese way of apologizing), and bringing him a gift of a couple bags of Japanese candy. My thought was that if Barry Bonds played in Japan, he'd actually have 250 LESS homers, because he'd weighed 250 more pounds after all the candy he'd been given. He'd be Barry Bondszuna. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2023/03/13/wbc-roki-sasaki-willie-escala-candy-hbp-japan-czech-republic/11464636002/ Edited March 14, 2023 by SirFozzie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 Puerto Rico pitches a perfect game and also walks off Israel via mercy rule. Meanwhile in USA/Canada, Tim Anderson plays second base for the first time as a pro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 USA Angry. USA SMASH. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 the WBC games for Tuesday are.. Nicaragua/Venezuela at 11am Eastern in Miami Canada/Colombia at Noon Pacific in Phoenix Israel/Dominican Republic at 7pm EDT in Miami Mexico/Great Britain at 7pm PDT in Phoenix. Also Australia/Cuba starts early on Wednesday morning in the USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 13 hours ago, SirFozzie said: 2) A Japanese Phenom showed some class after hitting a Czech Republic player with a 101 mph fast ball, tipping his cap to him (as is the Japanese way of apologizing), and bringing him a gift of a couple bags of Japanese candy. My thought was that if Barry Bonds played in Japan, he'd actually have 250 LESS homers, because he'd weighed 250 more pounds after all the candy he'd been given. He'd be Barry Bondszuna. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2023/03/13/wbc-roki-sasaki-willie-escala-candy-hbp-japan-czech-republic/11464636002/ Rōki Sasaki is said Japanese phenom. He pitched that insane 19-strikeout perfect game last season and followed with eight more perfect innings in his next start before getting pulled, for a total of 52 (FIFTY-TWO) consecutive retired batters. He's 21. Barring something truly apocalyptic, it's only a question of when some MLB team pulls up with an 18-wheeler full of money for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 The name, the club and a glorious 'stache you could hang a set of keys on. MLB, SIGN THIS MAN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 There was a matchup between Montes and the Venezuelan pitcher whose jersey buttons kept coming loose today. Montes hit a ball to left field. Also, Pedro Gomez's son Rio just debuted for Team Colombia today against Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 Puerto Rico vs Dominican Republic tomorrow night for a trip to the knockout stage (where they'll face the Group C winner) should be a lot of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 Infield single ties Great Britain/Mexico at 1-1 in the top of the 6th inning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 Mexico beats Great Britain 2-1 with a game-winning RBI from a player who was originally the team's bullpen catcher (until Alejandro Kirk withdrew due to injury) Tomorrow afternoon's Mexico/Canada game will be huge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 15, 2023 Author Share Posted March 15, 2023 Cuba beats Australia to advance to the Semis which will be played in... Miami Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 13 minutes ago, RIPPA said: Cuba beats Australia to advance to the Semis which will be played in... Miami So, a home game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 They’ll play the winner of Venezuela vs the Pool C runnerup So there’s no shortage of Venezuelan or Colombian fans in Miami-Dade who will have less of a social taboo about rooting for their national team than Cuban-Americans. there are some tournament organizers who would do unnatural things to get USA/Cuba and Dominican/Japan as the semifinal matchups in Miami. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 Some teams have really gelled as this tournament has went on. The Cuban team went from seeming to be a mess to the semifinals. Even a team like Britain that won’t advance improved as the tournament went on. Cuba’s team having MLB guys on it might be enough of a cover for any Cuban-American fans to say they’re not supporting the Cuban government by supporting the Cuban team. They don’t have to win over AM radio dudes who care what Marco Rubio has to say. There’s likely no shortage of fans who are Cuban-American and either born here or recently arrived (compared to people who got here in the 1960s). Also the possibility of this being once in a lifetime (or twice in a lifetime if they make the finals) is gonna be persuasive. Miami could get a really awesome 5 day run of games at Marlins (LoanDepot) park: Venezuela vs Pool C runnerup (maybe USA/Venezuela?) Pool C winner vs Pool D runnerup (could be Mexico or USA vs Dominican/Puerto Rico) Cuba vs Venezuela/Pool C runnerup Probably Japan vs Pool C winner/Pool D runnerup And the finals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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