:( Not looking good at all.............. :mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by OregonDuck1989
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:( Not looking good at all.............. :mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by OregonDuck1989
Goodbye Italy and Canda!!!!!:p:p:p
Dutch Win!!!
Goodbye Dominican!
Go Aussie
Assuming they get there...I'd love to see Cuba in Miami. What a circus that would be.
Over/Under on the # of defectors?
Miami Should be
USA
Ven.
Japan
Korea
Australlia
Mexico
Netherlands
Puerto Rico
Uh, there's only 4 teams that go to Miami.
Uh no two from each Pool do
Wrong. 4 teams go to Miami, 4 go to San Diego.
Oh lol well those are the Eight Teams that move on:o
How many are on the roster? :pQuote:
Originally Posted by EVEN11323
Am I the only one or did Aroldis Chapman remind anyone else of a left handed Dwight Gooden circa 1984, or 1985? You know when he was Dwight Gooden. That was some smooth, easy gas he was throwing. I don't know about the veracity of the stadium radar gun, but he hit 100 mph a few times and it appeared effortless. :eek: Wow! If anyone defects I hope he does although that would probably help the Yankees or the Red Sox. :( What a first round for upsets and it just might continue with the Aussies currently leading Cuba. Oh, I don't think El Commandante is gonna be very happy (if he's still alive that is ;) ).
So, anybody watching Australia vs Cuba? It was already underway when I got home from work.
28, but hey, maybe some coaches or trainer or such will defect, too. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by PotatoOfCouch13
I say 4 defects. 3 in Miami and 1 in L.A.
BTW, Go Japan...they are the best team out there. The only team that has a shot is Cuba.
Right now, Cuba has it's hands full with Australia.Quote:
Originally Posted by asianinvasion
Personally, I hope Australia wins, because:
1) I don't like commies :D,
2) Cuba and Japan IMO are the biggest obstacle to the US winning the Classic, so I'm down with them getting eliminated by someone else, and
3) it would be cool to see if the Aussies can beat Mexico again. (I think that the winner of Cuba-Australia plays Mexico, right?)
No, the loser does and whoever wins that game moves on.Quote:
Originally Posted by dps
Personally I'm rooting for Cuba over Australia. The top team in my opinion this year is Venezuela, I just think they have the best overall team and then I would have to go with Japan/Cuba/USA in any order really.
Bah, I mis-read the brackets. You're right; both Cuba and Australia can still advance to the next round, so the outcome of this game only determines who will play Mexico on Wednesday and who will get a day off.Quote:
Originally Posted by 200tang
Ok, the game just ended in a 5-4 Cuba victory, so the Aussies do get to play Mexico again, and the Mexico-Australia winner gets to play Cuba on Thursday.
I think now that the Netherlands have upset the Dominican twice we can call it one of the biggest upsets in baseball history.
Also, I don't know about Venezuela...bullpen wise they seem to lack.
I think Japan/USA/Cuba/Venezuela are the top four teams but if I can't stick them in any particular order they all have their weaknesses.
Not yet, if they go on and win 1 or 2 more games then I'm not sure if it's an upset more than just a small sample size and a decent team going up against a team nobody knows anything about other than a few names and their pitching coach.Quote:
Originally Posted by OregonDuck1989
I'd still say its a major upset whether the Netherlands gets blown out in the second round or not.Quote:
Originally Posted by 200tang
Upsets are small sample sizes as teams don't know about other teams and downplaying their opponent.
Yeah I guess the small sample size thing was stupid to say lol. Still it's hard to call it an upset when you don't know anything about a team when in reality it could just be ignorance.Quote:
Originally Posted by OregonDuck1989
True. And I think it was ignorance. The Dominicans played down to their opponent. Twice.Quote:
Originally Posted by 200tang
Not to mention they were highly overrated.
Still, a great thing for baseball when small teams like the Netherlands can advance like that.
Definitely, I love seeing players from other countries I can't watch on a normal basis and watching other teams prospects playing for their country and showing what they can do.Quote:
Originally Posted by OregonDuck1989
Oh for sure. Mexico-Australia tomorrow will hopefully be a great game.Quote:
Originally Posted by 200tang
Round 2 will hopefully be even better and I don't even want to think how great the semis and finals will be the way this tournament has gone.
06 lacked something for me...maybe it was the upsets...maybe it was the fact the US wasn't very good.
But damn I love this 09 tournament.
http://www.escambray.cu/Eng/Special/...c090310139.htm
Fidel Castro's take on the Cuban WBC team
Some of the other articles are also interesting....
Zambrano vs Lilly
Man, Netherlands pitching does an amazing job at stranding runners.
They've been lucky as ****. Hopefully it continues.
Bring baseball to Europe!!!!
They are Losing right now :(Quote:
Originally Posted by filihok
OH yeah, Venezuela on top!!! w00t
Uh oh! Big Henry White goes yard
2 - 0 :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by RedsoxRockies
3 - 0
Come on Schoop. Let's set something up for my De Caster
Braun!
wow...Bernie Williams
Oops...K
I guess the Netherlands was saving their hitting for the next round when the games matter again
Jeter failed America... Bad time for a double steal....