EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted March 18, 2009 And the US advances! Six batters came to the plate, only Jeter made an out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Smues 0 Report post Posted March 18, 2009 Team USA wins!!!!!!!! David Wright comes through, and it's semi-finals baby! YES! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
909 0 Report post Posted March 18, 2009 That was great. WAR DAVID WRIGHT Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted March 18, 2009 Oh but this means nothing... Oh yeah I forgot. I'm not supposed to care about meaningless exhibitions. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
strummer 0 Report post Posted March 18, 2009 David Wright knows how to win USA! USA! USA! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Smues 0 Report post Posted March 18, 2009 I'm pissed that I can't watch this game. Stupid mlbtv I watched it on mlb.tv. Are you blacked out or something? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted March 18, 2009 David Wright knows how to win USA! USA! USA! To be fair, the other team had Carlos Delgado and Carlos Beltran. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Precious Roy 0 Report post Posted March 18, 2009 I'm pissed that I can't watch this game. Stupid mlbtv I watched it on mlb.tv. Are you blacked out or something? It wanted me to buy a subscription, which I may or may not actually do for this coming season, I haven't decided yet. Did I miss an obvious bypass of that? Oh yeah, WE WON! Huge sigh of relief, and I'm psyched because I really want to see us play Japan and Cuba. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
naiwf 0 Report post Posted March 18, 2009 David Wright knows how to win USA! USA! USA! It's not September and the Phillies aren't chasing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted March 18, 2009 David Wright knows how to win USA! USA! USA! It's not September and the Phillies aren't chasing. http://www.baseball-reference.com/pi/shareit/fwhT Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted March 18, 2009 Korea defeated Japan in the late game last night. So tonight it's Cuba vs. Japan at 11pm (ESPN2), loser goes home. That should be one hell of a game. And putting Alex Rodriguez aside for a moment. If Derek Jeter plays defense for the Yankees like he does for team USA, the Yankees are not going to win shit this season. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mik 0 Report post Posted March 18, 2009 I just got the MLB network and this was on last night... caught the 7th and meant to watch the rest. But I was getting tired so I just went to bed. Oops. Saw the highlights, holy celebration out of team USA. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimmy no nose 0 Report post Posted March 19, 2009 Kevin Youklis left the team because he suffered an injury a few days ago and apparently could barely walk after last night's game, but wanted to play anyway to avoid elimination. Not sure what's going on with him, but he's out for now. Team USA's only bench player today is Brian McCann. I hope he brought his infielders glove. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hitler Cubano 0 Report post Posted March 19, 2009 Fucking Japs. Cuba just can't seem to beat these guys. And it's over. First time Cuba hasn't reached the finals of an international tournament in 58 years. Wow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted March 19, 2009 There's a possible flaw with the format. A team runs into one difficult opponent and that's it. Cuba can't beat Japan, the Dominicans can't beat the Dutch. This is a big deal in Cuba though, it'll be interesting to see how that country reacts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hitler Cubano 0 Report post Posted March 19, 2009 Cuba was pretty much doomed to lose. Their biggest flaw was being overly aggressive and their only strength was in power hitting, which looks really impressive when you're beating the shit out of a mediocre Mexican team but it's completely neutralized in Petco Park. I saw a bunch of hits the Cubans made that normally would've driven in some baserunners- the hits discrepancy was very little in both Japan games, they just keep leaving people on base with 2 outs. If they had played in Miami, it would've been a lot better, especially for the attendance and controversy it would've brought down there. I can see that MLB was just trying to milk a possible USA-Cuba Final, though. Maybe if you lose once in your pool, you should get moved to another one or something, kind of like in poker tournaments where you have to switch tables at re-buy. It's gotta suck for the Cuban team, though- aside from losing something that's big on national pride as this, players on the team make like $550 a month and their allowance on food alone was probably way more than that these past couple days. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Precious Roy 0 Report post Posted March 19, 2009 Yeah, there's definitely some flaws in the double elimination process, but Cuba would have run into Japan again at some point. I don't know which of those 3 teams I'd rather play first. The US will get to add some more replacement players, right? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bored 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2009 It was announced Evan Longoria will be replacing Chipper Jones. They might not be able to replace Youkilis as the only other first baseman available on the provisional roster is Derrek Lee but he has strained right quad so he won't be joining the team. Looks like they are going to try Mark DeRosa at 1st. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the max 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2009 Looks like the Korea Mets blew this one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted March 22, 2009 Tonight's our first glimpse of the Morgan/Miller/Phillips trio on commentary. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted March 22, 2009 And not quite a sterling play for Venezuela there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
devo 0 Report post Posted March 22, 2009 Not that it matters much anymore but does it strike anybody as odd that a team that was in the classic bought so much advertising for the event? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kahran Ramsus 0 Report post Posted March 22, 2009 I sure backed the wrong horse in this one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted March 22, 2009 Not that it matters much anymore but does it strike anybody as odd that a team that was in the classic bought so much advertising for the event? You mean Puerto Rico? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
devo 0 Report post Posted March 22, 2009 Yeah. Didn't really strike me until I saw that the orange noise sticks are branded with GotoPuertoRico.com along with everything else. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted March 22, 2009 It's for their tourism board. Not a bad idea I think. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 Jeter at shortstop. Shit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Smues 0 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 Starting Jeter at short and Rollins at DH just boggles my mind. Stick Jeter at DH, and give the best fielding shortstop in the league the start at short. It's the fucking semi-finals. Fuck Jeter's ego, he can be happy at DH. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Smues 0 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 Leadoff homer for Roberts. I'll take it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
