Anyone else following the World Baseball Classic ?

[Sava]

Originally posted by Shi Huangdi

It doesn't matter what any of these players do the rest of their career. I will always look at them as failures.

yes

because some half-assed stupid international competition is more important than a 162 game season and extended playoffs HAHAHAHAHA





sigh


in other news... REAL BASEBALL BEGINS IN LIKE TWO WEEKS

[Imran Siddiqui]

Credit them with perhaps the most pathetic performance by an American team in international competition.

Indeed. That sucked. Though Korea and Japan look good. And it'll be interesting to see who gets in from Pool 2. It looks like the semis could be Asia on one side and Latin America on the other.

Can't wait for Semis and the Finals . Korea v. Japan (again) should be great. After Japan lost, Ichiro was pissed, yelled "****" and was very non-talkative. It'll be bitterly fought.

What a great tourney!

[Drake Tungsten]

Karma

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Shi Huangdi
And the USA has eliminated in round two of the World Baseball Classic

Suckers.

[Stuie]

Originally posted by Shi Huangdi
Credit them with perhaps the most pathetic performance by an American team in international competition.

Actually the team that didn't even make it to the 2004 Olympics probably gets credit for that. Ironically, they too were booted from competition by none other than Mexico.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

CHICAGO CUBS first baseman Derrek Lee has an injury now thanks to the WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC


THANKS A LOT ****ERS

I thought you were a white sox fans. thats why you celebrated when they won.

[Shi Huangdi]

Originally posted by Stuie


Actually the team that didn't even make it to the 2004 Olympics probably gets credit for that. Ironically, they too were booted from competition by none other than Mexico.

But that team didn't include Major Leaguers, so not as much can be expected from them. This team had an allstar line up and did one of the most spectular underperformances of all time.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Nice pitchers duel between the Dominican Republic and Cuba. Dominican has one SCARY lineup. Cuba, I have no clue about, but they've done well in this tourney.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Looks like Cuba is going to go on to the finals!

[Imran Siddiqui]

Great Korea-Japan III game. Great defense, passion on both sides .

[Imran Siddiqui]

And Byung Yun Kim does what comes naturally... fall apart. Japan up 3-0 on Korea.

[reismark]

It's nice to know that regardless of what happens in the sporting world, that there are always a few universal truths (like Byung-Hyun Kim being a choke artist) one can rely on.

Cuba/Japan should be one compelling matchup, especially since all signs pointed to Dominican Republic/Korea going into today...

[Imran Siddiqui]

It's nice to know that regardless of what happens in the sporting world, that there are always a few universal truths

Like Derek Jeter being overrated and A-Rod never winning a championship of any kind?

[Agathon]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
Man, who knew Korea was so good? They were awfully quiet in their rise to world-power status...

Um... they are pretty good at lots of sports. Their soccer team turned heads at the last world cup and their skaters and boxers are pretty good.

[Imran Siddiqui]

I'm quite sure he was talking baseball... considering the thread topic and all