Daboy
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Post by Daboy on Mar 6, 2017 21:19:46 GMT -6
is anyone going to be watching this? i know i have seen every USA games minus the third game they ever played (2006 against South Africa, which was not shown on TV). i know lots of people dont like the tournament, but for me, i absolutely love it. baseball is my favorite sport. i love seeing countries go at it. so to have the World Baseball Classic, to me, is just awesome. i also like seeing different stadiums around the world. i am watching Chinese Taipei vs Israel right now, and i just like looking at the stadium in South Korea. same for the stadiums around the tournament.
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Post by bluechips23 on Mar 6, 2017 21:20:51 GMT -6
i am quite surprised seeing that Israel has a team. I dont even know why.
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Post by bucksetball00 on Mar 6, 2017 21:24:34 GMT -6
I pay attention, but dont watch. Cool to see Israel get the win today
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Daboy
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Post by Daboy on Mar 6, 2017 21:28:38 GMT -6
ever since the tournament started Israel really wanted to be in the tournament. they were finally able to qualify this year. but they only have one Israel born player on their entire roster. the rest of the roster is made of players who are of Jewish faith. with the rules of the tournament, to be eligible for a country, you just have to have the option of being a citizen of that country, weather you are a citizen or not. and i guess to have the option to be a citizen in Israel, you have to be of Jewish faith. but it is pretty cool what they are doing with Israel.
and Israel upset South Korea 2-1 in 10 innings this morning. and now they are up 4-0 over Chinese Taipei in the first inning right now
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Daboy
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Post by Daboy on Mar 10, 2017 19:00:59 GMT -6
Jose Quintana and Chris Archer pitched amazing in the Colombia-USA game tonight. Archer 4 innings 0 hits. Quintana 5.2 innings, 1 hit, 1 run.
cant believe USA just tied it on a strike 3 dropped strike. didnt think Aranado would make it to first lol
2-2 top 7 right now!
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Daboy
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Post by Daboy on Mar 11, 2017 8:43:41 GMT -6
last night is a perfect example of why USA can never win this tournament. you got Chris Archer out there pitching lights out. 4 perfect innings. and then what do you do? you bring in six more pitchers after him so they can get their work in. John Smoltz and Matt Vasgersian were talking about it last night. USA has so many rules they have with their pitchers that no other team in the tournament has. teams basically give USA an inning limit on all their pitchers. other countries dont really worry about it. and then you have a guy like Quintana last night for Colombia, who is the White Sox ace, but felt like this is something he needed to do. thats why he pitched into the 6th inning and threw 62 pitches, while Archer only went 4 and threw 41.
pitchers are so babied these days. World Series was a great example. i think they said no starter pitched into the sixth inning in the World Series. thats just insane. we will never see a pitching matchup like John Smoltz and Jack Morris in game 7 of the 91 World Series again because of this. and pitchers are getting praised for throwing 200 innings now. and not many pitchers do it now. only 15 players did it in 2016. that is just insane
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Post by bucksetball00 on Mar 11, 2017 10:07:35 GMT -6
I feel like the World Series was a little different. It wasnt to cap innings but save as many runs as possible. Both teams had good enough BPs that the starters had short leashes
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Daboy
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Post by Daboy on Mar 11, 2017 15:19:19 GMT -6
Italy scores 5 runs in the bottom of the 9 to win their first game against Mexico. Currently they are beating Venezuela 4-0 in the 4th. This is crazy
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Post by crazyguy2010 on Mar 11, 2017 15:56:43 GMT -6
I'll watch this if USA gets close to winning it, same as MLB can't really watch the whole regular season but I will try to go a couple Rangers & Astros games when good pitching matches up. Other than I do watch playoffs more than anything.
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Daboy
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Post by Daboy on Mar 11, 2017 21:46:17 GMT -6
I can't believe USA blew a 5-0 lead. Andrew Miller was fucking terrible tonight
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Daboy
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Post by Daboy on Mar 12, 2017 8:05:04 GMT -6
Jason Marquis is having an amazing Classic! Israel is now 4-0 in the Classic after beating Cuba 4-1 last night!
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Post by bucksetball00 on Mar 14, 2017 13:02:03 GMT -6
Jason Marquis is having an amazing Classic! Israel is now 4-0 in the Classic after beating Cuba 4-1 last night! I saw this and couldnt believe it. Any more updates on their team?
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Post by greeme on Mar 14, 2017 13:30:17 GMT -6
Jason Marquis is having an amazing Classic! Israel is now 4-0 in the Classic after beating Cuba 4-1 last night! I saw this and couldnt believe it. Any more updates on their team? 4-1 now Netherlands killed them
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Daboy
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Post by Daboy on Mar 15, 2017 17:27:23 GMT -6
Jason Marquis is having an amazing Classic! Israel is now 4-0 in the Classic after beating Cuba 4-1 last night! I saw this and couldnt believe it. Any more updates on their team? Israel lost again today and got eliminated from the tournament
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Post by bucksetball00 on Mar 15, 2017 17:39:34 GMT -6
Damn. Was hoping they could pull off someone upsets and advance. Would have been a cool story
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Daboy
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Post by Daboy on Mar 15, 2017 18:56:52 GMT -6
Me too. Behind USA they were my second favorite
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Daboy
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Post by Daboy on Mar 16, 2017 18:27:27 GMT -6
How about USA come from behind win last night!
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Post by bucksetball00 on Mar 16, 2017 23:59:44 GMT -6
How about USA come from behind win last night! Jones enthusiam was sweet on his HR
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Daboy
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Post by Daboy on Mar 17, 2017 7:08:32 GMT -6
How about USA come from behind win last night! Jones enthusiam was sweet on his HR Hosmer too. It was awesome. But USA really needed that win with them playing Puerto Rico tonight and those damn Dominicans tomorrow
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Daboy
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Post by Daboy on Mar 17, 2017 20:53:14 GMT -6
Terrible start for usa
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