2009 World Baseball Classic

[Czech please! 0]

Yeah, why not. It's just as artificial and arbitrary as "Nick Punto: Team Italy." I wanna watch Team Hutu vs Team Tutsi.

 

"Aaaaand the pitch, Umtumbe's going for second here he iiiiiiiiiis OUT at second, overslid the bag. Umpire Randy Marsh having a word with Umtumbe here aaaaaaaand there's the machete, sending Marsh's head rolling into shallow right."

[bob_barron 0]

U-S-A! U-S-A-!

Get off your fat fuck of an ass and go do something with your life?

 

Hey, I agree with you!

[EVIL~! alkeiper 0]

Czech, Jerry Coleman beat you to that call.

 

"(Dave) Winfield goes back to the wall, he hits his head on the wall and it rolls off! It's rolling all the way back to second base. This is a terrible thing for the Padres."

[devo 0]

This is a pretty great game. I'm surprised there's been no discussion.

[Smues 0]

I think it's cool how energetic the crowd is despite this game being held in America without team USA being involved.

 

And to the 9th it goes with Japan up 3-2.

[devo 0]

Tied at three in the bottom of the ninth after a two-out RBI single. This is intense.

[Kahran Ramsus 0]

Korea ties it with one out left in the game.

 

EDIT: Going to extras.

[Smues 0]

It's the game that keeps on giving.

[The Ghost of bps21 0]

What...they don't have intentional walks in Korea?

 

They deserved what they got there.

[Smues 0]

And Japan wins 5-3 in 10 inning. Great game to cap off the classic.

[Kahran Ramsus 0]

Dice-K wins MVP. Again.

[Hitler Cubano 0]

See, what'd I tell you guys? Told ya the Japanese were superior to the Koreans.

[Star Ocean 3 0]

As the only member of this panel who actually went to the game...it was awesome. VERY loud. Those Asians just did not stop cheering for the entire game. Hearing all the chants and stuff was great.

[EVIL~! alkeiper 0]

This is a pretty great game. I'm surprised there's been no discussion.

I just couldn't stay awake. It's been a rough week.

[Smues 0]

As the only member of this panel who actually went to the game...it was awesome. VERY loud. Those Asians just did not stop cheering for the entire game. Hearing all the chants and stuff was great.

It came across well on television. It was kind of like watching a soccer game in a country where they care about the sport, except I was interested in the on-field product as well.

[The Ghost of bps21 0]

That is perfectly stated.

[tekcop 0]

I don't know if this was on TV, but while I was listening to the first half of the game on ESPN radio at work, Bud Selig came into the booth and discussed some of the tournaments problems. He specifically mentioned getting rid of the useless seeding games. I think that'll help the tournament overall.

[Dobbs 3K 0]

Yeah, that was on TV. Selig made it clear there would be further changes down the line.