World Baseball Classic

[Matra2]

This is a big deal in baseball-loving countries outside of the US. Japan won the two previous WBCs.

On Saturday there was a big brawl between the Canadians and Mexicans after the Mexican skipper told his pitcher to through the ball at one of the Canadian batters. He did this because the Canadians were running up the score. But in this tournament runs scored are important as they can determine who goes through when two teams have the same number of wins and losses.

Here's footage of the brawl: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU-JEEU0Vv4

BTW some Mexican fans disgraced themselves as well. One threw a ball that narrowly missed hitting Larry Walker.

 

[Matra2]

If you scroll down there is video image of a member of the Canadian bench getting hit in the face by a water bottle thrown by a vibrant member of the Mexican-American community.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...-mexico-world-baseball-classic-brawl/1975877/

Canada plays the USA at 4pm today. I believe the loser goes home.

 

[celticdb15]

That's pretty awesome one of the best bench clearings I've ever seen. I just read that there will be no suspensions handed out either.

 

[Freethinker]

I would have liked to see Canada advance. They have some really likeable players and showed their toughness against the dirty Mexican squad. At least Italy (big surprise) was the other team to advance and the Mexicans got sent home.

 

[Leonardfan]

Anyone else see this bogus article trying to push the hispanic agenda moreso in the MLB?

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/domini...RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdANob21lBHB0A3NlY3Rpb25z;_ylv=3

 

[Freethinker]

Anyone else see this bogus article trying to push the hispanic agenda moreso in the MLB?

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/domini...RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdANob21lBHB0A3NlY3Rpb25z;_ylv=3

Pure BS.

They can try to push Dominicans as the best baseball players in the world but pitching still wins ballgames and Dominicans are not good at it. The DR had great pitching performances this year but that is the exception not the norm for them. Americans, almost all of whom are White, still dominate this position.

15 of the last 20 Cy Young Awards have gone to Americans. 25 of Yahoos top 30 starting pitchers for fantasy rankings are Americans. Dominicans in the top 30, 1. Johnny Cueto. If the USA simply put their top starting pitchers, they could win or advance to the semi-finals every time.

No Kershaw, Verlander, Strasburg, Hamels, Lee, Cain, Wainwright, Weaver, Bumgarner. This tournament is a joke.

And I won't even get into the amount of Dominicans who are doping....

 

[Soccer&track]

Pure BS.

They can try to push Dominicans as the best baseball players in the world but pitching still wins ballgames and Dominicans are not good at it. The DR had great pitching performances this year but that is the exception not the norm for them. Americans, almost all of whom are White, still dominate this position.

15 of the last 20 Cy Young Awards have gone to Americans. 25 of Yahoos top 30 starting pitchers for fantasy rankings are Americans. Dominicans in the top 30, 1. Johnny Cueto. If the USA simply put their top starting pitchers, they could win or advance to the semi-finals every time.

No Kershaw, Verlander, Strasburg, Hamels, Lee, Cain, Wainwright, Weaver, Bumgarner. This tournament is a joke.

And I won't even get into the amount of Dominicans who are doping....

A wet dream for the mainstream media....I don't follow baseball at all but I have to imagine that if the US truly put their best players on the field they would win almost every time, and a vast majority of them would be white. If I was a superstar in any sport I'd turn down the American national team everytime because international competition is a joke nowadays anyways...example - the US under 20 soccer team.

 

[The Sapient]

Pure BS.

They can try to push Dominicans as the best baseball players in the world but pitching still wins ballgames and Dominicans are not good at it. The DR had great pitching performances this year but that is the exception not the norm for them. Americans, almost all of whom are White, still dominate this position.

15 of the last 20 Cy Young Awards have gone to Americans. 25 of Yahoos top 30 starting pitchers for fantasy rankings are Americans. Dominicans in the top 30, 1. Johnny Cueto. If the USA simply put their top starting pitchers, they could win or advance to the semi-finals every time.

No Kershaw, Verlander, Strasburg, Hamels, Lee, Cain, Wainwright, Weaver, Bumgarner. This tournament is a joke.

And I won't even get into the amount of Dominicans who are doping....

I don't like pulling the excuse card, but I agree.

Just imagine some of the American players (Trout, Hamilton, Fielder, Harper, Kemp, Posey, Dunn, etc.) that will go along with that starting rotation.

 

[knightedsoldier5000]

Everybody who follows the Cardinals knows to expect Carlos Beltran to miss a good chunk of playing time due to age, and being prone to injury. But I read recently that he was playing every game in the WBC even on a toe that was injured.

it's just further proof that non-whites are incredibly racist and nationalistic. This WBC means much more to them, than playing for a bunch of white fans in MLB.

Approx.180 million American whites have to compete for jobs in AMERICAN pro sports leagues like MLB with not only the 120 million American non-whites, but with ALL 450 million South and Central Americans and 120 million Mexicans that MLB teams are actively recruiting, not to mention the Japanese players and every other country MLB is desperately searching for non-whites in. It's just another way in which whites are having their nation, their jobs, and their culture stolen from them. Yet whites have held their own and thrived against the overwhelming odds in MLB.


http://www.stltoday.com/sports/base...cle_1a245743-da7e-5193-86a2-286ec8095dae.html

Beltran finds WBC "draining"

“This is not about winning or losing. Well, yes, it is about who wins and who loses," said Molina, "but it is more important to show the people that we are together. We respect our brothers from the Dominican.”
Molina said he could comparmentalize the Cardinals and the Puerto Rican experience while he was gone. “To be honest with you,” he said, “when I was there, I didn’t think about spring training. I was thinking about winning it for Puerto Rico.
“Right now, I’m here and yes, I have to think about it, but back then, I didn’t think about spring training.”
When the next World Classic is played in 2017, Beltran will be 39, so the recently concluded one could be his last one. “Probably,” he said, laughing.
“Maybe I could be another DH."
But, today, he looked as if he could use a nap.
“You don’t think about it while you’re there but now that it’s over, we really sacrificed ourselves a lot," said Beltran.
"But we’re proud of that. We did it for our country and our people.’’