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I feel like expecting the manager to sit down and understand the math for every potential tie-breaker scenario is unrealistic, IMO. Now he should have been able to have a quick glance at the standings and notice hey, we could end up with a 3-way tie, and then inquire with someone else. And to cap this off, I bet you none of the other managers understand any of this s*** either.
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I feel bad for the guy lol. How did nobody explain this to him beforehand
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He’s getting ragged on hard for this, but I don’t think he’s alone in not understanding these tie breakers lol. They should have a dedicated nerd to relay this info to the coaches, shouldn’t be the manager’s responsibility IMO. And clearly that didn’t happen here. But also, it would be tough for USA to win 3 games and still get knocked out. Being expected to win all 4 to advance is kinda crazy
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Mexico would probably rather have US advance and hopefully play them again for a chance at revenge. Feel like the likeliest scenario here is Mexico leading most of the game, and they end up scoring a couple runs late to push the score to 7-2 or something
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Exciting day tomorrow!! Big games between Canada/Cuba and Italy/Mexico. Chance for Canada to advance and for US to get knocked out. DR/Venezuela will be good fun too
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If you delete the evidence, it never happened
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Yes. If they score 5 or if it goes to extras the math can change and it goes to an even deeper tiebreaker which I can’t be bothered to learn.
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Clearly its not that structured, or someone would have informed him. Maybe they did when they saw Kershaw warming lol
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I can’t see the Olympics thing happening. There’s no feasible way to pause the MLB season for 1-2 weeks
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Would have been epic if Kershaw came in giving up 4 runs and was the reason US was eliminated. Then he sails off into retirement lol
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What organization? They don’t exactly have an analytics department do they? Dont think for a second that Ernie Whitt had any idea that today’s game didn’t matter for Canada
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Or, they don’t want to lol
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None of these managers understand how pool play works
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Wowwwww Mexico has the chance to do the funniest thing tomorrow…
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Honestly can’t be mad about that. Peak entertainment
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PCA kinda good
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Damn. Team PR has been decimated by this insurance BS i feel bad for them
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Massive missed op there
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Arm wrestle for top seed. Lorenzen vs Judge vs Randy Where’s Giancarlo when you need him SMH
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PCA gotta be starting over Bumston at this point
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Nobody truly knows the tiebreakers. Feels like WBC specifically left it ambiguous to prevent teams like US and Japan from losing a tie break
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So my quick math is that Mexico needs to win again Italy by like 4ish runs? And that would mean USA has the worst run differential between the 3 teams, is that right? This is assuming USA doesn’t make the current game score closer
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Well, we’re all setup for the heartbreak tomorrow afternoon! Really stinks we lost the game against Panama as this could’ve clinched for us
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Is Ernie even aware that we still need to win tomorrow? Wouldn’t shock me if he doesn’t know
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Would be hilarious
