2023 World Baseball Classic

[Valmy77 13431]

Ohtani is on to close it!

[Brisketexan 105568]

Announcers for what they wanted. Come on, Trout.

[Fudge Nuggets 19276]

1 minute ago, Gourmand said:

damn that dude was hustling down the line

Shuto would have beat it out.

[ztejas 43741]

Shohei is going to destroy us here. But good for him - he deserves it. 

[Scraps 13598]

Ohtani is gonna facefuck Trout isnt he?

[Guadaloopy 11039]

Yawn.  Cancel this shit.  

[Valmy77 13431]

1 minute ago, Guadaloopy said:

Yawn.  Cancel this shit.  

You shitting me?

[shadow_operative 15932]

LFG!!!

[Valmy77 13431]

Way to battle Mcneil! Move him over Mookie!

[Guadaloopy 11039]

Just now, Valmy77 said:

You shitting me?

This is not you.  

 

[WBT 20735]

Leadoff walk!

[Scraps 13598]

You shitting me?

Sarcasm bruh

[ztejas 43741]

Just now, Guadaloopy said:

This is not you.  

 

Damn I almost fell for it too. Take some rep. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16058]

That sucked. 

[Valmy77 13431]

Noooooooo

[Blotto 23677]

f'n dookie

[ztejas 43741]

This is fucking stupid. 

[Brisketexan 105568]

f'n dookie

I hate that POS.

[Valmy77 13431]

Ohtani vs Trout

[Scraps 13598]

I'm going to hell but it would be so LAA if Ohtani broke Trouts thumb here

[shadow_operative 15932]

wow. that's two that trout would like to have back.

[shadow_operative2.0 16058]

We didn't win. 

[YChang 3472]

Ohtani is amazing

[WBT 20735]

Sayonara

[Valmy77 13431]

Damnit. Well congrats to Samurai. Amazing WBC.

[Guadaloopy 11039]

Turds.

[ztejas 43741]

Such a fun event. 

If you're gonna lose, might as well lose to the coldest dude to pick up a baseball in 100 years. Maybe ever. 

[Scraps 13598]

Our MVP winners really showed out tonight

[Brisketexan 105568]

Ohtani is amazing

Best player alive.

Got to see him pitch and hit in Anaheim against my stros last year (they won, he was dominant on both sides of the plate). Cousin went with me, says “sorry your guys lost…but we came to see the best baseball player alive put on a show, and we got it.”

There’s no way to hate the guy. He’s unreal. Japan won this all the way.

[Valmy77 13431]

Yeah I really enjoyed this whole thing except for Great Britain's terrible uniforms.

Should be fun in 2026.

[UTexasFight 9603]

Well if nothing else, that was the best AB in March in baseball history 

[speed817 19566]

[Valmy77 13431]

1 minute ago, Scraps said:

Our MVP winners really showed out tonight

Yeah we did not get it done. Plenty of base runners and plenty of chances. Sucks.

[ztejas 43741]

Just now, Brisketexan said:

Best player alive.

I don't know I need to see more. 

[jw4381 3131]

3 minutes ago, WBT said:

Sayonara

[Fudge Nuggets 19276]

Japan shows once again that great pitching will always win out.

[jw4381 3131]

Dang Japanese sounds so weird. 

[kingkoopa6 8466]

[ztejas 43741]

1 minute ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

Japan shows once again that great pitching will always win out.

That's your main takeaway from this game?

[kingkoopa6 8466]

I miss Japan 

[cabowabo 4578]

Congrats to Lars Nootbaar on his membership on the winning team. Great job.

[Planet Houston 4943]

What a tourney. That was a blast. Bummer the US lost, but the only thing I really am sad about is not putting some dough on Japan +275 - most sportsbooks had them third best odds behind US and DR. I felt pretty confident they’d win. Oh well. Oh and that Altuve thing sucked too  

It was a lot of fun going to a couple of games in Phoenix and watching the rest. Looking forward to ‘26 already. 

[Fudge Nuggets 19276]

1 minute ago, ztejas said:

That's your main takeaway from this game?

And Trout is a loser?  Did I do it right?

Giving up 2 runs to the USA lineup is pretty fucking clutch.  Perhaps you disagree.

[Valmy77 13431]

That was probably Mike Trout's only chance to be a champion. Sucks for him but he had several chances to be the hero.

[ztejas 43741]

1 minute ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

And Trout is a loser?  Did I do it right?

Giving up 2 runs to the USA lineup is pretty fucking clutch.  Perhaps you disagree.

We outhit them 9 to 5 and left a ton of shit on the bases. Then they closed with one of the most insane players ever. 

I was kidding about Trout. Maybe if you had read the thread fully you would have seen that. 

[Scholz 12036]

Japan pitchers throw some damn good splitters. Couldn’t lay off all game.

[Fudge Nuggets 19276]

Just now, ztejas said:

We outhit them 9 to 5 and left a ton of shit on the bases. Then they closed with one of the most insane players ever. 

I was kidding about Trout. Maybe if you had read the thread fully you would have seen that. 

So you’re saying that wasn’t a good pitching performance?  The fuck out of here.

[ztejas 43741]

Just now, Fudge Nuggets said:

So you’re saying that wasn’t a good pitching performance?  The fuck out of here.

You said "great pitching will always win out". Both teams pitched great. The US actually pitched a bit better - despite missing our top guys. They were also playing 1 game series in case you haven't noticed. 

[Gourmand 7774]

Have y'all talked about how the world audience almost saw that dude fall from the upper deck?

Edited March 22, 2023 by Gourmand

[Fudge Nuggets 19276]

2 minutes ago, ztejas said:

You said "great pitching will always win out". Both teams pitched great. The US actually pitched a bit better - despite missing our top guys. They were also playing 1 game series in case you haven't noticed. 

They played more than one game in the tournament.  Look at the full tourney stats and remember USA didn’t have to pitch against the best lineup in the tournament.