John_Havok
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True. Would definitely not have the luster and shine that it could have though. I'm in the camp that while the timing of the WBC is not perfect, it's the best it can be if they want to get the bigger names of the game involved without disrupting the regular season.
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You should make more friends I guess Baseball is really popular in Southern Alberta, BC lower mainland and southern Ontario. East coast has pretty rabid baseball fans. Its certainly not on the level of hockey, but I think it's probably #2 in front of basketball unless the Raptors are actually deep in the playoffs.
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Yeah, that's not unrealistic I suppose. I think it would still be really hard to attract any MLB or even minor league pitching to the WBC with that timing, most of them would just be ready to shut down. I could be wrong but i can't really envision a team sending their pitchers there after the season is over. I think the position players would be totally fine with it though
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MLB is a partner in the WBC and wouldnt want to take eyes away from their primary product by running the tourney at the same time as the playoffs, would they? Like, as far as advertising goes, if im a company and i'm paying big money for MLB playoff spots, would I want another MLB product in direct competition with that taking eyes away from my spots?
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It's an unfortunate situation for sure. But the WBC will always be in the spring. It's in the perfect place after the Super Bowl and before the MLB regular season when people who are baseball fans are craving baseball content. They'll never move it to being in season because that would be terrible. Moving it to the end of the season would basically ensure that 0 pro pitchers ever show up since all their arms would be dead tired by then and they'd be risking all kinds of additional arm injuries depending on when they had shut down. This isn't even a repetitive motion injury, it's a total freak accident that cannot be prevented. s*** happens.
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Canada loves baseball, it's just too damn cold for too mnay months in the vast majority of the provinces to have meaningful #'s of kids playing it to a high enough level.
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You know how ball players get in little groups and just jump up and down a bit when they win? That's all that was happening and then Diaz was on the ground.
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Did he just land on someones foot while they were hopping around?
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Its moreso the pitching side than the position player side. Canada could put out a pretty good pitching staff if everyone was healthy and actually wanted to show up. The staff this time around was putrid.
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8 walks issued by Canada's pitchers so far, that's the real tragedy of this game.
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You agree with Grant, I agree with Buck. What kind of f***ed up day is this?
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Doesnt matter at the end of the day now.
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What a gut punch. Ah well, maybe we'll get more than 1 or 2 major leaguers next time around.
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Keep the DP in order. even if he gets him the runner gets to scoring position. Had someone on the Red Sox done that and made a bad throw you'd be all over them for trying something so fundamentally wrong.
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Or ... do and give up a bases loaded, bases clearing double... great. See you in 4 years I guess.
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Maybe don't throw that pitch again
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Another walk.... wtf boys Just in time for Aroz to do something good and put the game out of reach.
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It's not the right play in a tight ballgame and you know it.
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Awe man.... rookie mistakes..
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all these walks... my god just make them swing ffs
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Angel Hernandez had a banner game the other day, missed like 15 ball/strike calls or something
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damn, hanging changeup and couldnt damage it.
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Grandpappy was el Mexicano and played in their pro baseball league way back when also. His mother was Jewish so he could also play for Israel.
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All good, we got one back, lets shut em down and get back to the top of the lineup
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Boooooooooom!
