Author Topic: World Baseball Classic 2006 was nice, 2026 is better (Read 3111 times)

imref · « **Reply #175 on:** March 17, 2026, 10:28:22 pm »

Still struggling to cheer for Harper.

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #176 on:** March 17, 2026, 10:28:26 pm »

I suppose Boyd is the last US pitcher?

Ali the Baseball Cat · « **Reply #177 on:** March 17, 2026, 10:29:23 pm »

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #178 on:** March 17, 2026, 10:30:08 pm »

I think DeRosa said before the game no Bednar and likely no whitlock and miller

Slateman · « **Reply #179 on:** March 17, 2026, 10:30:20 pm »

Quote from: JCA-CrystalCity on March 17, 2026, 10:28:26 pm

I suppose Boyd is the last US pitcher?

Like, the last one we want to use?

Slateman · « **Reply #180 on:** March 17, 2026, 10:30:58 pm »

Its really in Judge's head, isn't it

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #181 on:** March 17, 2026, 10:31:06 pm »

So much for no Whitlock

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #182 on:** March 17, 2026, 10:35:20 pm »

Foot never came off before the glove came off

Slateman · « **Reply #183 on:** March 17, 2026, 10:36:12 pm »

Quote from: JCA-CrystalCity on March 17, 2026, 10:31:06 pm

So much for no Whitlock

Might have been better off leaving him in the pen

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #184 on:** March 17, 2026, 10:42:41 pm »

Arraez walking? That's rare.

Oh, Raleigh would have thrown Sanoja out.

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #185 on:** March 17, 2026, 10:43:36 pm »

No matter. Henderson and Anthony going back to back.

Ali the Baseball Cat · « **Reply #186 on:** March 17, 2026, 10:56:04 pm »

Ai ai ai

imref · « **Reply #187 on:** March 17, 2026, 10:56:55 pm »

That was as good as baseball gets. And Judge and Harper are bridesmaids again.

Congrats Venezuela.

Machado gets the

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #188 on:** March 17, 2026, 11:02:10 pm »

Abreu with Venezuela 's biggest dong, Whitlock gets abused, and Anthony with the last K.

Lots of Red Sox impacting the game.

imref · « **Reply #189 on:** March 17, 2026, 11:18:01 pm »

Spotted Ali Modami on the Team USA receiving line. Former Nats BP coach.

imref · « **Reply #190 on:** March 17, 2026, 11:22:49 pm »

Is kalshi taking bets on how many games it will take the marlins to equal tonight’s attendance?

Ali the Baseball Cat · « **Reply #191 on:** March 17, 2026, 11:31:10 pm »

It is a truly international sport now, which all fans benefit from.

I was in Latvia during the basketball world cup a while back and the country basically stopped during games. That was cool.

Smithian · « **Reply #192 on:** March 18, 2026, 09:41:56 am »

The thing I'll miss most about the WBC is watching games with Latin American teams sans Dominican Republican. They were loaded with names up and down the roster and staff. Every game with Venezuela, Panama, Colombia was gold as far as "that guy" moments.

"Paolo Espino is pitching!""

"Is that the Machado pitching? The old Nat?"

"Did I just see Jhonatan Solano on the bench as a coach?"

"Who's the guy with the white beard? Is that you Eddie Rosario?"

"That's our guy Parra coaching up first!"

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #193 on:** March 18, 2026, 10:18:38 am »

Quote from: Smithian on March 18, 2026, 09:41:56 am

The thing I'll miss most about the WBC is watching games with Latin American teams sans Dominican Republican. They were loaded with names up and down the roster and staff. Every game with Venezuela, Panama, Colombia was gold as far as "that guy" moments.

"Paolo Espino is pitching!""

"Is that the Machado pitching? The old Nat?"

"Did I just see Jhonatan Solano on the bench as a coach?"

"Who's the guy with the white beard? Is that you Eddie Rosario?"

"That's our guy Parra coaching up first!"

I was wondering if Rodney Theophile made the Nicaragua squad.

As for expanding the footprint of the game, it'd be cool if during the ASB they took maybe a couple of extra days and had a game in Italy or the Netherlands featuring some of the guys not in the all star game who played for those countries. They could play early evening on European time the day of the All Star game, which would be afternoon here, as sort of a 1st game of a double header. Italy-Israel, GB-Czechia, maybe a Netherlands team without its All Stars.

aspenbubba · « **Reply #194 on:** March 18, 2026, 10:23:55 am »

JFC, Did Coles join the USA coaching staff when I wasn't watching? Pathetic hitting the whole tournament.

imref · « **Reply #195 on:** March 18, 2026, 02:49:13 pm »

Best meme i've seen so far today is DeRosa saying that he's confident the US will win game 2.

imref · « **Reply #196 on:** March 18, 2026, 02:50:26 pm »

Quote from: aspenbubba on March 18, 2026, 10:23:55 am

JFC, Did Coles join the USA coaching staff when I wasn't watching? Pathetic hitting the whole tournament.

Matt Holliday was the hitting coach.

imref · « **Reply #197 on:** March 18, 2026, 09:12:18 pm »

WBC ratings were fantastic. From Maury Brown of Forbes:

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The World Baseball Classic was a home run for FOX and FS1 this week, securing 6 spots in the Top 25 (including the first 2 slots) of Nielsen's Top 25 sporting event telecasts for the week of March 9 - March 15.

Overall, the #1-ranked live sports event of the week was FS1’s coverage of USA vs Dominican Republic with 6.86 million viewers on Sunday, March 15. The additional 5 include:

#2 - USA vs. Mexico - 4.7 million viewers (FOX)

#5 - USA vs. Canada - 4.2 million viewers (FOX)

#10 - Venezuela vs. Japan - 2.8 million viewers (FOX)

#20 - USA vs. Italy - 1.9 million viewers (FS1)

#24 - Italy vs. Mexico - 1.67 million viewers (FS1)

nobleisthyname · « **Reply #198 on:** March 19, 2026, 06:02:46 am »

Quote from: aspenbubba on March 18, 2026, 10:23:55 am

JFC, Did Coles join the USA coaching staff when I wasn't watching? Pathetic hitting the whole tournament.

That's why they play 162. Any team can struggle for a couple of weeks, even good ones playing bad ones, let alone playing single game elimination.

imref · « **Reply #199 on:** March 26, 2026, 04:48:03 pm »

rough outings for webb, skenes, and boyd this season. I wonder if it changes how teams think about the WBC.