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Thursday, March 05, 2009

WBC News and Scores 2-5-09: Japan wins

Those of you who got up this morning got a treat. Japan won, but it was far closer than anyone thought: 4-0. It was in many ways a game and the Chinese actually equaled the Japanese in hits.

Yu Darvish had 4 no-hit innings, K’ing 3. Ichiro, Johjima, Fukudome and Iwamura were all hitless.


Scores from North American exhibition games later yesterday:
Angels beat the South Africans 13-6.


The Reds edged the Dutch in 10. Final score: 4-3.

Mexico beat Arizona 19-4.

PR edged Tampa 2-1

Australia beat Seattle 11-9

Next WBC game is tomorrow at 4:30 AM, Korea vs. Taipei.

Gamingboy Posted: March 05, 2009 at 12:59 PM | 7 comment(s) | Login to Bookmark
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   1. John Northey Posted: March 05, 2009 at 03:08 PM (#3093293)
Cool to see that South Africa had the lead, lost it, tied it up before the Angels poured it on. That'll be a great memory for a lot of their players.
   2. salvomania Posted: March 05, 2009 at 03:50 PM (#3093339)
Shouldn't the date in the headline be "3-5-09" instead of "2-5-09"?
   3. Home Run Teal & Black Black Black Gone! Posted: March 05, 2009 at 04:18 PM (#3093372)
Hell of a comeback by the Aussies.

Oy oy oy.
   4. Home Run Teal & Black Black Black Gone! Posted: March 05, 2009 at 04:19 PM (#3093375)
Which of these "no chance in hell" countries is most likely to be a real player in the next (or next one after that) WBC?

South Africa, Netherlands, Italy, Australia?

I don't include China because I figure with eighteen trillion people it's only a matter of time before enough are good at baseballing.
   5. RB in NYC (Now with New Running Goal!) Posted: March 05, 2009 at 04:23 PM (#3093380)
I'm inclined to say Australia, if only because they seem so much closer than all the rest.
   6. NotLikely20 Posted: March 05, 2009 at 09:55 PM (#3093928)
Well, of course China will be a power in time, as you said. The Netherlands has a nice professional league that attracts some foregin talent, but the rest of Europe isn't helping just yet. I guess I have to agree with RB in NYC.

The fans in Japan are beyond excellent, that atmosphere was better than any World Series in recent memory.
   7. Der Komminsk-sar Posted: March 05, 2009 at 10:09 PM (#3093945)
Italy could always fluke their way to success, given their very loose use of ancestry rules.
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