World Base Ball Classic

[SundownMotel]

Am I the only one watching it? It's been pretty awesome so far...of course, that may just be due to the fact that THERE IS BASE BALL ON THE TELEVISION OH MY GOD DUDE.
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[RobotConspiracy]

I like it. Korea is unstoppable.

[Shamrock]

It really is excellent, just finished watching the Dominican Republic/ Venezuela game. Playoff intensity baseball in March, instead of split squad Royals/D-Rays games. I really can't wait until the next WBC when the U.S. might start taking it as seriously as other countries. Just watch the Japanese or Koreans or any of the teams in the 2 category play. That's intensity. I mean, 3 of Vlad's cousins die, and he still might be back for the semifinals, but every other player the U.S. asks doesn't even give a reason for declining?

Also, what the hell happened to the D-Train?
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[Wes]

Every game I've tried to watch hasn't been televised live.
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[SundownMotel]

Yeah, I had that problem for a while. ESPN and ESPN2 usually have the games, even if they don't match up with TiVo listings or what have you.
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[Frank Stallone]

I don't see how something in its first year can already be a classic but hey what do I know.
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GATHER ROUND THE GOOD STUFF INDEED

[Jim]

That's our Frank Stallone!

Anyhow, I've been watching a pretty fair amount of it. I've just been disappointed in the performance of the US team.
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[ctoner]

The Venezuela/Dominican Republic game in San Juan was nuts. Half the fans waved Venezuelan flags; the other half waved Dominican Republic flags. They all went apeshit for ordinary things like foul balls, that is when they weren't fighting, screaming or chanting slogans in Spanish.

It was the best two hours of baseball I've ever seen.

So far, USA has lost to Korea and Canada. They're the next USA Olympic Basketball team.

[Jim]

That's another thing, where are the US fans? The fans from the other countries are treating the whole thing like it's worth a damn (it is). What's the fucking deal?
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[Shamrock]

Other countries have more to prove than the U.S. Korean, Japanese and Cuban players will just about kill themselves out there to prove that baseball in their countries is world class, and it is. That's what I'm enjoying so much about the Classic. If the U.S. and Dominican teams just completely dominated everyone they played while the other teams looked like South Africa, how interesting would it be? I think it's great that Korea and Puerto Rico and these little teams are doing so well. It makes it more competitive, and you can be sure that it will grow the sport in places like China. How angry do you think China got when their team was beat by Taiwan and Japan? If the U.S. gets beat this year, you can bet they'll come back in 5 years with something to prove.

Also

http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/5411672

[Neil]

So the US is out if Japan beats Korea and scores 7 runs or...less? What the fuck kind of tiebreaker is going on in this thing?
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[Nick]

The United States is eliminated today if:

Japan wins and scores less than 7 runs.
Japan wins and lets up less than 8 runs.

I admit it's been a lot better than I first imagined it to be. Ortiz's latest tater is still echoing in my head.
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[Mattzakrowski]

Am I a bad person for rooting for Venezuela over the U.S. because they have Freddy Garcia, and the U.S. dosen't have any Sox players?
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pr0FF3ss0r_F4rnsw0rth: shut up you dislike one thing i like and that makes you nazi hitler you smug jew bastard

[Neil]

Hooray for the US still not being eliminated because Korea beat Japan!
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[Frank Stallone]

[Jim]

frank does not like base ball
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[Auxilla]

Im digging the classic.Its was cool to see the Korean fans last night gettin crunk.
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[Nick]

Gayest World Baseball Classic ever.
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[Randy]

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[Richard]

I admit I was rooting against the us due to being an america-hating liberal an d all. I guess this means I got to root for Cuba now.
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