World Baseball Classic thread

[Spanky__99]

Damn, impressive.

[Spanky__99]

Yeah, nevermind lol

 

Well then, lol.

[wilko]

Cuban catcher Iván Prieto defected from Cuba's national baseball team after Sunday's World Baseball Classic.

[43211234]

Cuban catcher Iván Prieto defected from Cuba's national baseball team after Sunday's World Baseball Classic.

 

lol he probably couldn't believe his luck that Cuba made the semis and that they were held in Miami.

[Pendleton]

[Jonn]

Cuban catcher Iván Prieto defected from Cuba's national baseball team after Sunday's World Baseball Classic.

 

Congrats to him.

[Brownie19]

Cuban catcher Iván Prieto defected from Cuba's national baseball team after Sunday's World Baseball Classic.

 

Sorry if I'm ignorant or naive here - but did Ivan Prieto just quit, run away and hide in Miami? Are Cuban players guarded or something while they're in the US?

[Carlos Danger]

Sorry if I'm ignorant or naive here - but did Ivan Prieto just quit, run away and hide in Miami? Are Cuban players guarded or something while they're in the US?

 

They used to do that. In this case I understand he didn't show up at the airport. The way these regime's control defecting and have indebted servitude etc in most cases is threats against family members remaining in Cuba, China or wherever.

 

If this guy didn't have any family in Cuba to use as leverage then lucky him and you think they would have kept a higher vis on him...

[Stangstag]

Sorry if I'm ignorant or naive here - but did Ivan Prieto just quit, run away and hide in Miami? Are Cuban players guarded or something while they're in the US?

 

From what i've read, yes they normally have supervisors/guards that stay outside the player's hotel room and escort them everywhere

[glory]

It's a shame Sasaki won't come to MLB until about 2027. He'd probably be an ace now.

[Stottlemyres_Bloody_Chin]

Arozarena is the king of taking s***** routes and making catches look harder than they are.

 

Even the HR he brought back wasn't an overly difficult catch.

 

Settle down Randy.

[Stangstag]

Arozarena is the king of taking s***** routes and making catches look harder than they are.

 

Even the HR he brought back wasn't an overly difficult catch.

 

Settle down Randy.

 

The catch that everyone is raving about from last game wasn’t that great… he took a terrible route and almost missed it. A better OF makes it look easy.

 

I think the over-the-fence catch tonight was more impressive.

 

That being said it seems like Japan is hitting everything to LF and he hasn’t f***ed anything up yet. Making all the plays so can’t complain about him

[Stangstag]

Yoshi!!!

[Stangstag]

Some bad OF defense by Japan on both hits there (Arozerena and Verdugo)

[JFD]

Are we outfield defense snobs now that Teo and Pineapple are gone? I'm ok with it.

[Stangstag]

Are we outfield defense snobs now that Teo and Pineapple are gone? I'm ok with it.

 

Lol idk but that Arozerena hit probably could have been caught or at least held to a single.

 

The Verdugo double was more about positioning, they were playing way too shallow there

[philly30]

Are we outfield defense snobs now that Teo and Pineapple are gone? I'm ok with it.

 

Good defense is not appreciated today like it was

[JFD]

Good defense is not appreciated today like it was

 

Totally agree. Same with hockey.

[JFD]

Ho Lee s*** what a game!

[Stangstag]

Holy s*** what an ending!!!

[Grant77]

Heck of a game

[Grant77]

Ho Lee s*** what a game!

 

I thought he played for Korea

[RobinThicc]

This tournament has been cant miss baseball. Great stuff

[Jays24]

That was an amazing ending.

[Terminator]

[Stangstag]

 

Losing their minds lol I love it.

 

How can you not be romantic about Baseball?

[Brownie19]

Losing their minds lol I love it.

 

How can you not be romantic about Baseball?

 

What an incredible game. I'm invested now. This is so good for baseball.

[Laika]

Cancel the WBC! lol

[Stangstag]

What an incredible game. I'm invested now. This is so good for baseball.

 

Welcome aboard!!

[Terminator]

It's almost comical how dismissive America is about the WBC. I tuned into sports radio today and they were cracking jokes the entire time by asking if it was being televised, etc. Having it compete with March Madness isn't ideal.

 

But it's clear it's having a big impact internationally. I think baseball really needs to think long and hard about expanding it as well as figuring out a way to juice the Olympics some.