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#46420	03/07/2017 11:30:10 am
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 5024 Administrator	2017 World Baseball Classic Was watching Israel vs. Taiwan for a couple innings last night. Was kind of interesting. Was surprised that Israel beat Taiwan. Not sure if the Israeli players were actually all from Israel or just linked somehow to the country (Americans whose grandparent was from there kind of thing). Do people play much baseball in Israel?? I think the game was in Seoul, Korea....but the ballpark was just empty. Steve
#46421	03/07/2017 11:32:25 am
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 5024 Administrator	Israel now 2-0 with wins against Taiwan and Korea: WBC bracket I guess they're for real. Saw the USA roster...it's not great. Pitching doesn't look very strong. Steve
#46428	03/07/2017 1:54:41 pm		Ignore
Geech Joined: 01/12/2014 Posts: 590 San Luis Obispo Turtles III.4	I suspect a lot of the Israeli players are just linked to the country somehow. According to Wikipedia, Sam Fuld was born in New Hampshire. I seem to recall Anthony Rizzo playing for Team Italy in a previous WBC, so I think that's fairly common.
#46460	03/08/2017 8:42:27 am		Ignore
PrivateSnowflake Joined: 01/06/2015 Posts: 1226 Bloomington Thunder II.2	Anybody see Eric Gagne? I thought he was just a roids guy (and oh how his body has changed now that he's off), but he's actually pitching pretty good.
#46466	03/08/2017 1:15:10 pm
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 5024 Administrator	Yeah, he's pitching for Team Canada. I think he's 41 and a lot leaner than I remember. Has he lost the glasses too? Steve
#46470	03/08/2017 1:49:42 pm
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 5024 Administrator	Lox to advance: How Israel's WBC team engineered the greatest Jewish miracle since the oil burned for eight days Steve
#46591	03/11/2017 11:08:04 pm
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 5024 Administrator	Canada and Mexico struggling. USA 1-1...I think they need to win to advance. Steve
#46632	03/12/2017 11:35:02 pm
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 5024 Administrator	USA beats Canada to move into round #2....pitching actually has been strong. Steve
#46648	03/13/2017 9:01:03 am		Ignore
Krakonico Joined: 01/04/2013 Posts: 312 Inactive	#PlatanoPower Dominicans make runs in the inning they f***ing want That's a meme that is running throw Dominicans social pages, and as a proud Dominican, I can say that those two last games against USA and Colombia, had put my nerves up. #DominicanosCampeonesWBC
#47071	03/21/2017 10:48:22 am
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 5024 Administrator	Looks like it's the Netherlands, Puerto Rico, United States and Japan as the final four in Dodger Stadium. Over the weekend, the games were at Petco Park in San Diego. I was at the SD Zoo with the kids on Sunday and there were a lot of folks with WBC gear on. I think they were getting good attendance at the games. I'm not sure it's getting much TV viewership though. Steve
#47110	03/22/2017 12:11:04 am
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 5024 Administrator	Looks like it's United States versus Puerto Rico in the finals tomorrow. Steve
#47164	03/23/2017 11:09:55 am		Ignore
PrivateSnowflake Joined: 01/06/2015 Posts: 1226 Bloomington Thunder II.2	The US victory is what this thing needed years ago. It also needs to be on a bigger network. Wouldn't selling the US rights to ESPN/ABC make up for the budget shortfall? Hopefully the Classic continues...
#47169	03/23/2017 2:06:57 pm		Ignore
amalric7 Joined: 01/20/2016 Posts: 2259 New York Lancers IV.2	Good to see real life has caught up to Broken Bat, at last. Bet the USA is looking forward to pulling off a whole string of WBC titles.
#47176	03/23/2017 4:44:03 pm
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 5024 Administrator	The was a pretty dominating game last night, especially the pitching (Marcus Stroman was dominating for six innings). There seems like a lot of push back from the MLB clubs....I don't know what the future of the World Baseball Classic is. Steve

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