2009 World Baseball Classic - Page 5

Big Fo · 03-23-2009, 11:23 PM

I hope Japan wins this, it was lame when the Korean team planted a flag on the mound after being Japan in the second round.

Crapshoot · 03-23-2009, 11:46 PM

This is just great baseball.

Izulde · 03-24-2009, 12:01 AM

Huge strikeout there!

Izulde · 03-24-2009, 12:04 AM

Tied game! What a clutch 2-out single bottom of 9th!

Chief Rum · 03-24-2009, 12:11 AM

This is fun.

Izulde · 03-24-2009, 12:24 AM

Hell of an AB by Ichiro there and that 2-run double just put a huge crimp in Korea's chances.

Travis · 03-24-2009, 12:24 AM

So maybe they'll walk Ichiro next time he's up if they can tie this back up?

Crapshoot · 03-24-2009, 12:37 AM

What CR said. Ichiro is ridiculous.

Izulde · 03-24-2009, 12:43 AM

Stupid decision to pitch to Ichiro. Hell of a game, though.

ISiddiqui · 03-24-2009, 08:02 AM

Argh... why have the WBC Championship Game starting at 9:30 Eastern on a work night? Had to go to bed and missed some great baseball in the last few innnings of the game. But, congrats to Japan!

It was always known that Darvish wanted to come over to the MLB (and sooner rather than later). How soon do you think before Iwakuma comes over as well after his performance in this tourney?

samifan24 · 03-24-2009, 09:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ISiddiqui

Argh... why have the WBC Championship Game starting at 9:30 Eastern on a work night?

I wondered the same thing until my West Coast friends reminded me that they wanted to watch the game after work, too.

ISiddiqui · 03-24-2009, 10:40 AM

Hour earlier would have made it 5:30 PM Pacific. And isn't it more important to see the end rather than the beginning?

sooner333 · 03-24-2009, 10:58 AM

I think it has more to do with the game being availible in all of the nations that were in the WBC (minus Netherlands). Notice that people in Korea and Japan were watching and the game started mid-morning for them. It would have been harder for them to watch if it was something like 7:00 ET.

StLee · 03-24-2009, 05:10 PM

I had a class full of young women (nutrition majors) who insisted upon watching the game in class rather than me teaching them English. Unfortunately, I had to console them all after the last batter struck out in the 10th.

Mr. Sparkle · 03-24-2009, 06:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ISiddiqui

It was always known that Darvish wanted to come over to the MLB (and sooner rather than later). How soon do you think before Iwakuma comes over as well after his performance in this tourney?

I thought Darvish said recently he wasn't looking to come to the U.S. to play in the majors anytime soon? I'll see if I can dig up a link...

Mr. Sparkle · 03-24-2009, 06:44 PM

Dola.

Here we go.

hxxp://www.npbtracker.com/2008/11/yu-darvish-reiterates-lack-of-interest-in-mlb-dresses-as-a-bee/

Things can change quickly, of course, and I'd love to see him in the majors...just not in the NL West. Unless he's a Giant.

ISiddiqui · 03-24-2009, 06:49 PM

That's right. I had forgotten he said he wanted to be the hero in Japan.

sterlingice · 03-24-2009, 08:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StLee

I had a class full of young women (nutrition majors) who insisted upon watching the game in class rather than me teaching them English. Unfortunately, I had to console them all after the last batter struck out in the 10th.

SI

Big Fo · 03-24-2009, 08:49 PM

In 2013 we'll get to see a "Redeem Team" ala team USA Basketball at this Summer's Olympics.

sooner333 · 03-24-2009, 11:21 PM

How come they waited only three years this time?

03-24-2009, 12:01 AM	#203
Izulde Head Coach Join Date: Sep 2004	Huge strikeout there! __________________ 2006 Golden Scribe Nominee 2006 Golden Scribe Winner Best Non-Sport Dynasty: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty) Rookie Writer of the Year Dynasty of the Year: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty)

03-24-2009, 12:04 AM	#204
Izulde Head Coach Join Date: Sep 2004	Tied game! What a clutch 2-out single bottom of 9th! __________________ 2006 Golden Scribe Nominee 2006 Golden Scribe Winner Best Non-Sport Dynasty: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty) Rookie Writer of the Year Dynasty of the Year: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty)

03-24-2009, 12:11 AM	#205
Chief Rum Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Where Hip Hop lives	This is fun. __________________ . . I would rather be wrong...Than live in the shadows of your song...My mind is open wide...And now I'm ready to start...You're not sure...You open the door...And step out into the dark...Now I'm ready.

