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#2823	03/04/2013 2:53:05 pm
thevinster Joined: 10/25/2012 Posts: 22 Inactive	if i had any idea what channel is was on i would watch it, but all i've found is games on ESPN Deportes which i cant watch

#2824	03/04/2013 3:44:59 pm
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 5024 Administrator	All 2013 World Baseball Classic games will be televised on MLB Network and ESPN Deportes — the exclusive English and Spanish-language partners in the United States I guess you have to have to watch the English version on MLB Network. Steve

#2832	03/05/2013 11:49:32 am
Robinsongtq Joined: 02/06/2013 Posts: 12 Inactive	We are going to play on thursday against Rep. Dominicana. Can say that we have a very good team with Miguel Cabrera, Carlos Gonzalez, Pablo Sandoval. But its very dissapointing that MLB doesnt support this event, its a shame that players like Felix Hernandez, Johan Santana or Justin Verlander just couldnt make it because their club. However, I think Venezuela will (finally) win this one :p

#2835	03/05/2013 5:41:51 pm
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 5024 Administrator	I think a lot also depends on the mindset of the players – a lot of the Major League players are more focused on getting ready for the seasons, they aren’t really in “playoff” mode for the Classic. Not sure, this maybe difference for the Japanese players and some of the other teams. Steve

#2890	03/15/2013 6:22:16 pm
ianheath653 Joined: 07/18/2012 Posts: 35 Inactive	Maybe I'm just biased as a soccer fan with a bunch of family members from/in England, but I've been watching the WBC games in Miami the last couple of nights and wondering why the heck crowds don't behave like this normally at baseball games. Seems to me like they really should.

#2891	03/16/2013 8:33:21 am
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 5024 Administrator	You mean being more into the game or something else? I guess USA lost to Puerto Rico, so is now eliminated. Steve

#2892	03/17/2013 9:20:22 am
anonemuss Joined: 02/05/2012 Posts: 4 Inactive	Why does Puerto Rico have their own team? Aren't they part of the US? And if they were part of the US, we would win every championship.

#2893	03/17/2013 2:47:15 pm
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 5024 Administrator	Well, the United States took Puerto Rico from the Spain after the Spain-American War and Puerto Rico has remain a US Territory since then. They are US citizens (I believe), but have their own elected government. I guess they have a separate baseball team too. Steve

#2901	03/19/2013 6:56:34 pm
ianheath653 Joined: 07/18/2012 Posts: 35 Inactive	Puerto Rico competes as a separate country in most international competitions, including the Olympics. That happens because it's a U.S. Commonwealth dependency rather than part of the U.S. proper. The same thing happens with the Virgin Islands and American Samoa, as well as a bunch of territories that are dependencies of other countries but not part of them, like the Cayman Islands (Great Britain) and the Cook Islands (New Zealand). You see it a lot with Pacific and Caribbean islands. It'll be interesting to see what would happen if Puerto Rico becomes a state sometime in the next decade or so (it actually did vote for statehood back in November), because if that happens then its whole national sports infrastructure would have to be folded in with the U.S., unless they were to successfully petition every different sport's governing body for permission to keep competing as a separate entity, like England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland do separate from Great Britain in soccer, and like the Iroquois Confederacy does separate from both the U.S. and Canada in lacrosse.

#2903	03/20/2013 9:36:19 am
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 5024 Administrator	Wow...looks like the Dominican Republic just rolled to the WBC championship yesterday. They were a perfect 8-0 (still not a lot of games by baseball standards) in the competition. Probably not a surprise considering how many talented players from the Dominican are in the Major Leagues -- but I guess you could say that about several countries. Congratulations to the Dominican Republic! Steve