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TEAM USA vs THE WORLD (ok 5 teams)


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Can Eduardo shut the fuck up about "the way Japan plays the game"? If they were so God damn good maybe they wouldn't need half their best players to beat a grab bag collection of random Americans. Let us get 7 or 8 of our best MLB Americans on the diamond and let's see what the fuck happens. 

I mean... not disrespecting Japan's baseball game - but there's a reason we have a lackluster history in this thing. 

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2 minutes ago, WBT said:

Good job stranding the leadoff double.  Maybe score a run?

Yeah. Maybe. Maybe not. Feel like I'm watching a fucking Texas game. 

Someone needs to go yard me thinks. Hitting just isn't savvy or consistent enough. 

And my God this is a weird zone isn't it? Not a terrible zone. But just... weird.

Also we need to quit taking strikes. One swing ties this. 

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5 minutes ago, shadow_operative said:

i get why he didn't go to second. it would have been a bang-bang play and he didn't want to throw the ball into the OF. doesn't matter now.

Did you watch it twice? Part of it is confidence. Any playoff MLB team makes that play. He took the easy out and it may have cost us a run. Obviously there's a situation where it's the smarter play - I just don't see it there. 

Plus they're kind of a small ball team. Runner on 2nd and 1st with 0 outs vs runner on 2nd with 1 out isn't too different. 

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11 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Did you watch it twice? Part of it is confidence. Any playoff MLB team makes that play. He took the easy out and it may have cost us a run. Obviously there's a situation where it's the smarter play - I just don't see it there. 

Plus they're kind of a small ball team. Runner on 2nd and 1st with 0 outs vs runner on 2nd with 1 out isn't too different. 

i did not watch it twice,  it in real time the decision looked 50/50 at best.

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Just now, shadow_operative said:

i did not watch it twice,  it in real time the decision looked 50/50 at best.

For whatever reason I can reverse on this NBC deal. My initial instinct was 50/50ish but I thought he had it. On 2nd review I think 65ish% they get him at 2nd.

Either way, fun for Japan. Silver ain't bad with what we are reduced to every year. 

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3 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

Well young feller, which is it?

Half decent MLB team?

Or as good as the Rangers?

Right. Those are obviously different things. 

Point being that game seemed like somewhere between MLB and AAA ball which is something cool you rarely get to see. Especially with contrasting styles.

I enjoyed it more than the gold basketball game. 

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4 hours ago, ztejas said:

Is there not a way we could get a better team to the Olympics? What if they moved it to the winter and found a dome? Is that too crazy? Maybe the DR would just rape us then.

Because like... no country can send their best players.

I don’t know that anyone really cares about the olympics. 
 

The 2017 WBC was fucking awesome, I watched every game I could no matter the country. MLB stars everywhere, crowds bringing major energy, players super into it and playing hard. That may have been the pinnacle of international tourney baseball. Hopefully they continue it sometime & it can match it.

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