03-24-2009, 12:24 AM	#206
Izulde Head Coach Join Date: Sep 2004	Hell of an AB by Ichiro there and that 2-run double just put a huge crimp in Korea's chances. __________________ 2006 Golden Scribe Nominee 2006 Golden Scribe Winner Best Non-Sport Dynasty: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty) Rookie Writer of the Year Dynasty of the Year: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty)

03-24-2009, 12:24 AM	#207
Travis Pro Rookie Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Canada eh	So maybe they'll walk Ichiro next time he's up if they can tie this back up? __________________ "I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it." - Rogers Hornsby

03-23-2009, 11:23 PM	#201
Big Fo Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2005	I hope Japan wins this, it was lame when the Korean team planted a flag on the mound after being Japan in the second round.

03-23-2009, 11:46 PM	#202
Crapshoot Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Dec 2003	This is just great baseball.

03-24-2009, 12:37 AM	#208
Crapshoot Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Dec 2003	What CR said. Ichiro is ridiculous. Last edited by Crapshoot : 03-24-2009 at 12:37 AM.

03-24-2009, 12:43 AM	#209
Izulde Head Coach Join Date: Sep 2004	Stupid decision to pitch to Ichiro. Hell of a game, though. __________________ 2006 Golden Scribe Nominee 2006 Golden Scribe Winner Best Non-Sport Dynasty: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty) Rookie Writer of the Year Dynasty of the Year: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty)

03-24-2009, 08:02 AM	#210
ISiddiqui Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Decatur, GA	Argh... why have the WBC Championship Game starting at 9:30 Eastern on a work night? Had to go to bed and missed some great baseball in the last few innnings of the game. But, congrats to Japan! It was always known that Darvish wanted to come over to the MLB (and sooner rather than later). How soon do you think before Iwakuma comes over as well after his performance in this tourney? __________________ "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages" -Tennessee Williams Last edited by ISiddiqui : 03-24-2009 at 08:02 AM.

03-24-2009, 10:40 AM	#212
ISiddiqui Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Decatur, GA	Hour earlier would have made it 5:30 PM Pacific. And isn't it more important to see the end rather than the beginning? __________________ "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages" -Tennessee Williams

03-24-2009, 10:58 AM	#213
sooner333 College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Norman, OK	I think it has more to do with the game being availible in all of the nations that were in the WBC (minus Netherlands). Notice that people in Korea and Japan were watching and the game started mid-morning for them. It would have been harder for them to watch if it was something like 7:00 ET.

03-24-2009, 05:10 PM	#214
StLee High School Varsity Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Daegu, Korea	I had a class full of young women (nutrition majors) who insisted upon watching the game in class rather than me teaching them English. Unfortunately, I had to console them all after the last batter struck out in the 10th.

03-24-2009, 06:44 PM	#216
Mr. Sparkle High School JV Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: San Francisco	Dola. Here we go. hxxp://www.npbtracker.com/2008/11/yu-darvish-reiterates-lack-of-interest-in-mlb-dresses-as-a-bee/ Things can change quickly, of course, and I'd love to see him in the majors...just not in the NL West. Unless he's a Giant. __________________ I hope life isn't a joke, because I don't get it Last edited by Mr. Sparkle : 03-24-2009 at 06:47 PM.

03-24-2009, 06:49 PM	#217
ISiddiqui Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Decatur, GA	That's right. I had forgotten he said he wanted to be the hero in Japan. __________________ "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages" -Tennessee Williams

03-24-2009, 08:49 PM	#219
Big Fo Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2005	In 2013 we'll get to see a "Redeem Team" ala team USA Basketball at this Summer's Olympics.

03-24-2009, 11:21 PM	#220
sooner333 College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Norman, OK	How come they waited only three years this time?

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