World Baseball Classic 2023

[FreoRicci]

Two now on. Just need to get contact and draw a ground ball

 

[FreoRicci]

Loaded bases. Just won't go away.

 

[FRUMPY]

Loaded bases. Just won't go away.

Little bloop hit, nothing more annoying

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[FRUMPY]

Bang, there it is, how good.

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[RPCB]

Hell yes!

 

[Dixie Flatline]

Well done Australia! Off to the quarter-finals for the very first time.

 

[FreoRicci]

DOUBLE PLAY! Australia advance to the Quarter Finals for the first time ever!

 

[basashi]

Thats it!

Best Korea can do is 2-2

 

[hotchilli]

Absolutely awesome achievement!

 

[FRUMPY]

So we're grouped with Japan again?

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[basashi]

So we're grouped with Japan again?

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we play opposite group A qualifiers. They play Group A 2nd placegetter Italy, we play group A winner Cuba

 

[hotchilli]

 

[RPCB]

 

[FRUMPY]

FMD

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[RPCB]

FMD

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Imagine their mothers watching on TV. “So that’s what Timmy and his friends get up to?”

 

[FRUMPY]

Imagine their mothers watching on TV. “So that’s what Timmy and his friends get up to?”

Dads asking for the app

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[FRUMPY]

There's a video of two young boys at the baseball and then a hot woman stands up in front of them and they stop talking and just look at each other

I couldn't find it but it's funny as

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[FreoRicci]

Korea let out all their frustrations tonight.. wow wee. 22-2 end of 5th inning.

 

[RPCB]

How shit are Great Britain’s jerseys? Like, WTF?

 

[Glenn_]

Cuba will be without former MLB player Yoenis Céspedes, who has returned to the US for personal reasons.

 

[RPCB]

Am I the only one slightly miffed at the WBC’s tiebreakers? The first tiebreaker is head to head, so if Cuba and Italy finished top 2 and no one else in their group had the same record, we would have played Italy as they beat Cuba. The second tiebreaker came into effect as all 5 teams in that group had 2-2 records and now they go off “runs against“ to determine the top 2 places. Cuba had 15 runs against and Italy had 17 runs against (the other 3 teams had more runs against), so we play Cuba.

IMO, it makes more sense to still do it “runs against” (if 3 or more teams have identical records) but then also do head to head for the top 2, with the lowest “runs against“, since head to head is the first tiebreaker. So Italy would finish 1st despite having more runs against. Not sure why Italy get penalised just because more teams had the same record. Probably Aussie bias on my part.

 

[FRUMPY]

Am I the only one slightly miffed at the WBC’s tiebreakers? The first tiebreaker is head to head, so if Cuba and Italy finished top 2 and no one else in their group had the same record, we would have played Italy as they beat Cuba. The second tiebreaker came into effect as all 5 teams in that group had 2-2 records and now they go off “runs against“ to determine the top 2 places. Cuba had 15 runs against and Italy had 17 runs against (the other 3 teams had more runs against), so we play Cuba.

IMO, it makes more sense to still do it “runs against” (if 3 or more teams have identical records) but then also do head to head for the top 2, with the lowest “runs against“, since head to head is the first tiebreaker. So Italy would finish 1st despite having more runs against. Not sure why Italy get penalised just because more teams had the same record. Probably Aussie bias on my part.

so in other words you want to play Italy and not cuba

 

[RPCB]

so in other words you want to play Italy and not cuba

Too many words to reach my point?

 

[RPCB]

I love how much togetherness there is in the WBC. The Czech manager tipping his cap to his reliever. At the moment, Canada’s 19 year old starter is seriously struggling against the US, the catcher comes out to calm him down with a smile, then the manager comes out to have a nice conversation with him and the way Freeman was looking at the kid spoke volumes about Freddie’s character and good nature. Down 3-0, 1 out, and he hasn’t been removed. Love it!

 

[Dixie Flatline]

Cuba will be without former MLB player Yoenis Céspedes, who has returned to the US for personal reasons.

Probably helps Cuba. He was awful during the WBC.