World Baseball Classic 2026 GDT

[philly30]

Terrible call to end it

[Spanky__99]

Venezuela's a good team ranked 4th for a reason. Upset in the making.

[Spanky__99]

3 hours ago, Angrioter said:

I'm still crying about losing the World Series to those damn Dodgers.

Winning today would be a huge help in getting over that awful October.

 

Fuxx USA... Fuxx Harper... Fuxx Skenes 

Suxxxx Ang, lol. Umpire f***ed ya bro.

[jaysblue]

Hopefully the Italians pull off a miracle! 

[philly30]

1 minute ago, jaysblue said:

Hopefully the Italians pull off a miracle! 

Probably half of them can;t find Italy on a map LOL

[Brownie19]

22 minutes ago, Laika said:

Six inches below the zone! 

lol 

Horrendous call.  Would have had Tatis up with 2 runners on and Miller at 25 pitches already.  

[Spanky__99]

3 minutes ago, jaysblue said:

Hopefully the Italians pull off a miracle! 

Fake team... USA 2.0

[jaysblue]

Just now, Spanky__99 said:

Fake team... USA 2.0

You probably have more Italian blood in you Jay than some of the players on the team :P

[philly30]

2 minutes ago, Spanky__99 said:

Fake team... USA 2.0

Plus Nori that is Canadian I think

[Spanky__99]

1 minute ago, jaysblue said:

You probably have more Italian blood in you Jay than some of the players on the team :P

Maybe, someone from Ireland probably bagged a Sicilian.

[Spanky__99]

1 minute ago, philly30 said:

Plus Nori that is Canadian I think

Born in EY, my neck of the woods.

[philly30]

Here is crazy thought, at least 80% of the team should actually be from that country

[jaysblue]

7 minutes ago, Spanky__99 said:

Maybe, someone from Ireland probably bagged a Sicilian.

I know a lot of Irish/Italians. Very common here. 

[philly30]

1 minute ago, jaysblue said:

I know a lot of Irish/Italians. Very common here. 

Same here, over half my friends are both, I am one of the few all Italian

[Stangstag]

15 minutes ago, philly30 said:

Here is crazy thought, at least 80% of the team should actually be from that country

Then there wouldn’t be an Italian team lol

 

[Jonn]

I never thought I would be cheering for Venezuela but here we are,

[Jonn]

Just now, Stangstag said:

Then there wouldn’t be an Italian team lol

 

I think most people would be ok with that though lol.

[Stangstag]

USA barely scrapes by the group stage, barely gets passed Canada, barely scrapes by DR to secure their spot in the finals.

I hate it lol

[Jonn]

Why did they decide not to do ABS in the World Baseball Classic despite it being prominent in Spring.. Were some of the international venues just not equipped for it? Seems like something that could have been fixed if they were able to install into every Spring venue in Florida and Arizona.

It does suck seeing games end on terrible strike calls.

[Spanky__99]

19 minutes ago, jaysblue said:

I know a lot of Irish/Italians. Very common here. 

My best friend is one bro, I'm aware, lol.

 

[philly30]

15 minutes ago, Stangstag said:

Then there wouldn’t be an Italian team lol

 

As an Italian rooting for team USITALY I say too bad 

[Terminator]

One of the biggest goals of the WBC is to grow baseball internationally. The tournament clearly does that in countries where baseball is already established. For most teams it feels like a do or die event, unlike the US and Canada.

But growing the game also means generating interest in non-baseball countries.

Most of the teams are real. The only ones that aren't are Italy, Great Britain, and Israel but including them in the tournament still helps IMO. Baseball rarely makes headlines in Italy, but it does during the WBC, and that's a good thing.

[John_Havok]

13 hours ago, philly30 said:

Here is crazy thought, at least 80% of the team should actually be from that country

They'd never be able to grow the game across the Atlantic pond if that were the case. 

Israel is the biggest fake team though. Their citizenship rules are extremely broad and WBC rules say anyone who "could" become a citizen of the country can compete. Basically means anyone with Jewish heritage within like 3 generations back or who is married to a Jewish person can compete. 

[Stangstag]

Italians discussing baseball:

 

[jaysblue]

Also, I think the WBC shouldn't always be hosted in the US mainly, but I understand why it is. Money and to get more MLB players to play. 

In terms of fairness, why can't the WBC Semis and Finals be held in Tokyo one year? A lot of Asian teams like Japan are at a disadvantage when they have to come to the US after in terms of time difference/jet-lag. Like the US team played all their games in Houston and Miami. Not fair or equitable. 

I would like to see the USA have to play in Japan and win a WBC Championship. Japan has 3 times on American soil. Pretty much team USA has the easiest schedule always in terms of always playing in the US, where other teams have to travel across different time zones or play in different countries. 

[Laika]

Good point 

Next time the finals should be somewhere else 

Manfred can whine about the travel but he's sent MLB teams to f***ing Japan for regular season games before has he not

[jaysblue]

3 minutes ago, Laika said:

Good point 

Next time the finals should be somewhere else 

Manfred can whine about the travel but he's sent MLB teams to f***ing Japan for regular season games before has he not

Yeah the World Cup, Olympics, Euro Cup etc., are always held in different countries. Japan or Dominican or Australia or Mexico should host the WBC Finals including quarters and semis. Shouldn't always be the US. 

[John_Havok]

2 minutes ago, jaysblue said:

Yeah the World Cup, Olympics, Euro Cup etc., are always held in different countries. Japan or Dominican or Australia or Mexico should host the WBC Finals including quarters and semis. Shouldn't always be the US. 

WBC entirely in Australia would be perfect to see someday. 

[Spanky__99]

Keider Montero? lol

 

[Spanky__99]

Did buddy forget about the outs, I missed the play?