Anyone excited about the World Baseball Classic?

[Guiny]

Originally posted by Mike Rohsopht:
 haha, not the first time you came up and beat Japan from behind...... [/QB]

Yeah, the first time was a great comeback, they took the early lead but got their ass's kicked in the end.

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
  With a bit of help from the umps.

the lack of outrage/discussion over that situation proves how little people in this country care about this thing ... one of the most bullshit sequences i've ever seen in baseball, i don't care if a replay showed the guy should have been out, it was handled so horribly

[Guiny]

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
  i don't care if a replay showed the guy should have been out, it was handled so horribly [/QB]

But in the end, didn't the right person make the call?  Whether it was right or wrong, he still should have been the one making the call.  
 
 Let the real season begin!!!!!!!!
 
 Who do I take with the number 8 pick, it's a fantasy league not roto and 16 teams protected six players......Utley, Perralta or Dunn?  I'm kind of high on Peralta since good hitting shortstops are hard to come by.

[Fico]

Well I'm chuffed that my home team will be in the semis in San Diego...against Cuba or Puerto Rico, I think we'll be in the finals..
 
 Sad not many people seem to care...I for one have been hooked and Sal now owes me 2 beers which is even better...

[vansmack]

Originally posted by Fico:
  Well I'm chuffed that my home team will be in the semis in San Diego...against Cuba or Puerto Rico, I think we'll be in the finals..
 
 Sad not many people seem to care...I for one have been hooked and Sal now owes me 2 beers which is even better...

Great game last night.  And seeing the faces of the Venezuelan's after losing told me that some folks are taking this seriously.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Did you see the Venezeulan (I think he was next to Freddy Garcia) who was caught on camera picking his nose? Nasty.
 
 

Originally posted by vansmack:
   

Originally posted by Fico:
  Well I'm chuffed that my home team will be in the semis in San Diego...against Cuba or Puerto Rico, I think we'll be in the finals..
 
 Sad not many people seem to care...I for one have been hooked and Sal now owes me 2 beers which is even better...

Great game last night.  And seeing the faces of the Venezuelan's after losing told me that some folks are taking this seriously. [/b]

[Fico]

That was Carlos Zambrano picking his nose...
 
 Smackie..maybe Americans don't care...but I can vouch for the Cubans, Dominicans, Puerto Ricans and Venezuelans...this is bigger than Olympics for us..finally we get to showcase our talent at our own "World Cup" if you will...everyone home is glued to everygame...even when our team isn't playing...

[SalParadise]

Originally posted by Fico:
  Well I'm chuffed that my home team will be in the semis in San Diego...against Cuba or Puerto Rico, I think we'll be in the finals..
 
 Sad not many people seem to care...I for one have been hooked and Sal now owes me 2 beers which is even better...

the rematch is on in the semis.
 
 double or nothing?

[Guiny]

GO ROGER CLEMENS!!!!!!!!!

[Fico]

Originally posted by SalParadise:
   

Originally posted by Fico:
  Well I'm chuffed that my home team will be in the semis in San Diego...against Cuba or Puerto Rico, I think we'll be in the finals..
 
 Sad not many people seem to care...I for one have been hooked and Sal now owes me 2 beers which is even better...

the rematch is on in the semis.
 
 double or nothing? [/b]

Let's make it double.... That way I can share a drink wif Big Papi...

[Barcelona]

Originally posted by Fico:
  That was Carlos Zambrano picking his nose...
 
 Smackie..maybe Americans don't care...but I can vouch for the Cubans, Dominicans, Puerto Ricans and Venezuelans...this is bigger than Olympics for us..finally we get to showcase our talent at our own "World Cup" if you will...everyone home is glued to everygame...even when our team isn't playing...

I am not a baseball fan, but yesterday at home watched part of the Cuba Puerto Rico game and found it to be much more interesting game than a Yankees Red Sox game in the MLB finals or conference finals wherever it is that they meet.
 
 Fico, de que areas del pais son la mayoria de jugadores? Santo Domingo, San Pedro, Santiago... alguna zona en particular de donde salgan los mejores jugadores?

[Fico]

Originally posted by Barcelona:
   

Originally posted by Fico:
  That was Carlos Zambrano picking his nose...
 
 Smackie..maybe Americans don't care...but I can vouch for the Cubans, Dominicans, Puerto Ricans and Venezuelans...this is bigger than Olympics for us..finally we get to showcase our talent at our own "World Cup" if you will...everyone home is glued to everygame...even when our team isn't playing...

I am not a baseball fan, but yesterday at home watched part of the Cuba Puerto Rico game and found it to be much more interesting game than a Yankees Red Sox game in the MLB finals or conference finals wherever it is that they meet.
 
 Fico, de que areas del pais son la mayoria de jugadores? Santo Domingo, San Pedro, Santiago... alguna zona en particular de donde salgan los mejores jugadores? [/b]

Barcelona, it has really evolved with the years... back in the 80s it was mostly all about shortstops and infielders...most of them from San Pedro de Macoris (Pedro Guerrero, Tony Fernandez, Jorge Bell, Sammy Sosa, etc..)..the Dodgers and Blue Jays were the first teams to really establish proper academies...
 
 A lot of the new batch of players which includes a lot of power players hail from Santo Domingo, San Cristobal and outskirts such as Haina, Manoguayabo, etc... I'd say it's about 70% Santo Domingo/San Pedro with the rest from all around..
 
 And I agree about the following and intensity the games have...my grandma is forcing herself to take naps in the afternoon so she can stay awake till midnight to watch the games...my grandma is not one to show much emotions and she cracked to tears today when she talked about the loss to Cuba yesterday...

[ChampionshipVinyl]

If only the Koreans had lost.

[Frank Gallagher]

GO GO MEXICO!!!!! GO GO MEXICO!!!!!
 
   :p    :p    :p

[Guiny]

Ok, now that we are out, let the real season begin. My draft is this next weekend.  Hopping a flight to Maine and drafting a great team.