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J.D. Wykid, Esq.:
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this shit is fucked up.  we have the best players in the world, and cant even get to the finals.   dont get me wrong, japan has a fucking hell of a team, but we have the better players in the mlb, imo.

if the USA ever puts ALL the best players we have, we would go undefeated in the tourny.   8)

that'll never happen tho...whether it be cause of injuries, egos, personal reasons, or the club prohibiting the player from being in the WBC....or because of the manager that needs to make all these big egos happy and give them playing time instead of trying to win.   >:(

i guess we'll never know what its like to win the WBC....maybe we should just rename it to the World Baseball Classic That Some Asian Team Will Win - Mostly Likely Japan.  WBCTSATWWMLJ 2012. 

herpes:
Another big factor is I think the Japanese leagues are just ending when the WBC starts while most of our players are just starting to get into playing shape.  The Japanese teams are already in baseball playing shape.  Plus they actually care about the WBC

Don Jacob:

--- Quote from: Tommy Fits is your hero on March 22, 2009, 09:07:15 PM ---Another big factor is I think the Japanese leagues are just ending when the WBC starts while most of our players are just starting to get into playing shape.  The Japanese teams are already in baseball playing shape.  Plus they actually care about the WBC

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Tay:
I think both of those reasons are obvious factors, but the biggest thing is how fundamentally sound Japan was. They were spraying the ball around the field like it was fungo, and didn't make the big mistakes to kill themselves. The other thing this showed was how overrated Derek Jeter is. I've always liked him as a player, but he was the worst hitter in the U.S. lineup through the whole series, and he also had a costly error in tonight's game. I understand that he is the leader and the face of the team, but he had a bad series. I will admit, the WBC did actually get interesting, and now it's about time to bring on baseball season.  8)

herpes:

--- Quote from: Tay on March 22, 2009, 09:18:38 PM ---I think both of those reasons are obvious factors, but the biggest thing is how fundamentally sound Japan was. They were spraying the ball around the field like it was fungo, and didn't make the big mistakes to kill themselves. The other thing this showed was how overrated Derek Jeter is. I've always liked him as a player, but he was the worst hitter in the U.S. lineup through the whole series, and he also had a costly error in tonight's game. I understand that he is the leader and the face of the team, but he had a bad series. I will admit, the WBC did actually get interesting, and now it's about time to bring on baseball season.  8)

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Jeter was a very good to great player but has always been criminally overrated.

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