Baseball World Tourney
 

Alright, I don't know much about this. Nor do I care to go back to ESPN.COM and read all about it again. But I do know that its suppose to be some time next year.

That being said...THIS SHIT IS GONNA BE SICK!

Can you imagine the f'in Dominican republic lineup? Goodness. Why don't we just hand them the title right now man. Vlad, Grandpa Pujols, Tejada, Soriana, Man Rams, Shrek (and when I say Shrek, I mean David Ortiz).


Yo yo what about the U S of motherf'in A's pitching. Clemens, Dontrelle Whatchu talkin bout Willis, Jake Peavy, Sheets, Prior, Wood....SO MUCH MORE and believe me. We will Need all of our guns in order to face that lineup I just mentioned.

What about Venezuela. Little Cesar izturis, Bobby The Don Abreau, Miguel Cabrerra, with Carlos I will beat Jim Edmonds ass Zambrano throwin bullets at, and K Rod closin the game out.

Sheeeeeesh I can't wait for this shit.

Whatever the case, I am a homer and U S A all the way motherbitches!



ETA:

Arods gonna represent the Dominican Republic. Really though. Really.

Arod, Vlad, Tejada, Grandpappy Pujols, Shrek Ortiz, Soriano, Man Rams.

Hey dominican republic, you need a catcher? I heard Veritek's great grea great great great uncle has a friend that was Dominican in his previous life. That is good enough for citizenship right? Represent them!

Ohhhh snaps, hey Dominican Republic, you need some pitchign? Sure we can go back in time and get Nolan Ryan and have him learn spanish. Hey,what about Danny Almonte, he can pass for a Dominican.

Mothertruckin great. Way to represent your country arod, you shithead. I hate you. I officially hate you now.



CHRIST!

Thats it. Someone suit up Jenny Finch.

Re: Baseball World Tourney
 

A big part of it is which teams allow all of their players to play. Some teams (*cough* Yankees) didn't let their prospects play in the Olympics. It would be tough to see them not putting up some sort of protest to a tourney like this.

That said, I also think MLB would use some not-so-gentle coaxing if more teams resisted on this.

There's also the question of how ready the players will be for the competition. Some of the biggest stars are notoriously late starters in spring training; would they be in game-shape that much earlier in the year?

If everything works out perfectly, it should be a lot of fun. I've been looking forward to the tourney since the idea was first hatched, so hopefully it comes off without a hitch.

yo just call this the official WBC thread.


AROD is playing for the US.


Vladdy pulled out of the DR team

C.C. Sabathia and Billy Wagner also pulled out for the U.S. They were replaced by Gary Majewski and Al Leiter. If Leiter throws a pitch for the U.S. in this thing, it probably isn't a good sign.

Japan just beat the heck out of China, 18-2.

are you fucking serious? who the hell is Gary Majewski? WTF


great. There goes two power pitchers

He's a reliever for the Nationals. He actually looks kind of like Nicholas Cage's character in "Con Air." Young guy, pitched ok last year for the Nats.

I thought it would be a longshot for Wagner to play anyway, after he hinted at retirement last year. Plus he just signed that big free agent deal with the Mets.

you guys. I tried watching the WBC so far and I can't hang. I keep falling asleep. LOL

true the baseball sucks right now because it's Korea, China and Japan and stuff. But once the US, DR and Venezuela gets rollin, I'll be all amped.

is this even on TV? what time are the games???

I got tickets to see next Saturday's game at Angel Stadium. 1 pm & we get to see the runners-up. Don't know who that is yet but I don't really care. I'm just excited I'm going to go! :D

1st base side field level.

that is so awesome. didn't you get those tickets as a valentines day gift for your husband?

I couldn't sleep the other night, so I watched Chinese Taipai vs. China, then part of Japan vs. Korea. I did get to sleep, LOL.

The Yankees management has made it well known they are not a fan of the WBC.

http://bostondirtdogs.boston.com/Hea...ankess_wbc.jpg

Haha, wow. Well, it was well-known that Steinbrenner was not happy with this whole thing. Beyond everything else, he still takes spring training very seriously (especially games against the Mets and Red Sox).

Yes I did. He loved them & is excited to go.

Now this is what I'm fuckin talkin about!

The DOmincan and Venezuela game was awesome. I love the atmosphere. I pray to god that both of these teams make to the final pool.

USA vs Mexico right now. It looks as if there are more Mexican fans than US fans. As is always the case whenever we play a latin team.

We better win 20-0