Come anticipate the World Baseball Classic with me

Wow that Korea/Japan game looks like it was quite the pitcher's duel.

i'm watching it rn, it's pretty nuts. anyone know who the American broadcaster is, he played in Japan for a long time?

btw the bumper music when they go to commercial is fuckin koto music or something - it's kinda o_0

it's Oreste Destrade

OresteS

Is this the FSN Florida Community Access play-by-play dude doing the Puerto Rico/Netherlands game?

Ian Snell reppin' Dover PR.

Great job Bernie.

Olestra Detritus

Bernie with the Combustible Huxtable impersonation.

ugh. what just happened??? it was like watching a little league team play the 1998 Yankees. UGH!

Molina's and Pudge's bunt attempts were hysterical.

16-year-old Hein Robb MEET CANTU.

Canada WTF.

anyone want tickets to game 5 or 6 for pool C? i'm suddenly feeling under the weather.

I want them but won't be in Toronto anytime soon.

Too bad K-Rod can't stretch himself out to four innings.

Los Tigres!

Nick Punto is not having a good time.

lol @ dominican republic

Lazo, mi hombre, que sabe?

MarmLOL y E-bar

Yosbany Peraza!

Peraza is 30, and the Pinar del Rio catcher; I might've seen him there in '04.

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2009/0310/mlb_a_simon_300.jpg

uh. is he ok?

After Yurendell DeCaster's hard-hit ground ball glanced off Dominican first baseman Willy Aybar's glove, allowing Gene Kingsale to score the deciding run in the Netherlands' 2-1, 11-inning win, Simon raced from the dugout to a spot behind third base. There, he got on his knees and said a prayer of thanks to his mother, and began to sob uncontrollably. He soon was mobbed and buried by a crowd of his teammates.

aawwwww

lol @ dominican republic

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i didnt wanna say it, but... bottom of the ladder!!!

it's cuz they didn't have MAY-ROD or Albert

No excuse.

best part about tonight's US/Venezuela game: Jimmy Rollins getting announced as "Henry Rollins".
i shit you not.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/worldclassic2009/news/story?id=3972122

A senior Major League Baseball official said that tournament organizers are expecting a potentially hostile crowd in Miami this weekend. And that's not the only drama happening with Team Venezuela.

looooooooove it

who in NYC wants WBC FAP

Peavy cold gettin' shellacked.

mrcy ruled!

With CHARACTER GUYS

Japan/Cuba has been pretty fun to watch so far. 3-0 Japan

Sutcliffe is such a douche. Team Netherlands is showing a little excitement and he says they're grandstanding. Pshhhhhhh.

good luck usa

best part of wbc is cuba's jerseys

Good thing Jeter (0 for 3) pouted his way into the lineup.

lol at Newsday account of Rollins plays Jeter "may not have had the range" to make.

Chipper & Pedroia out w/ aches, boohoo

Sutcliffe applauded Rollins picking up Pedroia's slack -- how about the one who actually played 2B, went 3-for-3 with a triple and double, and walked twice?

can someone please post the current deets of who's up, who's down, who has a chance, for those of us who would rather drive forks into their eyes than navigate the WBC site

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/worldclassic2009/news/story?id=3836483

Wish I could find a print story on the conversation between Pudge and Pudge's son after Sulbaran (Netherlands pitcher in the Reds' system) struck out Pudge (told by Thorne last night, I think).

Paraphrasing:

Pudge's son: Remember how you said that high school pitchers can't really pitch yet -- they're not ready for anything?

Pudge: Yes, I remember that.

Pudge's son: That pitcher who struck you out -- he was in high school last year. My school played against his school.

thanks morbs

japan shutting out cuba 6-0 is shocking!

Petco Park was less than half full with an announced crowd of 20,179.

this makes me incredibly sad

but it was DICE-K! xp

Semis and final on Sat-Mon eves oughta be good for one FAP, NY.

"I knew Cuba was a good team, but particularly there was nothing I was too worried about. While I was doing the warming up, did I look so fierce? I thought I had a smile on my face, did I not?"

—Team Japan starter Daisuke Matsuzaka

does cuba have any particular rep as a patient/impatient group of hitters? i only caught the tail end of daisuke's start but damn they were hacking, and he loves lineups like that.

He looked pretty great against them three years ago too.