World Baseball Classic

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  1. IrishCorey

    IrishCorey Well-Known Member

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    I don't know how many of you are watching this, but did anyone see Holland upset the Dominican Republican?

    Jeeez, that was funny.
     
  2. Terry O'Keefe

    Terry O'Keefe Well-Known Member Administrator

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    I wish they would deep six this thing or at least get MLB players out of it. Most of the MLB pitchers aren't ready to throw in this type of game and I believe stats show that the MLB pitchers who play in the WBC have bad years.
     
  3. Terry O'Keefe

    Terry O'Keefe Well-Known Member Administrator

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    They did it again. I saw that the DR had 23 MLB players to the Dutch 2 (where did the Dutch get 2 MLB players?).
     
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    The Dutch includes Curacao and the Antilles. This is what I find funny about this thing. I think the idea of it is good but the fact that if I were good enough, I could probably play for the Dutch because I have some Dutch ancestry is what kind of makes this an MLB publicity inspired joke. I enjoy watching the US and I like the idea but I think it needs to be done much differently.