March 6, 20232 yr First time since 2017. Starts tomorrow night, Cuba vs Netherlands. Dominican team is loaded and should be favorites. Most games appear to be on FS1/2. The 2017 WBC kicked all kinds of ass, but it did have more stars playing in it iirc. Hopefully this edition gets close to that. https://www.mlb.com/world-baseball-classic/schedule/2023-03-08 I’ll be mostly pulling for Mexico I guess, although England or the Czechs making some noise would be the most awesome.
March 7, 20232 yr I had to look it up, so here's a link for the roster: https://www.mlb.com/world-baseball-classic/roster/united-states
March 7, 20232 yr I was trying to make a work trip out to Phoenix for this but it got canceled. The last one was pretty damn fun, I'm ready
March 8, 20232 yr Author Is there a law against Cuban national teams ever having a good-looking uniform?
March 8, 20232 yr 2 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said: Poor unsigned Profar sighting. @Scraps is probably there cheering for him Edited March 8, 20232 yr by tx 3 putt
March 8, 20232 yr 7 minutes ago, Helobious said: The Dutch team… or more accurately “Curaçao players & a bunch of scrubs” My dad texted me : how does the Netherlands have so many black players ?
March 8, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, Helobious said: Is there a law against Cuban national teams ever having a good-looking uniform? You ever been to Florida? The only thing shittier than their defensive coordinators is their color palette. Edited March 8, 20232 yr by Massive Horn
March 8, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said: My dad texted me : how does the Netherlands have so many black players ? Same reason the United States has black players. 1 hour ago, Helobious said: The Dutch team… or more accurately “Curaçao players & a bunch of scrubs” And they usually overachieve in this tournament. I enjoy them.
March 8, 20232 yr 8 minutes ago, Valmy77 said: Same reason the United States has black players. History of slavery? As an aside, we only have four on the team by my count. We've reached NHL territory.
March 8, 20232 yr 3 minutes ago, Massive Horn said: History of slavery? Yep. 5 minutes ago, Massive Horn said: As an aside, we only have four on the team by my count. We've reached NHL territory. Yeah well we knew that was coming for awhile. But it seems like there are more black players in college baseball now so maybe that trend will eventually reverse itself.
March 8, 20232 yr 0-4, 2 Ks for Jurickson at the moment. Maybe they should play his brother. The immortal Chadwick Tromp is currently the hero.
March 8, 20232 yr Japan has gotta be the favorite. Kyle Tucker is my pick for US MVP. Lefty bats tend to play in these type of tournaments (heavy rhp fastball pitching)
March 8, 20232 yr 39 minutes ago, cmontexas said: Japan has gotta be the favorite. They might win it all, but the favorite has to be D.R. They stackt.
March 8, 20232 yr 13 hours ago, tx 3 putt said: @Scraps is probably there cheering for him At least he is playing somewhere while Brantley is over there dicking around
March 8, 20232 yr 44 minutes ago, cmontexas said: Japan has gotta be the favorite. No way. DR has to be the favorite.
March 8, 20232 yr US is arguably just as stacked as DR lineup wise. Japan has the arms although Darvish will probably blow it for them
March 8, 20232 yr Wow, the USA games start at 9pm ET or 10pm ET. They don't want most of the country to watch?
March 8, 20232 yr Did Cano roid back up for this? Because I can't think of any other reason to bat him 5th in that lineup.
March 9, 20232 yr 21 hours ago, Helobious said: Is there a law against Cuban national teams ever having a good-looking uniform? Negative.
March 10, 20232 yr 39 minutes ago, Scraps said: PR got punked by the Braves today Split squad Braves too. ouch
March 10, 20232 yr I guess the only requirement to qualify for Italy is you have ever eaten a piece of pizza?
March 10, 20232 yr 3 hours ago, Fudge Nuggets said: I guess the only requirement to qualify for Italy is you have ever eaten a piece of pizza? Quote To be eligible for the roster, a player must have an Italian passport, be a legal resident of the country, have a parent from the country or present documentary evidence that he would be granted citizenship or a passport in due course under Italian laws, if he were to apply for such citizenship or passport. So basically be citizen or resident of Italy or have a parent who is Italian. I don't really know what it means to be granted citizenship if you were to apply, so maybe all you need a grandparent who was Italian. They do have a pro league in Italy and traditionally have been pretty decent for Europeans but...to win in this tournament you need a few ringers. And DeLuzio, Mastrobuoni, Pasquatino, and Valente were not born in Italy either. Most of the native born Italians on the team are pitchers. Edited March 10, 20232 yr by Valmy77
March 10, 20232 yr However the Czech team that is currently dominating the Chinese seems to be filled with Czechs, who knew they played so much Baseball in Prague?
March 10, 20232 yr Why are the Cubans sucking so bad? This was supposed to be their big moment with the Cuban government finally agreeing not to throw all their major leaguers in prison and stuff.
March 10, 20232 yr Well shortly after I posted that Cuba absolutely obliterated the Panamanians with 21 hits, so maybe I should make a similar post whenever Texas is sucking.
March 10, 20232 yr Author 8 hours ago, Valmy77 said: So basically be citizen or resident of Italy or have a parent who is Italian. I don't really know what it means to be granted citizenship if you were to apply, so maybe all you need a grandparent who was Italian. They do have a pro league in Italy and traditionally have been pretty decent for Europeans but...to win in this tournament you need a few ringers. And DeLuzio, Mastrobuoni, Pasquatino, and Valente were not born in Italy either. Most of the native born Italians on the team are pitchers. Rizzo played for them in 2013. Had grandparents from there.
March 11, 20232 yr China-Australia is supposed to be on FS2 right now but there sticking with some kind of 'neck car in a crash delay. Edited March 11, 20232 yr by WBT
March 11, 20232 yr 2 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said: I noticed a couple games were on Tubi. Bet those don’t get a ton of eyeballs. is that the tv in a teletubby’s belly ? Edited March 11, 20232 yr by tx 3 putt
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