World Baseball Classic

[crazybuckfan40]

damn, that's a solid lineup for team USA. i wonder how nervous reds fans are with griff playing. as a tribe fan, i was happy when cc opted out. if it were a position player(w/o griff's injury history) i wouldn't care but i would worry about a pitcher. of course cabrera's pitching for puerto rico but i don't mind b/c he's getting an opportunity to close games.

I don't find it much different from Spring training. They could get hurt either place.

I think it will help these guys earlier in the season, b/c they have already been playing live full speed baseball and not spring training.

This game is never ending.

US is already down 1-0, Dontrell was struggling with control early, he had two walks in the first.

 

[sears3820]

USA down 2-0 now in the 3rd.

Canada tacked on another run by way of back-to-back triples by Aaron Guile and Adam Stern.

I hope this isn't a sign of things to come for Willis seeing how I drafted him in a BP fantasy league. :(

 

[sears3820]

Al Leiter in for Dontrelle Willis. D-Train got raked today.

Canada has extended their lead to 3-0 by way of an infield single by Pete LaForest off Willis' glove.

 

[sears3820]

Adam Stern just knocked in a couple more on a bases loaded single.

Good news: Stern's property of the Boston Red Sox.
Bad News: Canada's up 5-0.

Do you believe in miracles? YES!!!!!!

 

[The Man]

USA down 5-0, uh oh....

 

[starBUCKS]

Why are USA teams coming across so Complacent. Baseball is a sport where anyone can win any day. But in such a tournament, you need to bring your A game.

 

[crazybuckfan40]

I still can't figure out why they won't put the US game on. I mean we do live in the US.

 

[BB73]

I still can't figure out why they won't put the US game on. I mean we do live in the US.

It's been on regular ESPN for at least 30 minutes.

 

[sears3820]

I still can't figure out why they won't put the US game on. I mean we do live in the US.

It's on ESPN.

60 year-old Al Leiter's getting shelled too. Gary Majewski's coming in to stop the bleeding.

Canada has another threat going with guys on 2nd and 3rd with 1 out in the top of the 4th.

 

[sears3820]

Majewski promptly serves up a 2-run single to Matt Stairs.

7-0 fightin' DeGrassi's up.

 

[BB73]

Cuba won 8-6 in 11 innings.

If Ruben Rivera hadn't backed away from a bases-loaded pitch with the score tied in the bottom of the 9th, Panama would have won 7-6. But he instinctively backed off.

 

[thackattack]

This is pathetic. 7-0, base hit up the middle. Fans starting to boo...Oh my, the mercy rule was just brought up! :(

 

[BB73]

Pretty sad when they have to post the mercy rule about the US. :tongue2:

FYI, 15 runs after the 5th inning, or 10 runs after the 7th.

 

[thackattack]

4 consecutive hits for Canada.

 

[thackattack]

Pretty sad when they have to post the mercy rule about the US. :tongue2:

FYI, 15 runs after the 5th inning, or 10 runs after the 7th.

I thought I heard 7 runs after 5 or something a minute ago, or did I make that up?