Author Topic: THE OFFICIAL WBC THREAD! (Read 23317 times)

daigong · « **Reply #60 on:** March 19, 2006, 06:19:42 AM »

BUY ME SOME PEANUTS AND CRACKER JACKS!!..

Saburo · « **Reply #61 on:** March 19, 2006, 06:19:47 AM »

BTW, Uehara is at 72 pitches starting the 7th inning. Very good pacing.

Still, I'll bet Japan wishes there were no pitch limits in this tourney.

Saburo · « **Reply #62 on:** March 19, 2006, 06:24:46 AM »

Uehara K's the side! This was probably his last inning of work.

Japan's bullpen had better not break down like in their first game against Korea.

Saburo · « **Reply #63 on:** March 19, 2006, 06:30:24 AM »

BOOM! Tamura lead-off home run!

Damn, it must have taken some kind of strength to get that ball out.

Rain delay?!! Fark, this sucks!

Saburo · « **Reply #64 on:** March 19, 2006, 06:41:04 AM »

They'll be second-guessing the decision to lift Seo after the 6th inning. What was his pitch count? It couldn't have been much higher than Uehara's.

daigong · « **Reply #65 on:** March 19, 2006, 06:49:23 AM »

Unless Korea goes on a monster mash? It's pretty much over! How's ESPN's coverage on this? I was readiing ESPN.com that they said the US just wasn't made for this WBC. WTF!

ahcheungape · « **Reply #66 on:** March 19, 2006, 07:17:52 AM »

korea choking! its amazing how there are always these kinda situation where a team goes undefeated throughout the tourney only to lose the most important game in the knockout round.

japan is getting major redemption on these koreans.

ohbahsan · « **Reply #67 on:** March 19, 2006, 07:30:22 AM »

Quote from: Saburo

They'll be second-guessing the decision to lift Seo after the 6th inning. What was his pitch count?

56 for seo.

Saburo · « **Reply #68 on:** March 19, 2006, 07:40:17 AM »

One out.

Will the Koreans exhibit good manners if they lose?

Saburo · « **Reply #69 on:** March 19, 2006, 07:43:51 AM »

I hate thundersticks.

That is all.

ohbahsan · « **Reply #70 on:** March 19, 2006, 07:50:10 AM »

i wonder if the cuban expatriates will root for cuba.. hmm... i predict predominantly pro-cuba crowd on monday hehe.

Saburo · « **Reply #71 on:** March 19, 2006, 08:04:58 AM »

Whew!

ESPN showed a shot of the Korean third baseman rolling the baseball in Ichiro's direction after catching his foul pop to end the top of the 9th. Jeez...

Congrats to Japan and good luck to them in the championship game.

BOO! to Byung Hyun for being a sourpuss and causing more runs to be scored by Japan.

I wonder how many of those pitchers from Team Korea will be wearing MLB uniforms in '07?

Saburo · « **Reply #72 on:** March 19, 2006, 08:36:03 AM »

http://tinyurl.com/nbckm

An MLB.com reporter brings up the 2001 World Series, which I guess is E-Z Journalism 101.

Saburo · « **Reply #73 on:** March 19, 2006, 08:49:03 AM »

Just found this now on the WBC site: http://tinyurl.com/me9lm

ahcheungape · « **Reply #74 on:** March 19, 2006, 08:59:35 AM »

i guess ichiro will continue to run his mouth about japanese baseball number 1 in asia.

Saburo · « **Reply #75 on:** March 19, 2006, 10:39:10 AM »

ESPN sure played up that Ichiro quote to death.

Let's get ready to rumble!!

THUNDERDUCK · « **Reply #76 on:** March 19, 2006, 07:01:55 PM »

BEAT CUBA! GO Nipon!

Saburo · « **Reply #77 on:** March 19, 2006, 11:23:23 PM »

It's a wrap: http://tinyurl.com/pql97

All these American wire stories mention the bat flipping, ala Bret Boone. But don't a lot of Japanese players flip the bat away as they run to first on almost any batted ball, high fly or grounder? I'm sure no stories in the Japan press mentioned this (anyone got links to Korean media?).

Player of the game has to be Uehara, whose stock will certainly rise further up as the ace of what is still Japan's marquee team.

Saburo · « **Reply #78 on:** March 19, 2006, 11:33:48 PM »

Another article that highlights the mood of the Japan team: http://tinyurl.com/rjf2p

Ching1670 · « **Reply #79 on:** March 21, 2006, 03:51:02 AM »

Wow, Japan 4-0 up already

Cuba is going to run out of pitchers if it continue like this