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Post by BurningHammer on Mar 9, 2017 4:59:19 GMT
After 4 years in waiting, the baseball version of World Cup is back!
The first round so far has been interesting. Israel comes out of nowhere and has already kicked South Korea out of WBC.
Team Japan is against bringing almost everyone and is so far cruising to the next round.
The more interesting group that includes USA, Canada, Colombia and the champ Dominican Republic will start on Thursday at Marlins Park.
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Post by BurningHammer on Mar 11, 2017 3:50:24 GMT
USA managed to grind it out in the 10th inning against lowly Colombia  |
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Post by BurningHammer on Mar 11, 2017 19:42:24 GMT
Team Canada  |
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Post by BurningHammer on Mar 12, 2017 1:46:46 GMT
Team Italy fought hard, beating Mexico in a comeback fashion and went toe-to-toe with Venezuela.  |
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Post by BurningHammer on Mar 12, 2017 3:58:13 GMT
USA  |
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Post by BurningHammer on Mar 12, 2017 22:45:17 GMT
Now that the DR beating Colombia this afternoon, Canada now has a slim chance to move on to the next round and all they have to do is beating USA by as many runs as possible.
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Post by BurningHammer on Mar 13, 2017 22:39:27 GMT
With three 1-2 teams in Group D, Mexico ends up being eliminated because of confusing tiebreaker rules: So according to the rules: Italy: 20 runs allowed in 19 innings (1.053 runs per inning) Venezuela: 21 runs allowed in 19 innings (1.105 per inning) Mexico: 19 runs allowed in 17 innings (1.118 per inning) Mexico supposed to have 18 defensive innings. But because they lost to Italy in the first without recording an out, the inning doesn't count, thus the elimination.  Making things worse, WBC officials has told Mexico before the game that if they won by 2 against Venezuela they would win a tiebreaker. Mexico of course has filed protest. |
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Post by BurningHammer on Mar 19, 2017 14:19:26 GMT
The champ is out. Dominican Republic is done after losing to Team USA yesterday 6-3.
USA will face Japan while Puerto Rico will face Netherlands. So an All-American Final is very possible.
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Post by BurningHammer on Mar 21, 2017 5:16:24 GMT
Adam Jones robbing his O's teammate Manny Machado's home run to secure USA's win.
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