TEAM USA vs THE WORLD (ok 5 teams)

[shadow_operative 15932]

wow, great play from Frazier.

[ztejas 43777]

Can Eduardo shut the fuck up about "the way Japan plays the game"? If they were so God damn good maybe they wouldn't need half their best players to beat a grab bag collection of random Americans. Let us get 7 or 8 of our best MLB Americans on the diamond and let's see what the fuck happens. 

I mean... not disrespecting Japan's baseball game - but there's a reason we have a lackluster history in this thing. 

Edited August 7, 2021 by ztejas

[ztejas 43777]

We ain't done yet, pendejos.

[WBT 20776]

Good job stranding the leadoff double.  Maybe score a run?

[shadow_operative 15932]

big time k.

[ztejas 43777]

2 minutes ago, WBT said:

Good job stranding the leadoff double.  Maybe score a run?

Yeah. Maybe. Maybe not. Feel like I'm watching a fucking Texas game. 

Someone needs to go yard me thinks. Hitting just isn't savvy or consistent enough. 

And my God this is a weird zone isn't it? Not a terrible zone. But just... weird.

Also we need to quit taking strikes. One swing ties this. 

Edited August 7, 2021 by ztejas

[shadow_operative 15932]

bro swing the bat. 

[ztejas 43777]

Nvm misinterpreted. 

Edited August 7, 2021 by ztejas

[ztejas 43777]

1 minute ago, shadow_operative said:

bro swing the bat. 

I think I'm a bit ahead of you. We bitched about the same pitch lol. 

[shadow_operative 15932]

leadoff runner aboard.

[ztejas 43777]

Great fucking AB. Two more. (Or one).

[ztejas 43777]

Ugh. The USA guys' emotion is getting to me. We don't really commit to this thing and shouldn't be the outright favorites or anything but these guys fucking want it.

I want it to. Tie this up at least. 

[ztejas 43777]

If Casas goes yard here ill get a USA tat (and we win)

Edited August 7, 2021 by ztejas

[ztejas 43777]

Good eye.

Again. Cmon baby.

Edited August 7, 2021 by ztejas

[shadow_operative 15932]

two good takes.

[WBT 20776]

Damn

[shadow_operative 15932]

do we not have a single pinch runner who can come in and steal?

[WBT 20776]

Frazier is so washed

[WBT 20776]

Welp, going to be up to the bottom of the order in the 9th

[ztejas 43777]

We're fucked. Just a better team we ran into twice. 

Although man their homer was close and we had a few that could have gone. 

Just sucks to be a one and done. 

Edited August 7, 2021 by ztejas

[ztejas 43777]

2 minutes ago, WBT said:

Frazier is so washed

Yeah why do you think he's here?

[ztejas 43777]

Shiiiit he had him at 2nd. 

[ztejas 43777]

1 minute ago, ztejas said:

Shiiiit he had him at 2nd. 

Just replayed it. No reason to not go 2nd there. He had it. 

[shadow_operative 15932]

that'll do it.

[ztejas 43777]

2 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Shiiiit he had him at 2nd. 

 

Just now, ztejas said:

Just replayed it. No reason to not go 2nd there. He had it. 

Doubly stupid now. Fuck me. Oh well. 

[shadow_operative 15932]

i get why he didn't go to second. it would have been a bang-bang play and he didn't want to throw the ball into the OF. doesn't matter now.

[ztejas 43777]

Is there not a way we could get a better team to the Olympics? What if they moved it to the winter and found a dome? Is that too crazy? Maybe the DR would just rape us then.

Because like... no country can send their best players.

[ztejas 43777]

5 minutes ago, shadow_operative said:

i get why he didn't go to second. it would have been a bang-bang play and he didn't want to throw the ball into the OF. doesn't matter now.

Did you watch it twice? Part of it is confidence. Any playoff MLB team makes that play. He took the easy out and it may have cost us a run. Obviously there's a situation where it's the smarter play - I just don't see it there. 

Plus they're kind of a small ball team. Runner on 2nd and 1st with 0 outs vs runner on 2nd with 1 out isn't too different. 

Edited August 7, 2021 by ztejas

[ztejas 43777]

Well fuck. 2 is doable. Could have been better. We could be down like 4-0, though. 

Someone gotta dig. 

[ztejas 43777]

Eh. Congrats, Nippon. Cool accomplishment for their country. Sad for our guys.

Still... Olympic baseball needs to be rethought. 

[WBT 20776]

Nice ab.  Tying run to the plate.

[shadow_operative 15932]

we're still alive! there's the bloop, let's get the blast!

[shadow_operative 15932]

he's been throwing over the plate. let's be aggressive here.

[shadow_operative 15932]

11 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Did you watch it twice? Part of it is confidence. Any playoff MLB team makes that play. He took the easy out and it may have cost us a run. Obviously there's a situation where it's the smarter play - I just don't see it there. 

Plus they're kind of a small ball team. Runner on 2nd and 1st with 0 outs vs runner on 2nd with 1 out isn't too different. 

i did not watch it twice,  it in real time the decision looked 50/50 at best.

[WBT 20776]

Damn.  Good for Japan though.

[shadow_operative 15932]

well good for them. i'm always happy for Japan when they win. easy country to root for. sucks we didn't win gold, but we fought hard.

[ztejas 43777]

Just now, shadow_operative said:

i did not watch it twice,  it in real time the decision looked 50/50 at best.

For whatever reason I can reverse on this NBC deal. My initial instinct was 50/50ish but I thought he had it. On 2nd review I think 65ish% they get him at 2nd.

Either way, fun for Japan. Silver ain't bad with what we are reduced to every year. 

[ztejas 43777]

That is cool. Forgot they were a big proponent of getting baseball back. Good for them.

We still own the WS count 114-2, in case anyone was wondering. 

[ztejas 43777]

@shadow_operative gold medal soccer 1-1 77th minute btw

[shadow_operative 15932]

3 minutes ago, ztejas said:

@shadow_operative gold medal soccer 1-1 77th minute btw

haha yup, already there, yelling at Brazil to bring on Gabriel Martinelli. 

[Beau Vine 55031]

3 hours ago, ztejas said:

Man... nice catch. 

You could make a half decent MLB team with these rosters. I mean... as good as the Rangers. 

Well young feller, which is it?

Half decent MLB team?

Or as good as the Rangers?

[ztejas 43777]

Sorry - really high.

Edited August 7, 2021 by ztejas

[ztejas 43777]

3 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

Well young feller, which is it?

Half decent MLB team?

Or as good as the Rangers?

Right. Those are obviously different things. 

Point being that game seemed like somewhere between MLB and AAA ball which is something cool you rarely get to see. Especially with contrasting styles.

I enjoyed it more than the gold basketball game. 

[Helobious 9516]

4 hours ago, ztejas said:

Is there not a way we could get a better team to the Olympics? What if they moved it to the winter and found a dome? Is that too crazy? Maybe the DR would just rape us then.

Because like... no country can send their best players.

I don’t know that anyone really cares about the olympics. 
 

The 2017 WBC was fucking awesome, I watched every game I could no matter the country. MLB stars everywhere, crowds bringing major energy, players super into it and playing hard. That may have been the pinnacle of international tourney baseball. Hopefully they continue it sometime & it can match it.

[htown85 159]

Need the WBC back. I went to the USA/DR game in Miami and it was unreal. I didn’t watch a moment of the Olympics but watching the highlights made me miss the WBC.